The New York Mets are having an abysmal season. Their four best players, David Wright, Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado, have all spent time on the DL, and their best pitcher, Johan Santana, leads the league in “tough losses”.
I guess the one bright spot of the season for the Mets would be when Gary Sheffield hit his 500th career home run at Citi Field. While Sheffield should be thankful that the Mets gave him a chance after the Tigers cut him, Gary is instead asking the team to release him.
As of 6:30 p.m., one of the sources said, Mets officials and Sheffield were in discussions on how to move forward. Mets pitcher Tim Redding actually said he heard Sheffield had been released. But a Mets official told the Post that was inaccurate and that Sheffield had not been released. [NY Post] Continue reading…