Beltran to DL, but Mets are Still Redding, Willing, and Able

Another day, another Mets All Star placed on the disabled list. This time, it's Carlos Beltran's turn to join the other 8 Met players to spend time on the disabled list with a bone bruise on his right knee. He'll miss at least 15 games (although with the track record of the Mets medical staff, it'll probably be way longer than that).

However, there is good news: Tim Redding and the rest of the healthy Mets stepped it up big time in yesterday's improbable 6-4 victory over the Cardinals at Citi. Redding pitched into the eighth inning for his first win with the Mets and substitute setup man Brian Stokes got Albert Pujols to ground into a crucial double play.

Daniel Murphy (2 hits including a homerun), Omir Santos (4 for 4), and Luis Castillo (3 for 3) were the hitting stars in the game while KRod pitched another 1-2-3 ninth for the big save. The team totaled 14 hits with the makeshift lineup in the win - pretty impressive.

Surprisingly, the Mets are a MLB best 17-7 in first games of series this year and are 4-1 when Daniel Murphy hits a homerun. And in the "it can't get more surreal" department, Jose Reyes and trainer Ray Ramirez were rear-ended by a fire truck on the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge en route to the hospital for a checkup.

Thankfully, no one was hurt. But haven't we learned from the Duaner Sanchez incident? Please Met players - stay out of cars!