Over at his Daily News blog, Adam Rubin reports the results of the strength and conditioning tests the Mets players took part in which included a 300 yard dash, vertical leap, among other tests.

Rubin writes the overall winner was Angel Pagan. David Wright finished first out of the infielders, Robinson Cancel won the Catchers group and John Maine came in first out of all the pitchers.

Our favorite Mets curmudgeon, Marty Noble, tackles the tough questions in the latest edition of his mailbag column. Among them, was the Angel Pagan trade a pre-cursor to a larger deal for Johan Santana?

Find out the answer on Mets.com

The Associated Press reports that the Cubs have traded OF Angel Pagan to the Mets for RHP Ryan Meyers and OF Corey Coles. Pagan is coming back to the Mets from the Cubs, where he was traded back in 2006 for cash considerations.

Pagan, age 26, batted .264 with 4 home runs and 21 RBI in 71 games last year.

Meyers spent time at Savannah and St. Lucie last year, going 1-4 with a 2.79 ERA. He logged 13 saves.

Coles batted .286 at three different minor league levels, tagging one home run and driving in 31 RBI.

Pagan hits .289/.341/.395/.736 against right handed pitching and .236/.269/.486/.755 against left handed pitching.

Metstradamus, per usual, has an interesting take on the trade and on Pagan’s unique name.

Welcome back. I can see him working out as an Endy Chavez type player, coming in for late inning defense in place of old man Moises Alou. That is, if he makes the team. As we saw last year, a team can never have enough outfielders.