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When young children hear the words "New York Mets", most think of David Wright, the face of the Mets franchise.  I've heard rumors pertaining to David Wright possibly being traded this coming offseason.  If the Mets were smart, they wouldn't dare trade Wright, and I'll discuss why.

Charlie Morton has a fastball. He also has what's been colorfully described as "filthy" stuff, pitches with strange spins and angles that are likely to confuse batters, due to body motions basically peculiar to him. So why isn't he a winning pitcher?

One example came in the final game of the Mets series. He had gotten through three scoreless innings, and was struggling in the fourth. Lucas Duda, of all people, hit a two-run double.

At this point, Jimmy Rollins has missed eight straight games after tweaking his hamstring about a week and a half ago. Overall, Rollins has only played in 82 games this season, is on injury number four, and is only hitting .245.

All of that, combined with the way Shane Victorino has responded as the lead-off hitter and the way Wilson Valdez has been playing the field, makes me think the Phils should just sit Rollins down until the playoffs.

Now in his 29th season as a major league manager, Joe Torre recently announced that he will not be returning to the Los Angeles Dodgers next season.

Torre led the team to two NLCS appearances in his first two years with the team but this year has been a horrific season for the Boys in Blue.

Dodgers fans shouldn't despair, while his tenure with the team comes to a close, this is not a time to be sad.

There's plenty of reasons to be hopeful.  Here are 10 reasons that the Dodgers won't miss him.

After toiling away in anonymity his first two seasons in professional baseball, Chun-Hsiu Chen, 21, has posted numbers guaranteed to vault his status among the game’s top catching prospects. 

The Indians signed the Taiwanese backstop in September 2007 for $300,000 after he  grabbed headlines the previous season during the World Junior Championships. 

Chen, a dominant force in the batter’s box and on the mound, hit .417, slugged .500, and his fastball clocked as high as 92 mph. 

This is officially ridiculous.

Last Monday, the Yankees visited the Rays in St. Petersburg, Fla. for one of the most anticipated series in the 2010 season.

The race has been tightly packed all season, with no team leading by more 2 1/2 games since July 26.

In the last five days, there have been three flip-flops for the division lead. With another four game set about to happen between these two teams in Yankee Stadium, you can expect the seesaw to keep on tilting.

One thing is certain, the Colorado Rockies like drama as much as a middle school girl.

Early Friday morning The GM's Perspective reported that the Vancouver Canadians were set to become the newest member of the Toronto Blue Jays family.

I mentioned to a friend in an email this new partnership between the Canadians and Jays brings together two hotbeds of baseball and situates them under one umbrella.

Is it better to be lucky or good?

In Alex Rodriguez's case, last night he was a little bit of both.