23
2011
Mets Get Mugged In Philly 10-0, Wright Is On The Skids Again
An article by Hojo's Mojo
The Mets got clobbered by the Philadelphia Phillies 10-0 tonight in what I would call was the ugliest loss of the season by far. They have now gone 5-16 in their last 21 games and are in their worst strecth since their 5-13 start to begin the season. They are in a deep funk and continue to slide deeper and deeper into baseball oblivion.
Dillon Gee was torched for eight runs and six walks in 3.2 innings pitched; the worst start of his career. The bullpen only made matters worse, and the offense was completely impotent against Phillies ace Cliff Lee.
Number three hitter David Wright showed his frustration and got into a heated exchange with plate umpire Mike DiMuro after being called out on strikes in the sixth. “We’re in a rut,” David Wright said. “We’re playing pretty bad baseball right now.”
Wright is now batting .158 (6 for 38) in his last ten games, and .189 (14 for 73) in August. Talk of his ascent back to super-stardom ten days after his return from the disabled list, may have been premature. In fact, this is David Wright at his absolute worst this season, even when he played with an injured back.
The starting pitching is in complete chaos of late, and only R.A. Dickey who sports a 5-11 record, has an ERA under 4.00 checking in at 3.89. These dreaful results come despite pitching half of their games in the expansive ultimate pitchers park, Citi Field.
Things are getting pretty ugly, pretty fast around here.
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NL East Standings
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braves | 24 | 18 | .571 | - |
| Nationals | 23 | 20 | .535 | 1.5 |
| Phillies | 20 | 23 | .465 | 4.5 |
| Mets | 16 | 24 | .400 | 7.0 |
| Marlins | 11 | 32 | .256 | 13.5 |
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Looks like the Mets wont be able to sit down for a while. Not after the ass kicking we got tonight.
“Talk of his ascent back to super-stardom ten days after his return from the disabled list, may have been premature” – so many things wrong with this sentence. Don’t you have to win something to be in “super-stardom?”
Without Beltran or Delgado around to protect him anymore, Wright will sink in that three hole unless the Mets find a big bat to put behind him in the offseason. He couldn’t handle the pressure when Beltran was putting up MVP numbers for four months with the Mets, imagine now.
He was alright with Murphy behind him..
When was Beltran putting up MVP numbers?
Good for Wright for showing some leadership. This is his team now regardless if they sign Reyes or not.
Good for Wright for showing some leadership. This is his team now regardless if they sign Reyes or not”
ARE YOU SERIOUS RIGHT NOW????? his team? a team that took the biggest whipping of the season? lost 10 out of 12? 16 out of last 21 games?? really?? leadership?? am i missing something here? how can a guy hitting 189 when the team needs him the most is being a leader? i mean, am i missing something here??!?? please advice if i am..
This has been Wright’s team since Delgado, Beltran, and Reyes get injured in 2009…Wright is doing a great job with his team so far, don’t you think…really putting them on his back and carrying them. (sarcasm…for you slower readers)
Such is the life of a 2nd division team.
Such is the life of a team having having it’s 1, 3, 4, & 6 hitters either hurt or traded off so that’s a very unfair statement.
They wouldn’t be 2nd division if they had ALL their players healthy including Santana.
Yes. Get used to it. Aren’t you used to it already, the last few years this year and ingoing what the upcoming next several years bring.. MORE OF THE SAME!
Whats so hard to understand? The ownership of the Mets do not place a high value on winning. The Mets are aprt of their larger holdings. They see no problem with letting the team flounder for several years as long as they make money.
and what’s so hard for you to understand that the last time the Mets fielded a completely healthy starting lineup and pitching staff was the first month of 2009.
Since then I have not been able to properly gauge this team correctly because we’ve not had a full healthy lineup since then.
Try understanding that
It’s smart to move Wright into the 3-hole. Hitting 4th, a pitcher had no reason to throw him a strike. If Pagen does remain on the roster in 2012 I would likeot see him hit #2 behind, God willing, Jose Reyes.
At least now in the 3 spot Pagen with Wright hitting behind him Pagen will see some predictable pitches. The less guess-working, thinking for Pagen the better!
I also like Jason Bay hitting #5 behind Wright and Duda #6.
Pagen stinks at hitting lead-off he just can’t handle making diesssions on the fly. Pagen plays best when he is not thinking just reacting, of course there is a trade off, more Pagen’ish base running blunders or crazy ass swinging for the fences! .but… Pagen is a f’in Gazelle! He needs to be let lose to get the max out of him, restrianed Pagen is a very ordinary player. So the question is, where can pagen hit in the lineup where his psycho-babble foolish aggressiveness nature can be best utilized? On a helathy Met team next year, I am thinking.. #2 or as I prefer #7.
2012 Lineup Hopefully!
ss Reyes
C Thole
LF Mupphy
3b Wright
RF Bay
1b Davis
CF Pagen
2b Tejda
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If Thole is going to remain on this team lets just let him punch-and-judy his way into the #2 spot, his main responsibility being take pitches for Reyes.
I know Murphy is playing LF but Goddamn! if Murphy is going to be on this roster he has to play every day other wise why carry a top ten league batting average guy? If he continues to hit but doesn’t make any progress in LF then trade him to an AL team for a real closer or perhaps a real major league catcher.
Tejda plays 2nd base! Its a no brainier for me. Did you see that play he made last night! Holy shiiiiiiiiit! What a play! He also pulled to line drives into LF for hits!
Yeah Tejada is my 2012 2nd baseman! Anyone got a problem with that?!
On a side note. Holy Cow did it bother anyone else but me just how relaxed the Phillie players looked tonight?! I’m not referring to the late innings I mean all game long, 1st inng on… friggin Cliff Lee looked like he had just gotten out of bed and stopped to throw 7+ innings against the Mets as he walked his dog around the block! The entire Phillie team seemed this way…
WOw! Lifelong your a genius! Big Thumbs up!
This is just silly “banter” amongsted the Met faithful and a distraction. The serious discussion should be according to Terry Collins and the Mets’ braintrust; “who is oue closer?” Losing 10-0 in the 9th makes it all the number one priority to find a closer and preserve that 10-0 loss. All last place teams need a good closer!
I have not been able to watch him much the past week or so. Is he back to trying to pull everything?
Oh I did see his first AB last night. He was called out on a “Cliff Lee strike.” These umpires are a joke. But I was wondering if he is back trying to yank everything. He has softened his swing since he came back, maybe to ease up on his vertebra, and he has been going to right center. When he sucks he tries to jerk the ball and swigs too hard, bad habits I am sure that Hojo the boob encouraged.