Mike Pelfrey News

Mets Manager Terry Collins may not know what he has in Jeremy Hefner, a 26-year-old right-hander, but he may have no choice but to keep trusting him.

The New York Mets have been in desperate need of a No. 5 starter since Mike Pelfrey went down and is now in need of Tommy John surgery.

In a parking lot outside Coca Cola Field in Buffalo, N.Y., sits a Ford F-150, a "standard Oklahoma truck," Mets pitcher Jeremy Hefner said.

Leading up to the 2012 season, most baseball observers figured the New York Mets would need everything to break right for them if they had any hope of playing .500 baseball.

Ever since Mike Pelfrey got DL'd for the season in early-April, there has been a big hole in the back-end of the Mets rotation.

The 33-year-old right-hander defines an average pitcher. He's had an ERA+ of over 100 only six out of 13 big league seasons, with the highest in 2001.

The Mets have once again been hit by the injury bugas if they hadn't gotten bit by it enough this year.

New York, NY - Maybe catcher Rob Johnson is the answer. Mets G.M. Sandy Alderson has had to do some serious soul searching of late about his re-constituted bullpen.

We're not even one-quarter of the way through the season and already most teams' biggest weaknesses have been exposed.

Jose Reyes #7 of the Miami Marlins gestures toward his teammates in the dugout after sliding into third base with a triple against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on April 8, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Well, that was quick. Mets reliever D.J. Carrasco lasted just four appearances with New York after he came back from injury before he was released by the team last night after their 6-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.

Frank Francisco had an early meeting with his manager, three interview sessions with the same pack of reporters and was booed by the home crowd while protecting a ninth-inning lead.

When Roy Oswalt went down in 2011 with a back injury he wondered if he would ever return to the MLB .

There were more questions after Santana needed an anti-inflammatory shot in March.

Let's start with this, because there's a chance it will be tonight's big story: There's a lot of rain passing through New York today, so it's possible tonight's game will be delayed or postponed.

One consequence of the Met bullpen's blowup Sunday afternoon in Miami was the matter of determining the winning pitcher.

In both the 1992 and 1997 expansion drafts, the new MLB teams were able to select players off the existing teams' 40 man roster.

With a couple of interesting questions trickling through I'd say it's most certainly about time for our first Prospect Mailbag of 2012.

Nearly a month after he fractured a rib diving to catch a ball, outfielder Jason Bay remains idle, and has yet to begin his rehabilitation.

This March 30, 2010 file photo shows Colorado Rockies pitcher Greg Smith, left, trying to pickoff Los Angeles Dodgers' Jamey Carroll, right, during the fourth inning of a spring training baseball game in Tucson, Ariz.