The Other Team From NYC
What is going on in Queens? I can’t figure it out. You would think these guys would want to win. Just a few short years ago they were in the playoffs. Last year they were 70 and 92 and 23 games out in the NL East. Three years ago they were so close to going to the big dance and seemed to have the players in place to do something. Looking at their positional players they still look like a good ball club. But then you look at the rotation. What a mess.
Now, despite
a strong lineup on paper, they still look like the
fourth place team that they were last year.
The Mets have one of the best pitchers in the
majors in Johan Santana but after that there is no
one. Pelfrey, Maine, Perez, and Nieve make
up the other four spots. Nieve hasn’t
played enough for the jury to be in on him yet but
the other three guys are just not good enough to
help the Mets contend in the East this year.
The only team with a starting rotation in their
division that could be considered just as bad is
the Nationals and at least they are trying to
improve by going out and acquiring Marquis.
The Mets are a major market team and should be in the hunt for a playoff spot every year. Every off-season they should be targeting trades and free agents to shore up their weaknesses. What have they done so far this off-season? They did pick up the best in show of the FA class in Jason Bay. This should add a little pop to their lineup. Other than that they have traded away pitching for Gary Matthews Jr and re-signed Tatis. The Matthews trade may have been out of necessity because Beltran went under the knife and nobody knows for sure how long he’ll be out. At least they will get a good glove out of Matthews but, with the exception of one year, he hasn’t done much with the stick and just became a super overpaid bench player for the perennial playoff contender Los Angeles California Angels of Anaheim California Los Angeles. Granted, the Bay signing did make their lineup stronger and the trade for Matthews may have been a smart move but they still haven’t addressed their weakest area…the starting pitching. If I was a Mets fan I would be going crazy right now. I don’t even like the Mets and I AM GOING CRAZY right now. What is wrong with this team? Why won’t they go after another starter? Why am I stuck in my crappy job when the Mets could hire me (really inexpensively) to be their GM? Why does it bother me so much that the Mets can’t figure things out for themselves?
All I know is that in another month or so I am going to do my predictions for the upcoming season and if the Mets can’t remove their heads from their <bleeps> I am going to be forced to pick them to come in last in the East. They certainly aren’t going to compete with the Phillies (who actually went out and made their rotation better and also have a better lineup.) They are not going to be able to compete with the Braves (who have two of the best young pitchers in baseball supported by two very good older pitchers in their rotation…their lineup may not be quite as good if the Mets are healthy but their pitching is far superior.) Florida’s young rotation will also be much better than the Mets’ and their young lineup will allow them to compete at a high level. That leaves the Mets fighting it out with the Nats for the bottom spot in the NL East…again.
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Mr. Met is a cool looking dude though. I guess
they do have a legit opportunity to come in last.
With Atlanta looking better and practically
everybody getting stronger they may be last in the
east
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