Jason Bay’s Bat Needs To Get Louder

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• Sean Kenny April 22, 2010 at 12:03 pm

  …there was a chart on AmazinAvenue at one point with a graph that showed the majority of his home runs would still have been homers in Citi Field.

  The trajectory required to get over the green monster nearly equates to another 20 feet. because you have to either sky the ball or hit it with a rising action. Line drives go to die for singles against it.

  Will Bay hit 30? Probably not. Was he overpaid? From an offensive standpoint, yes.
• Alex68 April 22, 2010 at 12:09 pm

  He’s hit at least 4 balls at citi that most likely would’ve been gone at any other stadium, I guess he and wright should thanks the architects and the wilpons for this beautiful ballpark..
• Sick of the Mets April 22, 2010 at 12:41 pm

  Bay will be abigger bust than Bobby Bonilla and Citifield will have nothing to do with it!
• Wally Backman April 22, 2010 at 12:47 pm

  Whats even worse and more troubling than the zero homeruns, is the fact he is not driving in any runs. In fact both Bay and Wright are suffocating the 3 and 4 spots in the lineup. If this doesnt change soon, say goodbye to the 2010 season. Wright is quickly showing himself to be a hollow man as far as a run producer goes. Ideally, he should be batting second or sixth.
• BTF April 22, 2010 at 1:19 pm

  A well articulated argument, but way off the mark in my opinion. I thought going after Bay was a bad move to begine with. Mostly because he was getting older, doesn’t apear to be athletically trim and in shape, has questions regarding the integrity of his shoulder and knees, and seems to soft spoken for playing in the glare of New York. As a lifelong Mets fans, I wish nothing but the best for Bay now that we own him, but I’m not expecting anything more than a few 20-75-.265 years if we’re lucky.
• Mykey April 22, 2010 at 2:36 pm

  Bay has always been a streaky hitter. HOPEFULLY, this is just his slump. I believe he will break out of it by the end of the homestand, and then we will see what he and the rest of this lineup can do.

  Just to add one more thing about homeruns…Keep in mind, we play 81 games on the road. Citi Field is not always the reason for not hitting homeruns. Again, it seems as if other teams hit homeruns in Citi Field just fine.
• Scott April 22, 2010 at 4:54 pm

  Well here is my take on Jason Bay and bear in mind there is no evidence or inside information backing up my thoughts.

  My thoughts are is that despite him saying he feels as if there is no added pressure on him being a big time producer, I don’t buy it one bit. I don’t care who you are or where you played before, In my opinion there are only two teams that are the toughest to play for and produce for, the Phillies and the Mets. No where else are the fans, media, whatever so critical of players day-to-day performance as the Mets and Phillies, especially with the Mets fans. They can love you one day and hate you the next.

  Now I know Bay is a veteran and played a season and a half in Beantown, but during his tenure there, he had Pedroia, Ortiz, Elsbury, and their pitching staff to be the center of the media attention, allowing Bay to just fly under the radar and do his thing.

  Now, Bay has been anointed the offensive savior of the Mets franchise for 2010 and on, and in my opinion, despite anything he claims, it has to be having some effect on his at-bats.

  Trust me if anyone knows how poor Jason Bay has been performing at the start of this season, it is Jason Bay.

  Hopefully what I like to call the “Spot-light Syndrome” that has affected Bay’s performance will wear off as the season progresses and attention shifts from him to other players succeeding. One thing that is definitely hurting Bay’s ability to get over this “Spot-light Syndrome” is David Wright’s lousy start. If there is one thing that would take pressure off of Bay, it is David Wright knocking the cover off the ball.

  Lets hope for this season, Bay and Wright can Right the Ship (no pun intended… Well maybe a pun was intended)

  LETS GO METS!!!
• Popster April 22, 2010 at 5:28 pm

  Strikeouts must be punished by sitting and watching, regardless of your name or the size of your contract. The Mets have 3 major strikeout guys in the heart of the order and they need to sit and think about it. Why not try Pagan hitting 3rd for a few, or Jose as promised. Unfortunately, GMJ is still inexplicably on the team so we don’t have a back up outfielder other than Catalanatto. GMJ should have been DJA’d with Jacobs and either Hessman, FMart or Evans brought up. The way it is now, there is no hope in the middle and it won’t change by doing the same thing every day.

  Very frustrating that our manager sees things a week later than everyone else.
• fredsaid April 22, 2010 at 5:30 pm

  From what I see Wright seems to have lost it since he got hit in the head last year.

  I feel that he should be batting near the end of the line up until he comes around.

  Plus since Bay is not doing so good, then who do the Mets have to bat 3rd, 4th, or 5th?

  Looks like trouble in River City.
• Greg From brooklyn April 22, 2010 at 6:54 pm

  Carlos (I’m only here for the money…I really wanted to be a Yankee) Beltran had a horrible first year.

  I don’t think Bay’s first year will be as bad as Beltran’s.
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