And how do you know he won’t become a better fielder at SS than Reyes if he’s not already? Nobody said he’ll ever hit like Reyes but even though he’s new and still learning I think he’s already smarter than Reyes and won’t make bone-headed infield plays like Reyes.

You’re not objective at all so you’re analysis is based on prejudices most of the time anyway and you’ve “allegedly” watched baseball since the days of the Brooklyn Dodgers so if you haven’t learned to be honest in your assessments by now you never will. You’re simply not an honest person.

Reyes has a great arm no doubt but I’m sure there have been great SS on winning teams who don’t have to have great arms but be tremendous fielders, maybe like Buddy Harrelson? I don’t know how the arms were for Mark Belanger or Phil Rizzuto but i think accuracy and intelligence accounts for something.

You call them Craig Counsel hits but they’re still hits. I have a feeling if it was someone you liked you wouldn’t have said that. Hits are hits and while I don’t expect Tejada to stay at .300 NOW he is without a doubt already hitting better than last year. That is a fact.

This is year 2 of a work in progress so what the hell is wrong with you. This is just like last year when you KEPT ON SLAMMING IKE DAVIS on this board on a daily basis when he simply was a rookie who is learning and he still is. You kept on saying silly things like “Well if Ike doesn’ learn to do this and if Ike doesn’t learn to do that” And I kept thinking how dumb is this guy to not recognize well of course the kid has to learn these things. And some of us could just tell in this case that Ike would learn. He’s learning all right and if he didn’t get hurt was on his way to a 35-40 HR year already in his 2nd season.

How old are you? Aren’t you supposed to know by now you judge rookies as they develop?
Tejada is without a doubt hitting better and big deal if a couple are of the cheap variety – I see improvement and evidently – so do the Mets.

He may go down again but he is getting better

I don’t buy how Bayonne defends Pagan over his limited success yet is happy Wright is hurt……THAT makes no sense for someone that CLAIMS to know the game.

I’ve noticed that Ruben is recently making better contact when batting. But I haven’t seen enough physical strength to really belt the ball with consistency. He’s gotten a bunch of Craig Counsell hits. He’s hit ‘em where they ain’t but that won’t be good enough over the long haul. He’s still a work in progress.

I’m not gonna count Pagan’s career numbers because his 1st two years with the Cubs were bad, and he’s CLEARLY a different player now then he was then….So what his numbers were with the cubs are useless to me.

what I’m going to count is his numbers with the Mets – so for the Mets he’s a .288 hitter, he played good defense, and has great speed – He’s a solid major league player.

Pagan injured his left shoulder during a game at Dodger Stadium in 2008, when he fell into the stands down the left-field line after catching an Andre Ethier fly ball. The Mets tried to minimize the injury but Pagan correctly stated it had something to do with his labrum, that of the Mets wasn’t. Pagan came back and has given the Mets a lot of quality playing time in 2009 and 2010. In those two years Angel has more than one thousand PA’s.

I have no idea why 7 months negates the last 6 years, but OK.

Last year wasn’t the only time he played good, he hit better in 2009 than he hit in 2010….sure it was a half season, but it was a very good half a season – he hit .306 in 09.

Maybe he was playing hurt to start this year? You don’t know. And since coming back he’s hitting over .400…..

I was most impressed that we rocked their “untouchable” reliever.

My hope would be the 2011 Mets make the playoffs, but barring a miracle, this won’t happen. However, no reason we cannot finish .500 or a few games above; would be huge for us this season.

And by all means, build the future around Reyes!

Mets showed me last night that they are a scrappy bunch and yes these are your parents Pirates but they have a winning record on the road and the Morton kid had been pitching great lately so I wouldn’t say that this is a mediocre team.
This kind or pitcher would give Mets problems in past but with a young group of hitters, Thole, Angel, Turner, Tejada hitting at the same time it makes it easier to take the lost of David and Ike for awhile.
Awesome game by Gee, just what I expected from him

And you’re skewing his numbers if you count his career OBP becuase your counting his 1st two seasons with the Cubs, that were not good – Both of those years his OBP was .306….He’s clearly a different player now than he was on the Cubs, so that’s why his career numbers to me are useless. But for his career as a Met(almost 300 games) he is hitting about .290 with around .340 OBP, which is fine because he gives you good defense and great speed.

Now you’re starting to understand. Yes, if the guys get on in front of him, when he hits for extra bases, runs will score. It’s a product of the rest of the lineup, not specifically Pagan.

And also, what’s this all about? “you can even say this is still kind of a spring training for him.”

If this is Spring Training, then what was………..Spring Training? And the 69 ABs he had in April? When’s he finally gonna be hitting in the regular season? August?

As a Mets fan I want them ALL to succeed, but can we let them prove themselves a little more before pouring their HOF plaque.

This guy is going to bat for Angel Pagan after ONE very good year, yet is glad David Wright is hurt………. what a clown.