In his column for SI.com today, Jon Heyman lays a few nuggets about the Mets. 

Heyman notes that until Wagner comes back, Jerry Manuel will have to play roulette with the bullpen with various new arms such as former closer Al Reyes and fire-baller Bobby Parnell. 

This is clearly the best way to handle the bullpen right now, nobody is suited to for a certain inning, but lots of the relievers are good in certain situations against certain types of batters.

We saw a bit of that today as Manuel used lefty Ricardo Rincon for two-thirds of an inning this evening. 

Heyman also notes that John Maine tried to tough it out with his injury for now, but as of now it looks like he won’t make the finish line.  He also reminds us of other Mets that won’t finish the season: El Duque, Moises Alou, Angel Pagan, and Matt Wise. 

I missed the excitement of Pagan, hopefully he’ll be a nice bench piece next year. 

Heyman also notes that Carlos Delgado is “stunningly” a candidate for NL MVP.

WRONG - in my opinion, Delgado is fifth on the Mets for MVP, nonetheless the entire NL.  Just because his positive efforts have been concentrated over a small period time do not negate an entire two months of terrible performance and a lack of effort. 

Finally, Heyman adds that the Mets are trying to extend Omar Minaya who’s contract finishes at the end of 2009. 

I think Minaya did a great job turning the franchise around, but more and more the future of the game is turning into developing your own cheap talent through the system, something that Minaya hasn’t proven he can do yet.  I would hope the Wilpons think long and hard about extending him, and not accept it as a foregone conclusion.