Yankees sign Rene Rivera

According to Multiple Sources, the New York Yankees have signed catcher and former Met Rene Rivera to a minor league contract.Rivera who is 26 will report to Triple A Scranton. He has not had to much Major League experience., as he started his career with the Seattle Mariners in 2004 and played his last major league game in 2006. He was then brought to Spring Training by the Mets, but was later released.

I am guessing they just want to bring in a guy that has experience rather than rush Jesus Montero to help out Francisco Cervelli until Jorge Posada returns.

Buzz:: Mets Contact Rockies about Luis Castillo

According to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports, the Mets have contacted the Colorado Rockies about acquiring Luis Castillo, as the Rockies are looking to improve from their utility man Melvin Mora.

I assume the Mets would eat a large portion of his remaining money if Colorado was interested in his services. I would pull any deal in a minute my only question is who would take his spot? Alex Cora, Ruben Tejada, or maybe their having Daniel Murphy work on second? Either way try to get it done Omar so we can finally end the Luis Castillo Era in New York.

Posada out 3-4 Weeks

The second Yankee in as many days has been placed on the disabled list for an extended period of time. Jorge Posada joins Nick Johnson on the disabled list and is scheduled to miss 3 to 4 weeks with a hairline fracture in his right foot.

In my eyes, though the Yankees still have big bats such as Jeter, Teixeira, and A-Rod, you have to say to yourself this is a problem now that Posada, Granderson, and Johnson are on the DL.

PRE GAME YANKEES VS: RED SOX, GAME 39

The New York Yankees [25-13] try to sweep the minuscule 2 game set against the rival Boston Red Sox [19-20] after last nights heroic win, thanks to Alex Rodriguez and Marcus Thames. Here's tonights pitching matchup:

NYY: C.C. Sabathia: [4-2, 3.71 ERA, 53.1 IP, 16 BB, 38 SO, .233 Opp AVG]

BOS: Josh Beckett: [1-1, 7.46 ERA, 41 IP, 16 BB, 34 SO, .311 Opp AVG]

NYY:

SS Derek Jeter

CF Brett Gardner

1B Mark Teixiera

3B Alex Rodriguez

2B Robinson Cano

C Fransisco Cervelli

RF Marcus Thames

DH Juan Miranda

LF Randy Winn

BOS:

SS Marco Scutaro

2B Dustin Pedroia

RF J.D. Drew

1B Kevin Youkillis

C Victor Martinez

DH David Ortiz

3B Adrian Beltre

LF Bill Hall

CF Darnell McDonald

Key Players to watch: [career against oposing pitcher]

NYY: Robinson Cano, .341 AVG, 44 AB, 3HR, 10 RBI.

NYY: Derek Jeter, .314 AVG, 51 AB, 2HR, 4 RBI.

BOS: David Ortiz, .357 AVG, 14 AB, 1HR 2 RBI.

BOS: Marco Scutaro, .333 AVG, 12 AB, 2 RBI.

Check out Ian Bozsnyak later, as he brings you all the Mets and Yankees postgame coverage, only at Flushing to The Bronx.

Mets Pitching News: R.A Dickey

The Mets will make a roster move to recall Wednesday's starter R.A Dickey to start Wednesday against the Nationals. There is news that Jenrry Mejia will be the one to get sent down, the Mets want Mejia to get some more experience as a starting pitcher. Also Jerry Manuel stated, that with Dickey going Wednesday at the Nats, it will be Hisanori Takahashi who will get the nod friday against thr rival New York Yankees.

Mets Top Draft Choice to undergo Tommy John Surgery

Mets 2009 1st Round Draft Pick, Steven Matz out of Ward Melville High School on Long Island, has to undergo Tommy John Surgery after feeling discomfort in his left elbow.

PostGame, Mets 3 Braves 2

NYM: 19-20
ATL: 18-20

WP: Mike Pelfrey(5-1)
LP: Derek Lowe(5-4)
S: Francisco Rodriguez(6)

Starters:

NYM-- Mike Pelfrey
7.2 IP, 7 H, 2 Earned Runs, 2 BB, 3 K, 1 HR Allowed

ATL-- Derek Lowe
7.0 IP, 4 H, 3 Earned Runs, 3 BB, 3 K

Pitching:

• Mike Pelfrey had it going tonight. His velocity was great as he hit 96 on the radar gun quite a few times.
  
• This season he is showing that he can eat up innings and go late it games.
• He had a very low pitch count as he only threw 103 pitches over 7.2 innings.
• He pitched inside well and used alot of breaking balls.

Pedro Feliciano
0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 1 K
Francisco Rodriguez
1.0 IP, 1 BB, 1 K

Offense:

• RUN 1 & 2/ T 2: 2 RUN RBI Double by Rod Barajas; Chris Carter & Ike Davis Score-- NYM 2-0
• RUN 3/ T 6: RBI Ground Out by Chris Carter; Jose Reyes scores-- NYM 3-1

Game Picture:

The Game Picture tonight goes to BIG Pelf for a stellar performance and earning his 5th win of the season.

The Mets will play the final game of a 2 game series tomorrow night at Turner Field in Atlanta starting at 7:10; as Johan Santana will take the hill for Mets and he will be opposed by Kris Medlen of the Braves.