Mike Vacarro of the New York Post writes an excellent piece that is definitely worth a read regarding the Mets aggressiveness in decision making so far this season.

The Mets have looked a lot more aggressive on the base paths early this season, despite lacking the speed most would expect to be required to do so.

They have been gladfully taking the extra base when the opportunity comes their way and have even been pushing the envelope which has so far worked to their advantage.

Yesterday’s game served as the perfect example of this.

In the top of the seventh, Asdrubal Cabrera came up with a runner on first (Amed Rosario) and nobody out. He smacked a double into the right-field corner, and Rosario pushed it and went from first to home to tie the game at 2-2.

While there is a decent chance that he could have scored anyway, getting the run as quickly as possible is certainly worth it at the end of the day.

Cabrera shared his thoughts on the decision to send him home:

“I didn’t know if that was the right thing or not. But it was.”

So, yes, decisions like these are the ones that are going to make players uncomfortable, with the admission that they could just as likely be making a mistake as they are taking advantage of an opportunity.

On the next play, Cabrera had a tough decision himself. On a ground ball to Trea Turner, Cabrera decided to go to advance to third assuming that Ryan Zimmerman would not make the throw to third.

He was right and Cabera dissected his thought process on it here:

“I have to get ready to run because [Trea Turner] has to make that long throw, and we know that [Ryan] Zimmerman would then have to make the long throw to third …”

The Mets ended up scoring on a groundout by Todd Frazier to take a 3-2 lead. Had Cabrera not already been on third, the outcome of the game could have been completely different.

That groundout, though, was set up by another smart baseball play by the Mets. The Nationals decided to intentionally walk Michael Conforto to get runners at the corners with one out.

However, Conforto decided to take off on a hit-and-run play where Frazier hit it in front of the second base bag, but he was already standing in at second by the time they were able to throw out Frazier, while Cabrera already scored.

Conforto said this regarding the whole team’s decision making Saturday:

“The difference between winning and losing is that small. I mean, I look at [Cabrera], taking third base, and as a young guy, it makes an impression on me. Now I want to make a play. And you make enough of those plays …”