No Julio Lugo for the Mets

MLB (yes, Major League Baseball) just Tweeted that the Red Sox have traded Julio Lugo to the St. Louis Cardinals for Chris Duncan and a player to be named later.

Um…yay?

The Mets had been interested in Lugo and even had him working out at their baseball complex in the Dominican Republic after he was designated for assignment by the Red Sox.

Live Blog: STL vs. NYM

Second home game, second live blog. Join me at 1 p.m. to discuss the Mets as they take on the St. Louis Cardinals in the third (fourth if you count Italy) spring training game of 2009.

Chat away!

Who woulda thunk it? The Mets are only 2.5 games out of first

This is why you have to play the games.

With all the talk of how much the Mets stink and how bad they play at times, the Mets now sit one game above .500 and are only 2.5 games behind the Phillies (2 in loss column).

The Mets have six games left before the All Star Break, three each against Colorado and San Francisco at home. The Phillies will welcome St. Louis and Arizona into Citizen's Bank Park for their final six games.

New York has a definite shot at playing their way closer, or even possibly into first place by the time the All Star Game rolls along.

Time will tell, but things may be looking up for this team.