According to Mets.com, The Mets have made a trade with the Florida Marlins.

27 year old RHP Henry Owens and 26 year old RHP Matt Lindstrom are headed to Florida for 23 year old LHP Jason Vargas and 23 year old LHP Adam Bostick.

“We think Vargas and Bostick are two promising lefthanded pitchers and we're happy to have them in the organization,” said Mets General Manager Omar Minaya.

The Marlins drafted Vargas out of Long Beach State with their second-round pick in the 2004 draft. Vargas went 1-2 with a 7.33 ERA for the Marlins and 3-6 with a 7.43 ERA for the Isotopes in 2006.

Bostick went 1-2, 4.67 in five starts after his promotion to Triple-A Albuquerque, with a 30/13 K/BB in 27 innings. On the year, he went 9-9, 3.74 with a 139/80 K/BB in 142 innings between the Isotopes and Double-A Carolina.

Owen after four years in the class A leagues was promoted to the AA Binghamton Mets, where he compiled 51 and only allowed 8 hits in 25 innings pitched while closing.

He made his major league debut on July 7th 2006. He pitched a perfect ninth inning in a 7-3 Mets loss to the Florida Marlins. The first batter he faced, Alfredo Almezaga, struck out looking at a 96 mph fastball.

Lindstrom began the 2005 season at AA Binghamton, which was determined to be a make-or-break year for his career. He went 2-5 with an ERA of 5.40 with and had troubling walk and home-run rates of 6.75 BB/9 and 1.35 HR/9 in thirty-five games. He had ten starts, and was switched to bullpen duty midway through the season.

From Adam Rubin's Daily News Blog…

Mets Blog is reporting by way of Ken Rosenthal on Fox Sports that the Mets may be in talks to acquire cathcer Danny Ardoin, 32, was designated for assignment by the Rockies last Friday and jack of all trades, Luis Gonzales.

Gonzalez,
27, primarily is a second baseman, but he has played all four infield
positions in the past two seasons as well as left field and right. He
would give the Mets protection if Jose Valentin again is slowed by his
right hamstring injury. Chris Woodward is currently the Mets' only
backup infielder.

In return for Ardoin and Gonzalez, the Rockies
likely would receive Class AA right-hander Matt Lindstrom, 26, or Class
AA right-hander Henry Owens, 27.

Here's a rundown of this weekends minor league action courtesy of the fantastic Toby's Mets Minor League Report…

Norfolk Tides (AAA)

Saturday

Edgardo Alfonzo drilled a homerun and
drove home three in a 2-4 night in support of MacLane.  The only other Tide with two hit was Tagg Bozied who was 2-3 with a solo HR
and two runs scored. 

Catcher Yunir Garcia started his first game for
Norfolk, after
one pinch hitting appearance, and was 1-3.

Sunday

Sandy Martinez slugged
a walk-off homer in the ninth inning to lead the Tides to a win at Harbor Park, he also
drove in a run with a fourth-inning double.

Heath Bell
(3-2) picked up the win in relief of Jose
Lima who was pitching a shutout until surrendering four runs in the sixth
inning.

Binghamton Mets (AA)

Saturday

Jorge Padilla doubled twice in a 2-4
performance with two runs scored. 

Chase Lambin launched a solo HR as
well.

Sunday

St Lucie Mets (A+)

Saturday

Caleb Stewart won this game with a
three run HR in the bottom of the ninth for St. Lucie. Stewart
also doubled and scored twice in a 2-5 night. 
Carp, in addition to starting the ninth inning rally doubled and drove
home a run. 

Sal Aguilar turned in a nice start,
allowing two runs in seven innings.  He struck
out two and walked two.

Carlos Muniz blew the save in the ninth
by giving up a run, but Stewart’s blast made him a winner.

Sunday

Jose Coronado’s
three-run, eighth-inning single proved to be the margin, as St. Lucie battled
back from a big deficit and shaky starting pitching to beat Vero Beach at historic Holman Stadium.  (Ed: If you had trouble with the concept of a
three-run single, you weren’t alone. 
Coronado himself scored the third run on the play on a throwing error on
Vero’s catcher.  This, my friends, is
minor league baseball.)

Carlos Muniz
pitched the final out of the game to pick up his 27th save of the season.

Hagerstown Suns (A-)

Saturday

Deolis Guerra (5-7) allowed just one run in his five innings on two hits.  He walked three and struck out three,
lowering his ERA to 2.35.

Centerfielder
Sean Henry, who was converted from
SS this year, and promoted this week from Kingsport,
was 2-3 with two doubles.

Sunday

Jeramy Simmons (1-2) was sharp through seven innings, allowing
just two runs and four hits, but ran out of gas in the eighth, allowing a pair
of singles and then a double, which scored a run, to start off the inning.

Ryan Meyers couldn’t put out the fire,
giving up a single and two more runs before finally quelling the uprising.

Kevin Tomasiewicz slammed the door and
picked up his 15th save.

Here's a recap of yesterday's minor league action courtesy of the great Toby's Mets Minor League Report…

Norfolk Tides (AAA)

Binghamton Mets (AA)

St. Lucie Mets (A+)

Jose Sanchez was roughed up for five
runs in five and a third.

Hagerstown Suns (A-)

Mike Pelfrey's return to AAA Norfolk was a piece of cake. Mike allowed two earned runs on three hits
and two walks in five innings in Norfolk's 6-2 win at Buffalo. He struck out three, required 90 pitches, and
surrendered a homer to Jason Cooper.

Henry Owens blew his first save. He had gone 18-18.

Phil Humber returned to Binghamton for the first time since his season ending Tommy John surgery last year. Humber gave up 4 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks while striking out 5, but felt pretty good despite the results.

“I wouldn't call it a full outing. Stuff wise,
everything was good. I had good bite on my fastball, and my breaking
ball was good. It's just location was the main thing I was missing.”

Matt Lindstrom and Henry Owens each pitched a scoreless inning in the game.

Here's a few highlights of last nights minor league action courtesy of Toby's Mets Minor League Report…

AAA

• Edgardo Alfonzo had a pair of hits, including a double and an RBI.
• Chris Basak had three hits and
  an RBI.

AA

• Chase Lambin, who was demoted in place of Edgardo Alfonzo, doubled and homered to drive in a pair
  of runs.
• Carlos Gomez had three hits
• Ambio Concepcion had four hits 
• Henry
  Owens collected the save.

A+

• Mike Carp
  continued his hot hitting with two hits, including a double.
• Corey Coles had three hits to raise his
  average to .337.

Henry Owens struck out all three batters he faced Monday in his inning for Double-A Binghamton.

Owens
has given up just six hits and posted a 47/7 K/BB ratio in 22 2/3
innings for Binghamton. If not for an elbow injury that caused him to
miss time last month, he'd be in Triple-A right now. He should be
anyway. The 27-year-old could join the Mets sometime in July or August.