I can't help but think as the offseason dwindles into the past, "Is that all?" The Mets signed Jason Bay which was a big signing that we were all hoping for. Jose Reyes appears to be healthy and ready for Spring Training as is Johan Santana. That's good news. Of course Carlos Beltran's knee surgery offsets some of that good news.

We've yet to begin spring training and the injury parade has begun with Carlos Beltran sure to miss all of spring training (and probably the first month of the season) after having had arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. MLB.com delivers the awful news.

Merry Christmas Mets fans. Omar "Santa" Minaya delivered this year's gift in the form of Kelvim Escobar. Not much of a gift you say? Stop being a humbug. It's better than nothing right?

So the word is that the Mets have made offers to Jason Bay and Bengie Molina. I like the offer to Jason Bay. He had big numbers in 2009 with 36 homers and 119 RBI. The year before he hit 31 homers with 101 RBI. And he's only 31.

Happy Thanksgiving Mets fans! 2009 sucked but we can dream better things for 2010, can't we? As fans I think we still have a few things to be thankful for though. I list them here in the hopes that they plant the seeds for great things next season. These are in no particular order.

I think we can now get on with the business at hand. The Yankees won the series. At least the Phillies lost, right? There's only one thing that the Mets can do to answer. And that's put together a really solid squad in the offseason by addressing the most critical needs like first base, left field, a quality starter and a setup man.

Last week Jose Reyes had surgery on one of his precious wheels.

"Mets shortstop Jose Reyes underwent successful surgery to eliminate scar tissues in his right leg Thursday morning in Dallas. Reyes should be fully recovered and ready to participate in all activities in training camp in February."

Amazin Moments #100

A postmortem on the 2009 season. Some discussion about what the Mets can do in the offseason. A call from a listener to the new comment line.

There is a new call in number that you can try if you want to leave a message for airing in the next podcast. Listen in to hear the number.

What a crying shame. A Japanese camera crew happened to be in a Los Angeles pawn shop when Lenny Dykstra showed up to pawn a number of his rings including the one from the '86 World Series. Check out the video for yourself.

I'm not going to make too much of it since the Mets are long done for the season. But I think David Wright showed today (2 homers, 6 RBI) that he's still got it. Here's a guy who was alone in the lineup with the rest of the real muscle out for months. His power seemed greatly diminished this season. Then he gets hit in the head with a fastball. It has been a really tough year for David.