The New York Mets announced Friday afternoon that outfielder Jason Bay will be placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to July 26, which is the day he was diagnosed with a concussion after crashing into the outfield wall at Dodger Stadium last Friday. Jesus Feliciano will take his spot on the Mets' active roster.

This is not great news for the Mets as they hang around on the periphery of the playoff race, 5 1/2 games out of the wild card and 6 1/2 behind the Braves in the NL East. Bay has been a bit of a disappointment in the first year of his monster contract with the Mets thanks to a .402 slugging percentage and just six home runs, but his injury means more playing time for Jeff Francoeur and Feliciano, and neither one of them has been very good at all this year.

The Mets woke up from a two-week sleep on Tuesday night, scoring eight runs in beating Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals at Citi Field in New York.

The victory came in the first game of a six-game homestand, but it wasn't enough to keep his former team off of Steve Phillips' list of "Three Down" around Major League Baseball.

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NEW YORK -- Dressed in his St. Louis Cardinals red and gray warm-up garb with matching shoes that on the side read "Pujols'' (it takes instinctual theatrics to properly pull that off), Albert Pujols, "The Great Pujols,'' his manager long ago stapled him, stood near the third-base batters box in Citi Field. It was a little more than an hour before the first pitch of the Cardinals-Mets game on Tuesday night. Pujols spoke in Spanish to media queries he received in that language.

This Dominican Republic native has long gone the extra route for his roots. And when you think about it, long before joining the Cardinals in the big leagues for good in 2001, his New York link was created. When his family immigrated to the U.S. in 1996, he came, first, to New York.

"It was only for a few months and I was only 16,'' Pujols recalled in the St. Louis clubhouse, ice around his waist, his mind focused on what's next. Always on what's next.

"I have a few third and fourth cousins here,'' he continued. "I have some good friends here in New York. Some people here that I trust.''

He knows how to probe, maneuver his way around this city.

Another wild baseball weekend is in the books and FanHouse TV's Steve Phillips is here to break it all down.

Can Buster Posey continue to carry the Giants up the NL West standings?

Can Jerry Manuel find some way to awaken the Mets' sleeping bats?

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July 31 is fast approaching, and the MLB FanHouse staff has its ear to the ground for all the latest buzz on who might be moved, where, and when. Get the latest tidbits in our MLB Trade Deadline Roundup.

The Mets are still buyers, but general manager Omar Minaya is reluctant to give in to an anxious fanbase and attempt a major move. Minaya's thought process, one team official said, is not to panic, because the last time the Mets panicked, they traded Scott Kazmir for Victor Zambrano.

The front office believes the Mets -- who have lost 12 of 15 to fall 7 1/2 games out in the NL East and six back in the wild card -- have the talent to make a run at the playoffs but the players simply need to play better.

The Mets could use a back-end starter, a reliever and some bench help, but they seem unwilling to add payroll or depart with top prospects, so any additions would be relatively minor.

"He's not going to do anything big," one source said of Minaya.

The rumored deal with the Royals, in which Kansas City would take Oliver Perez, appears to be a no-go. The Mets would like to find a taker for Perez and Jeff Francoeur.

The Mets are interested in buying low on relievers, including Arizona's Chad Qualls and the Angels' Scot Shields, both of whom have had down seasons. -- Jeff Fletcher and Ed Price

A Hall of Fame is about story-telling. It's about fish tales and honest memories, too. The criteria to get in?

Well, nothing specific. This isn't a record book, but a feeling, really. An argument.

I'm not talking about Andre Dawson or Whitey Herzog getting into the Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday. Both belong, though my strongest memory of Dawson is of him leaving what must have been a world-record number of runners on base with the Cubs in the playoffs.

But their induction, mixed with the defining problems of this baseball era, make this the right time to think about the meaning of these things. Consider this:

Dwight Gooden has been in the news twice recently. He was charged for being under the influence of drugs while driving with his kid in the backseat, and then leaving the scene of an accident. And now the New York Post reports that Gooden's wife said he has abandoned her and their kids, leaving them on food stamps. It has been two decades of stories like this from Gooden.

And Saturday, he'll be in the news again. That's when the New York Mets will induct him into their Hall of Fame.

Come on, Mets. Don't do it. Don't honor Gooden. The only good I can see coming from this is that Gooden's wife and kids will know where to find him for a day.

Look, I know that Gooden was a great pitcher. And I've heard all the arguments that the Morals Police can't decide what kind of an athlete anyone is.

Dwight Gooden, the former New York Mets and Yankees star, has abandoned his family and turned into a deadbeat dad, says his wife, Monique, according to a New York Post report.

Monique Gooden told the paper she has not seen Gooden since June 22. She said the former ace, who has been plagued by substance abuse problems for decades, left the her and their children -- 5-year-old old son Dylan and 4-month-old daughter Milan -- surviving on public assistance and food stamps.

"He's left us with no money," Monique Gooden told the Post. "When I got here to Maryland, I had to go apply for social services, food stamps and health insurance for the kids. He has offered no financial assistance to us."

Monique Gooden says the 1984 National League Rookie of the Year had been holed up in a hotel somewhere in New Jersey back in May.

The couple wed in January 2009, but Monique claims they haven't lived together since May 1, according to the report.

"You know what, right now I'm so stressed, I've been so stressed that every day has been a struggle for me," she told the paper. "I just want support for the kids at this time . . . I just want to take care of them."

It's a ritual as beloved as any in New York City: The Mets go on a losing jag and the local tabloids start speculating about the future of manager Jerry Manuel.

The team is on one of those jags right now, a particularly ugly start to the second half that's seen them lose seven of eight games while scoring just 15 runs. They've fallen 7 1/2 games behind the Braves in the NL East and seem to be giving back every ounce of goodwill they earned during a better-than-expected first half. That means the crosshairs fall on Manuel, although general manager Omar Minaya did his best to put out the fire.

Mike Pelfrey started off the season on fire, but like the rest of the New York Mets, he has fallen into a big slump.

Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers try to get back on the winning track as the pennant race heats up.

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• Bud Selig needs to find a new owner for the Dodgers.

Time to make amends, commish. You steered Frank and Jamie McCourt, the dodgy duo from the Evil Coast, into control of the Dodgers. They've shown they weren't to be trusted. Baseball deserves better. The West Coast deserves better. Millions of Dodgers fans deserve better.

Listen to L.A. Superior Court judge Scott Gordon, who recently suggested the McKooks should sell the club. Confirming what West Coast Bias wrote here last month, Gordon cited divorce-related findings that the McKooks used the Dodgers as a giant ATM machine: "It is clear that the Dodger organization and the numerous affiliated businesses supported the parties' extraordinary lifestyle and the maintenance of real property."

Dennis Gilbert, the former baseball agent, warrants consideration as a potential successor in L.A.

• Hitters who reach base against right-handers are a shopping priority for the Padres.

San Diego's front office views the team's paltry .316 on-base percentage against right-handers as a significant weakness that needs addressing via trade. To no avail, Padres exec Paul DePodesta targeted corner outfielder Luke Scott a few years ago, and this year Scott has given the Orioles a .362 OBP and .546 slugging percentage against right-handers. Scott seemingly would cost less in a trade than Royals outfielder David DeJesus, a better defender who's taxed righties for a .396 OBP.