The most frightening part about it though, is that there is no help coming anytime soon. If Oliver Perez is the best reinforcement this team is going to gain in the next month, then I’d be hard pressed not to throw in the towel on this appalling 2009 campaign. Certainly you can point fingers, throw the blame around to the front office and the coaching staff and to the injuries suffered on the field, but honestly, the problem with the Mets has little to do with any of those elements.
Sure the injuries the Mets have been forced to endure are probably far too crushing to overcome, however there are countless other reasons why the Mets are just a flat out terrible baseball team. Facing reality though, in the best case scenario that all of Jose Reyes, Carlos Delgado, John Maine, Carlos Beltran and JJ Putz returned by mid-august8 0.just how far out will the team be from contending for either the division or wild card. In my estimation it may already be out of reach.
When Tim Redding and Livan Hernandez are counted on to attain important victories, there is an issue. When David Wright has only five long balls or Bobby Parnell goes from an untradeable setup man to a seldom used mop up reliever in the span of a week, that is alarming. When arguably your weakest position coming into the season, catcher, leads your team in runs batted in, a red flag has to be raised. And last but absolutely not least, the New York Mets are just not fundamentally sound defensively.
As angry Mets fans continue to rant and rave for bolstering the lineup with the likes of Adam Dunn or Aubrey Huff, I raise the question, just how much would those guys really make? In my whole hearted opinion, very little. The Mets have holes and issues that cannot be counted on two hands, the addition of one bat cannot compensate for all that they lack. Plus, the price that they are going to have to pay to get a bat at this point is going to be=2 0far too hefty. The Mets could acquire Manny Ramirez tomorrow, I still would not bet that they would finish the season any better than they could have without him.
When you cannot throw the ball to first base, when you cannot secure a fly ball in your glove, when you cannot hit a cutoff man, how much is a 450 foot home run really going to help? At this point, it is in the team’s best interest to try and raise the stock of guys like Nick Evans and Daniel Murphy going forward, if for no other reason than to trade them in the offseason for power hitting and pitching. With whispers of a hot pursuit of Roy Halladay by the Phillies, that may be all the reason more to throw the towel in on the 2009 season, and this is coming from the ultimate Met optimist. The bottom line is that for the last three seasons, the Mets have had no ability to overcome adversity, in clutch situations and pressure filled moments, they fold….when the team has to cope with injuries to its core like they are currently doing, they have given me no reason to prove they will overcome this obstacle either.
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This season is looking grimmer and grimmer. It was all over once Beltran went down. Us Mets fans always gave him a hard time, but we forgot how much he meant to this team. Good speed, defense, and the way he was hitting the ball was outstanding.
Looks like him and Reyes could be done for the year. If we are 8 games out by the middle of August, we still have no chance, when we can’t score any runs for two decent starters (Santana and Pelfrey).
I hate to say it, but I think Mike Pelfrey might be a good trade chip. He is so up and down, but he has great stuff, I think we could trade him for some depth for the 2010 season. There are a lot of teams that would love to have him, even if he is cheap. I can’t stand his inconsistency.
I hate to say it, but I’m going to have to agree with you man.
Winter 2010-11=Albert Pujols is a free agent
Dude, dont even think about Albert Pujols
Dude, Pujols may not even make it to Free Agency, the Cardinals are trying to sign him to a long term extension. From what I’ve read, he likes it there.
Also, if he made it to free agency, it’d be like what’s going on in the NBA with LeBron next year. We would have to outbid the Red Sox, Angels, etc., and pay much more than the Cardinals.
Don’t get me wrong, Pujols is my favorite non-Met and the best hitter in the game, and I’d love to see him here, but it could take a 25-30 mil/year deal.
Don’t give up yet, remember we’re getting angel pagan back today!
You can throw in the towel but I wont
Come on already! One new guy will not fill in all the holes. But if we get just one hole filled, it will speed up the recovery when the injured begin to return. Get one good bat now and try t make it a guy who can play a couple positions. Take your pick, I don’t care who. Start with one to start the recovery process.
i never will
Phils are getting hot. Mets are in a freefall. No return date for Beltran or Reyes. Delgado MAY be back in August.
Do the math…
So who’s the first to go? I’ve thrown in the towel already. I could see it back in early May that the team wasn’t going to be that good (and that was the Opening Day lineup). The open-ended injuries just put the fans out of our misery sooner.
I put that poll up on my site.
http://RememberingShea.blogspot.com
No one should be throwing in the towel until it is mathematiclally impossible for us to come back. I think we’re only 5.5 back, and we’re in early July. That’s enough.
We are 6.5 games back with no change in sight. Even if we pick it up, so will the Phillies. We shoudl throw in the towel and start thinking about 2010.