The Mets Lost Weekend

The Mets lost a golden opportunity to show the Phillies and Sandy Alderson they are a team that can compete in the National League East. Friday night the Mets came out flat. They let a young stud dominate them. Saturday they rebounded like we have come to expect they would. Today they were average at best playing a first place team and its showed.The game was never close. The Phillies made The Mets look like the 500 team they are. 

Bay has been puny all year and stayed that way and Pagan, started off slow, got hurt, came back strong and now is mired in a 1/19 or so. He is not hitting his weight in July.

Today Bay went 0/4, had a really crucial error in the field and left 5 runners on in scoring position. I do not think Angel fared any better with the bat. 

This team has been so fun to watch because they give 100% all the time. Murphy has been great, Turner and Tejeda and Duda have surprised. 
Collins has managed as good I have ever seen a manager manage.

Wright and Reyes are coming back soon. Unfortunately, not in time to stop Alderson from trading Beltran. There maybe a bidding war and I believe Alderson is holding all the cards in a deal for Carlos. After today, I think Sandy will try to package Beltran with Pelfrey. He may go for a blockbuster, with Bay, Pagan, Beltran and Pelfrey. He has done this in the past. A blockbuster trade like this would clear a great deal of salary. 

This Mets team has been fun to watch and cheer for. Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling love this team and that is big. They are a player’s team. I bet if you polled the other teams in the league, the Mets are a team playoff contenders do not want to play. They are scrappy and they don’t give up. 
That is a credit again to Collins. 

If he'd had all of his pieces who knows where this team would be. 




Before this series I predicted Mets would have to play 600 ball over next ten days and win 2/3 from Phillies. Can the Mets go 5/7 against Marlins and Cards? I do not think they can do that. I do know they will try their best. If some of the veterans started to hit and pitch like their rookie brothers this team would be right there. It’s the kids, Jose and Beltran that have held this team together.


Reyes has had an MVP first half and I believe he and David Wright will have great second halves. Alderson will get rid of the dead wood and bring up more kids. We are not going to make the playoffs, but we will be competitive. I still think they can win between 85-90 games. We will soon see. 


Let’s Go Mets!