Fresh on the heels of Patrick Flood’s list, the good fellows at Amazin’ Avenue reboot their unfinished version after a long hiatus. Our man Bob Ojeda comes in at No. 50 even though that was Sid Fernandez’s number. Alex Nelson provides a good and thorough writeup of Ojeda’s path to the Mets.

Fun fact, for what it’s worth: Ojeda started and got the win in the first baseball game I ever attended, Opening Day 1987. That means the first pitch I ever saw in a big-league game was thrown by a guy I now talk to with some regularity. And the first hitter I ever saw in a Major League game was Barry Bonds, to date the best hitter I’ve ever seen in a Major League game.

The Mets’ first-round pick last year, Matt Harvey, made his professional debut yesterday. He threw five scoreless innings, whiffing nine and walking two. Mike Diaz has a full recap of yesterday’s Mets Minor League action.

At ESPN.com, David Schoenfield lists ten reasons the Mets aren’t that bad. It’s a lot of the stuff fans have been saying for weeks, but it’s nice to see some national writers pick up on it.

In a guest post to MetsGrrl, Brad Jasper presents a bunch of ideas for new versions of Mr. Met commercials. I loved the ones from a couple years ago that he mentions — the t-shirt sniping one especially. I think those ads are produced by the Mets, not SNY, but I’ll ask my man in the promos department.

The guys at Amazin’ Avenue have gone to town with my Shellfish Beltran image from the weekend. Check it out.