Mets Daily Notes

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David Wright, who injured his groin stealing a base at San Diego and reaggravated it when he was hit by a pitch, said the injury is improving and he doesn't expect to miss any playing time.
Wright said he will implement several new stretching exercises to ward off future groin injuries. He's started every game for the Mets this season.

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Alay Soler pitched one-hit ball over seven scoreless innings Monday for Single-A St. Lucie.
He struck out seven and walked one. With a 0.64 ERA after five starts, the 26-year-old Soler should be about done with A ball. He needs to be at Triple-A Norfolk.

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Bannister went on the DL a while ago, just remembered that.

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17-year-old Fernando Martinez went 3-for-6 with a two-run homer for low Single-A Hagerstown on Wednesday.
Martinez, who was signed out of the Dominican Republic last year, is batting .349/.421/.554 in 83 at-bats. He's already a top-100 prospect, and he might be well up on the list by the end of the year.

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In the 12th now.

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Jorge Julio got a save opportunity with a two-run lead on Saturday and converted it after allowing a run in the ninth against the Braves.
Julio was chosen after Billy Wagner, Duaner Sanchez and Aaron Heilman all threw two innings on Friday. He was shaky as usual, but he got a lot of help from Jeff Francouer on his one strikeout and, with runners on the corners, he got a broken-bat grounder from Edgar Renteria to end it

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Jose Lima made his Mets' debut on Sunday and took the loss after surrendering five runs over five innings versus the Braves on Sunday.
Lima struck out five, bout four walks and seven hits meant he needed 115 pitches to complete five innings. Reliever Bartolome Fortunato was even worse as he surrendered eight runs while retiring just four batters after taking over for Lima to start the sixth. Lima will probably get another few starts before the Mets consider some other options, but he's not an option in any format.

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Tom Glavine picked up his 280th career victory by limiting the Phillies to three runs in seven innings of work on Wednesday.
Glavine walked three and gave up a couple of homers, but he limited the damage by yielding just four hits. He also helped his own cause by singling, doubling, and walking in three trips to the plate tonight. The outing puts Glavine over the 4,000 innings pitched benchmark. He's just the 38th player ever to throw that many innings.

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Jose Lima worked 4 2/3 innings and gave up five runs against the Brewers Friday in his second start since joining the Mets.
Lima is 0-2 with a 9.31 ERA. The Mets should have waited until Saturday to start him, as Jeremi Gonzalez is going to be the better choice to act as the club's fifth starter after Brian Bannister returns.

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Paul Lo Duca homered off Derrick Turnbow in the top of the ninth to break a tie and lead the Mets to a 9-8 win over the Brewers on Saturday night.
Carlos Beltran and Jose Valentin also homered for the Mets, who blew a four-run lead in the eighth before scoring a run off Milwaukee's closer. Turnbow was handed his first loss since April 10, 2005.

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Pedro Martinez yielded four runs and four hits in seven innings Sunday against the Mets.
Martinez struck out 10, giving him 107 career double-digit strikeout games, but he failed to figure into the decision for the third straight outing after winning each of his first five starts

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Along with having a torn flexor tendon repaired, Victor Zambrano underwent Tommy John surgery on Monday.
He also had bone spurs removed from the elbow. That Zambrano needed his UCL replaced makes it much less likely that he'll be ready for the start of 2007. The Mets will likely non-tender him in December, making him a free agent.

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The Mets are expected to announce that Jose Lima will start Thursday's game against St. Louis.
By starting Lima the Mets would give Brian Bannister extra time to rehab his injured hamstring and also give Pedro Martinez an additional day between starts.

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According to FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal, the Mets have agreed informally to decline their 2007 option on Tom Glavine's contract if he wants to return to the Braves.
Glavine restructured his contract with the Mets to reduce his 2006 salary from $10.5 million to $7.5 million. In return, he received a $12 million club option and a $5.5 million player option for 2007, both with a $3 million buyout. The option also includes a $3 million bonus if he makes the All-Star team the next two years or a $2 million bonus if he makes it in '07 alone.

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Brian Bannister was pulled out of his rehab start for Triple-A Norfolk on Thursday after just five pitches.
No word yet on what the problem was, though there's a good chance his hamstring just wasn't ready quite yet.