With one series left before the All-Star Break, the Mets have a chance to finish the first half of their season on a high note. They have to play the Pirates in Pittsburgh. The Bucs had a great first half, but have struggled of late having lost 6 of 10. The Mets, on the other … Read more
OK, you’re probably reading the headline and thinking, “more like ‘Seven Guys Not Slumping at the Same Time is the Key to Mets Offense.'” Yes, the Mets are not exactly the reincarnation of the 1927 Yankees.
They don’t have an ideal leadoff hitter or a steady center fielder or right fielder. Ruben Tejada has been nearly as unspectacular with the bat has he has been with the glove this year, and Daniel Murphy, after a hot start, has slumped mightily. On April 25th, he was batting .346/.388/.538. Since then, he’s hit only .130/.161/.167.
It seems in late April, everyone went into a slump following their hot start. But the Mets need a stabilizing presence in the middle of the lineup to mitigate poor performance from the rest of the team – let’s say…a power-hitting left-handed bat. Someone like Ike Davis.
28 games are in the books in 2013 – 28 embarrassing, encouraging, disastrous, delightful, hopeless and hopeful games. One night, a fan could go from swearing off his beloved Mets for good, while another game brings about a glimmer of hope. But the Mets have given us no reason to believe that 2013 edition of this team will deliver anything more than a glimmer.
David Wright is not in tonight’s lineup due to what manager Terry Collins called a “real stiff neck.” Which I suppose is worse than a fake stiff neck. He’s officially day-to-day. “It was bothering him at the end of the game yesterday,” Collins said. “He played yesterday. He was fine when the game started. It’s … Read more
This is the phase of Spring Training where we start to wring our hands and worry about injuries and try to predict who’s going to start on Opening Day. Since I have enough to worry about in real life, I’m adopting a new philosophy – I’m not going to worry about baseball – at least … Read more
You’ll all be happy to know that Mets 2B Jordany Valdespin is fine after he got hit by a Justin Verlander pitch in the…well, I’ll let Jordany tell you. After he was removed from the game, he told reporters that “Everything is good, working good, normally, everything is great.” Thanks for that self-evaluation, JV. This, … Read more
David Wright joined the Mets push to acquire Michael Bourn on Monday.
While the Mets engage in draft jujitsu with Major League Baseball over their eleventh round draft pick, and play a game of cat and mouse with Scott Boras, Wright contacted Bourn personally to lobby the center fielder to come to Flushing.
Wright talked, and exchanged text messages with, the speedy center fielder in an effort to sell him on the Mets.
“I just wanted to let him know that he would be a great addition here and he’d obviously be welcomed here,’’ Wright said after his first early workout at Port St. Lucie.
“I talked to him a couple weeks ago, and I told him, ‘You’re always in the right place at the right time, your work counts,’’’ Wright said. “I’ve always had great respect for him and the way he plays the game and have always kind of chatted with him when he gets to third base.”
