Mets Minor-League first baseman Chris Carter has been impressive since the start of the exhibition season.

Although he has had just eight at bats, he is 5 for 8 with three home runs and eight RBI in four games, and has homered in each of his last three games.

I don’t know how the Mets view him, considering he is a first baseman, and they already hold Ike Davis in such high regard, but if this high level of play continues, the Mets would be hard pressed to not make room for him on the Major League roster come Opening Day.

The original diagnosis of Jose Reyes‘ overactive thyroid has been disputed to a certain degree by doctors in New York, but for the time being, Reyes will stay in New York until further test results are returned.

No matter what, regarding this condition, the first thing I am concerned with is the personal health of Reyes. Hopefully, this is nothing more than a minor imbalance and he can get back to normal once again soon.

I spent the better part of two days doing nothing but studying Jose Reyes in Port St. Lucie last month, and there wasn’t any indication of fatigue, which is one of the indicators of a thyroid problem. He was the typical excitable Reyes we have come to know over the years, to the point I was worried he would get hurt from being so animated.

Here’s to hoping this is a small bump in the road, and hopefully within a week or so, we will be watching the happy-go-lucky Reyes on the field in St. Lucie, preparing for Opening Day.

I have been performing a statistical analysis on Flickr over the past couple of days, and in doing so, I wanted to share with readers my most popular player picture.

I took this picture of David Wright three years ago in Port St. Lucie. It’s nothing spectacular – I just caught him at the right moment, when he looked directly at me.

However, it appears to be the most popular player photo in my entire collection of 9,196 photos in my Flickr collection.

To see other photos from Spring Training in Port St. Lucie, back in 2007, click here.

Twitter user @PessimisticMet uses this picture for his Twitter avatar.

Johan Santana is making his highly anticipated Spring debut this afternoon at Tradition Field.

It’s a significant outing because, for the first time since last August 20, he is pitching in a game situation, and hopefully, he will be putting to bed any questions about his surgically repaired elbow.

I have spent a great deal of time watching Santana this Spring, and he is showing no signs of holding back on his workouts, and most important of all, he appears to be having fun.

The game will air on SNY beginning at 1:00 pm.

This is a test post once again, this one showing Omir Santos swinging and missing at a pitch.

I am currently working on reconstructing the site due to a security breach. The site will be back at full capacity early next week.

I am also working on a redesign of the site, which will be unveiled at that point.