From Chuck Carree: Bradley Holt will miss 2 starts afeter rolling an ankle slipping on some steps. No big deal, as I'm sure the Mets want to continue to increase his innings gently to minimize the risk of future arm injury.

Nate Hall is hitting the ball well, playing absolutely every day, usually at 3B, with an occasional DH appearance, and hitting between 5th and 7th in the lineup. He's at .281/.368/.375, which is a very useful offensive line. The .368 OBP is excellent, and is 100 points better than the only other Windy City player to have gotten a start at 3B, Tyler Farrar. With 10 BB to 11 K, Nate is handling the bat well, and has hit a couple of doubles in the last 3 games, which is helping the all-important slugging percentage.