Comments on: From Left Field: Not The Injury Bug Again

By: Metsie

Metsie — Sat, 07 May 2011 04:15:11 +0000

A lot has to happen at the same and a prolonged period of time for them to compete but the team has the talent to do it, it just hasn’t yet.

When they hit they hit great but when they don’t they get shutout! This team is destined to give someone a no hitter sometime this season.

And when they pitch well it’s lights out pitching and then there are those batting practice days.

They have to get it ALL working and at the SAME TIME and sutain that for them to have a shot.

We will see it for a month like we did last year but they will need more than that for anything good to come of it.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Sat, 07 May 2011 04:08:46 +0000

And your lack of faith disturbing Obi Wan!
LOL

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 07 May 2011 03:46:05 +0000

Hope of 3rd place?

By: Jim Mancari

Jim Mancari — Sat, 07 May 2011 02:50:32 +0000

Whatever dude, part of the fun part of being a fan is having hope.

By: Jim Mancari

Jim Mancari — Sat, 07 May 2011 02:49:03 +0000

Call my optimism whatever you want, but all it takes is for a team to get hot. Look at the Indians this year. They were the consensus pick for last place and look how they’re playing. Look at the Rockies from 2007. A middling team that got hot at the right time and wound up in the world series. It’s May. If this was July, then there’d be cause for concern.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:09:14 +0000

Santana (old Santana) was a help to Pelfrey only in regards to he was more a power pitcher and made a nice change to pelfrey who is not about power pitches.

But I don’t know Pelf would have pitched any better if Santana was here.

And as someone else will point out the Phillies have injuries too and it hasn’t seemed to hurt them too much.

Pagan wasn’t doing much when he was healthy so maybe the time off will help him shake whatever bad habits he got into and come back fresh and more focused. But we will have to see about that.

Our real problem has been less about injuries and more about not getting the pitching AND the hitting to work at the same time.

When they hit the pitching gives those runs back up and we are forced to fight to stay in games and on the few occassions where the Pitching was solid and stingy the bats went to sleep. But you have to kind of expect that to happen as it did vs Halladay and Lincecum.

For this team to compete it needs at least one TRUE ACE to stop those 4 game losing streaks. The Mets have notoriously been good starting around Mid May and through June. usually after the first interleague games vs the Yanks.

If they go on a good run like they did last year this season might be salvaged but I personally don’t believe they have the pitching to do that and even if we did it is unlikely that we will have the bats in the lineup once the trading deadline approaches as most will be traded away.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 05 May 2011 16:11:12 +0000

3rd place….hahahahahahahaha!! Maybe in the International League.

By: will

will — Thu, 05 May 2011 16:08:48 +0000

i think u just surpassed Annie as the worst writer on here with this piece of complete garbage and lies. “Contender”, did u really write that? jessep and chris will be proud, as for the fans that get it, and that is most as you see the stands at citi, wake up dude, the mets stink and have no shot at anything but 3rd place at best, thanks to the offseason of picking up recycled trash.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:42:29 +0000

You wrote: “Once Pagan comes back, the team will have the makings of a contender, assuming everyone performs to their potential. The Mets have dug themselves a hole early, but nothing that can’t be overcome.”

I find your optimism to be ludicrous, and your lack of baseball insight to be alarming.