In the face of adversity, you can either succumb to it, or you can get stronger from it.
With the string of injuries the Mets have dealt with on a consistent basis this year, low risk and low cost moves have proved to be critical in the Mets current standings in the wild card.
Marc Carig of NewsDay highlighted in this article earlier this morning that the acquisitions of Jose Reyes, Kelly Johnson, James Loney, Rene Rivera and in-house options Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo have stepped up and have helped rejuvenate a team whose playoff odds once stood at 6.7 percent less than a month ago.
“Coming off a World Series, there is a certain part of you that says ‘we’re not living up to what everybody expects,’ ” Ricco said. “But at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter how you get there. If you’re where we are, we’ve got to keep grinding.”
It would have been easy for the Mets to just lie down, accept their injuries and prep themselves for next year, but Terry Collins and company have kept the clubhouse loose and have instilled a winning mentality in a team that has been brought together from all different walks of baseball.
With the Mets dealing with a favorable schedule from here on out, a wild card spot is a very real possibility. The team just needs to stay strong and do what they have been doing the last several weeks.
