As Jenrry Mejia gets set to start his first game, highly regarded pitching prospects who made their big league debuts with the Mets have had varying degrees of success in their first starts.

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Mejia joins ranks of Mets making first start

Chicago's Alfonso Soriano hammered a three-run homer to cap a four-run fifth off Mets starter R.A. Dickey, and Blake DeWitt added another three-run shot off Dickey as the Cubs beat the Mets, 7-6, on Friday before 31,424 at Wrigley Field.

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Dickey allows two big homers in Mets' loss

Angel Pagan was in the lineup for the Mets on Friday against the Cubs, marking his first start since Monday after battling tendinitis in his right wrist. Shortstop Jose Reyes' status remained unchanged.

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Pagan returns to Mets' starting lineup

After beginning the season with an up-and-down showing in 30 relief appearances, then getting sent to the Minors to convert back to the rotation, Jenrry Mejia will finally make his big league debut as a starter Saturday.

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Mets to finally see Mejia as a starter

Mets starter Johan Santana left Thursday's 4-2 win over the Braves with a strained pectoral muscle. He is day-to-day.

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Johan day-to-day with strained pec muscle

Tim Hudson allowed four runs — including David Wright's home run — over seven innings Thursday in a 4-2 Mets victory over the Braves at Turner Field. But the Mets also lost Johan Santana to injury.

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Mets find stroke but lose Santana

The family of former Mets prospect Brian Cole, who was killed in a 2001 car accident, won a $131 million verdict against the Ford Motor Company in Laurel, Miss., on Monday.

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Cole family, Ford settle over crash death

The Mets purchased the contract of catcher Mike Nickeas from Triple-A Buffalo on Thursday and transferred right-hander John Maine to the 60-day disabled list.

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Mets promote catcher Nickeas from Minors

On a day when the Mets welcomed prospects Jenrry Mejia and Lucas Duda to the team, Pelfrey submitted his roughest outing in a month, lasting five innings Wednesday in a 4-1 loss to Tommy Hanson and the Braves

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Pelfrey off early, while Mets' bats quieted

Though neither was in the lineup, Jose Reyes and Angel Pagan both used the same word Wednesday to describe their status: "Better."

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Reyes, Pagan showing improvement