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The Phillies and 34year-old infielder Placido Polanco have agreed to a three- year, $18 million deal, with a fourth-year option, according to the Philadelphia Daily News .

The Mets, as expected, did not offer salary arbitration to any of their free agents, including Carlos Delgado and Fernando Tatis, at yesterday's deadline.

The Mets accomplished something Tuesday by doing nothing. The deadline for offering salary arbitration to the free agents who were with the club last season approached, and the club announced it would make no offers to its six remaining free agents -- Carlos Delgado, Fernando Tatis, Gary Sheffield, J.J. Putz, Elmer Dessens and Ramon Martinez.

I have to say I have virtually no faith in this front-office and ownership to do what needs to be done.

The Mets' offseason to-do list has one more entry and their roster has one less.

The Mets picked up the 2010 option on Mike Pelfrey yesterday and officially declined their option on reliever J.J. Putz.

Alex Cora and Ramon Martinez have filed for free agency. Cora played in 82 games with the Mets and hit .251 with one home run and 18 RBI, missing a significant portion of the season due to a torn ligament in his thumb.

A So we ink-stained wretches of the pressbox are watching Ricky Nolasco 's overpowering 16-strikeout performance against the Braves last night, marking each strikeout in our scorebooks while typing away at our stories and making note of the various announcements being made as Nolasco matched this franchise record or that one, or this Braves ...

Jerry Manuel has received enough assurances from Mets ownership to be confident this atrocious season won't cost him his job.

With a fully healed Jose Reyes likely to get more days off than usual next season, the importance of having a capable backup shortstop is amplified.

Hideki Matsui has belted six home runs with 18 RBI over his last 10 games. The Major League Baseball season begins to unwind, and while there are not many Mets still with us, veterans Hideki Matsui and Torii Hunter are heating up, while trade rumors swirl concerning a legendary closer in Milwaukee.

And don't forget the 1963 World Series Championship victory where the Dodgers swept the Yankees.

And don't forget the 1963 World Series Championship victory where the Dodgers swept the Yankees.

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They sat in sofa chairs just a couple feet apart, but said nothing to each other.

As if such numbers would come as a shock to anyone, the lifetime successes of the healthy and injured Mets against Sunday's Astros starter, Brian Moehler, are as follows: The disabled Mets who have faced him -- Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran, Jose Reyes and Ramon Martinez -- are a combined .397 in their careers, with four home runs and 10 doubles ...

Less than three years after Julio Lugo was signed to be the answer at shortstop for the Red Sox, he is no longer on the team.

News: Paul, on the disabled list Friday since May 22 with a staph infection on his left leg, participated in pregame hitting for the first time Friday, the Los Angeles Daily News reported.

NOWADAYS, Johan San tana stands out in the Met clubhouse like a 2009 Rolls-Royce in a used-car lot.