I guess one thing you can say about the Mets bullpen is that they are historical-like as in they are the worst bullpen in the history of baseball. Seriously, seven relievers to close out a game? While the bull pen was awful last night, the Mets got enough offense to finally win a game a stop their losing streak. It was a good thing they won as both the Phillies and the Brewers won last night.
Jose Reyes hit a lead off homer. Reyes admitted that he was glad that the Mets would be facing some right handed pitching as he has really struggled against the lefties here in September. Obviously something clicked for him as he was 2-4 with 2 RBI; he also walked once and scored twice. Carlos Delgado hit his 36th homer of the season; he also scored twice and drove in a pair as well. Carlos Beltran was the real story last night. He hit two homers and was 2-3 with 3 RBI and two runs scored. Is there another outfielder in the National league who has both scored and driven in over 100 runs?
Unfortunately David Wright is choking. He was 0-5 last night, he struck out two times and stranded four guys on base. It also looked as if his ninth inning error might just blown the game for the Mets. I like David a lot. I think he plays hard and I think he is just an all around good guy. He is being groomed as ”the guy” of this team for the long haul. But, if you look at what Ryan Howard is doing for his team right now and you compare that to where David is right now, it looks like he is choking big time. Listen, I hope tonight that Wright comes out of this funk and totally just makes a fool out of me for writing this. If the Mets are going to go anywhere and not fall out of this, they need the big four Wright, Reyes and the Carloses to carry them there.
It appears that we will be oh so lucky to continue to see Luis Castillo. Damion Easley is probably not going to be able to contribute much after tearing his quad over the weekend. Also, while Fernando Tatis is holding off on having surgery for his grade 3 shoulder separation, he will not be back for the Mets this season, even if they do make the play offs.
The Mets will have Johan Santana on the mound tonight. Game time is scheduled for 7:10 p.m.
