"A consistent producer for the Orioles, [Huff] quietly had a huge year last year, finishing third in the AL in total bases with 330, and is hitting well again this year. But he's not as solid an all-around player as Johnson. 'Not a good fielder and another base clogger, which we don't need,' one Mets person said."

So that's why Ramon Martinez is playing - he's not a base clogger! I can tell you one thing we do need and that's more pop. I don't know if Huff is worth it for what he'd cost at this point of the year, but I hope this "Mets person" isn't too far up the chain.

and that's after only 5 innings. And he touched all the bases.

Peter King weighs in on the Mets (scroll down to 10. b.). I wonder if they're frauds like three years ago when they ran away with the division or like the last two years when they were in first place going into the final weeks? I await further expert analysis.