On the Mets beat

Good news for Carlos Delgado -- and the Mets. The first baseman just left to catch a flight to Puerto Rico for the birth of the couple's first child. That should give him plenty of time to return for the April 1 opener in St. Louis, which happened to the original due date. Delgado had said earlier that he would leave the team to be with his wife, Betzaida, even if the regular season already had begun.