Ben Sheets

The Mets remain confident that they'll eventually land one of their top two choices to upgrade the starting rotation - either Derek Lowe or Oliver Perez. A survey of the baseball landscape indicates that the Mets' confidence is well-founded. Take......

With my colleague Anthony Rieber filling in for me this week, I took the easy way out with this blog entry and simply reprinted his on-line column for today. There's plenty of Mets stuff to chew on this morning. SO......

Curious as to how you guys think the Yankees should fill their final rotation spot. Should they thaw the freeze with Andy Pettitte and bring him back? Go get a pitcher such as Ben Sheets who is likely to sign......

Now we know why the Mets' interest in Ben Sheets lasted about 48 hours. It appears that the oft-injured Sheets may have a torn flexor tendon in his right elbow that could knock him out for the 2009 season. Ouch.......

Yes; he would be right at home By Dan Connolly Yes, the Orioles' biggest need right now is pitching. And Mark Teixeira can't paint the black with a 98 mph fastball. But the Los Angeles Angels' first baseman and former Severna Park resident should be...

Here's my problem with Konerko -- he doesn't try anything different. Same stance, same swing, same result. His bat looks a lot slower. Yet his stance still has the bat angled at 2 o'clock. Why not start with the bat at 12 o'clock to see if that speeds...

Manager Dusty Baker compared it to getting "your whole army back," while reliever Will Ohman called it a midseason "gift" to the Cubs. Kerry Wood's impressive comeback start Wednesday in the Cubs 3-2 victory over Milwaukee, coming on the heels of Mark...

The Cubs season is spinning out of control, leaving manager Lou Piniella searching for answers just three weeks in. Milwaukee right-hander Jeff Suppan handcuffed the Cubs offense Tuesday night in the Brewers 4-1 victory, dealing Rich Hill his first...

Ok, folks. We are about 15 minutes from the scheduled first pitch of 8:39. Have at it. We'll give you plenty of blow-by-blow and second guess the managers ad nauseum. Top of 1st: Cleveland's Cliff Lee had an easy 1-2-3......

I suppose I should do some sort of analysis of my own about the All-Star Game ratings released by Fox this afternoon. But I don't feel like it. And, really, there is nothing outrageously newsworthy here. The game attracted a......

Mets (76-61) vs. Brewers (80-56) Johan Santana (12-7) 2.70 ERA 159 SO vs Ben Sheets (12-7) 3.05 ERA 144 SO The Phillies were effective in either fouling off Santana's pitches or taking them over the fence, forcing the Mets ace......

That's what the Mets hope to be doing anyway as we finish off this Labor Day weekend. Here's a few notes from this morning: -- The Pedro Rules? Pedro Martinez returned to New York to work out this week at......