Church & Maine, etc.

[Frayed Knot]

Courtesy Adam Rubin's blog:

* Ryan Church has been cleared to go to Florida to begin playing in minor-league games. He�ll initially DH in Port St. Lucie after working out at Shea on Saturday.
and there was much rejoicing (yaaaaay}


* John Maine threw 61 pitches in a simulated game Friday afternoon.
"Jerry Manuel said how Maine feels Saturday will be a big indicator of where he is with his mildly strained rotator cuff, but the expectation is Maine starts Wednesday against the Nationals."


* Ruddy Lugo will be optioned to AAA New Orleans to make room for Brian Stokes without ever appearing in a game. This puts him in line to join the list of 'phantom Mets' if he never gets a call-back

[Guest PiazzaFan411]

Do they know how long they'll have Church in the minors? On a good note, at least we'll get Maine back fairly quickly. Also surprised that the Mets got rid of Lugo already, I figured they would let him see SOME game time. Guess he's another phantom.

EDIT: Any news on Wagner?

[RealityChuck]

Wagner will be reahabbing in Brooklyn and is expected to be ready when he becomes eligible to play again next Monday.

[Farmer Ted]

That dugout isn't going to be big enough once they expand the rosters in September.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Raise your hands if there's an intersection in your town called Church and Main.

My hand is up!

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Church has been away for so long that I almost forgot what a tear he was on. Let's hope he can pick up where he left off!

[nymr83]

yeah church was hitting very well before the injury, but i don't know what to expect when he comes back.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Castillo given a few days off to attend to "personal matters" and will not return as soon as expected.

[nymr83]

Trot Nixon 2-5 in his first rehab game.

[nymr83]

Church is in St. Lucie taking part in "baseball activities" but the Mets still don't know when he'll participate in a rehab game.

[TransMonk]

I take part in baseball activities 'most every day.

Put me in coach!

[Frayed Knot]

TransMonk wrote: I take part in baseball activities 'most every day

Sliding into your couch doesn't count.

[TransMonk]

Really?

What about throwing a pair of rolled up socks into the hamper?

[Farmer Ted]

Trot Nixon? Damn, totally forgot about that dude.

[Guest AG/DC]

How firm are your memories of Brady Clark?

And really, what excuse is there to have a guy rehabbing with the Gulf Coast Mets? Is it just because the rookie Gulf Coast League has expanded roster sizes? I was thinking that the idea was to stay at the St. Lucie complex, but play with the kids if the St. Lucie Mets were on the road. But I checked the boxscore, and the Gulf Coast Mets that he played with were the ones on the road.

How embarassing is it for a guy with a graying goatee to say, "Well, I got two hits today --- against teenagers"?

[metirish]

Interesting that your designation is Cliff Floyd , noted friend of St. Lucie tourism.

[Gwreck]

Church played in his first rehab game, going 1-3 in 5 innings as a DH for the Gulf Coast Mets. (Per Adam Rubin's blog.

[Guest AG/DC]

Five innings, two at-bats for New Orleans.

[Frayed Knot]

And played the field

[batmagadanleadoff]

Ryan Church has now missed slightly more than half of this season.