I am not a fan of the mets at all. But if you are a fan of baseball, watching teams make runs like this is fun. From 40-52 to 66-60, not bad. Including 4 in a row and 2 vs Cleveland. 26-8 over the past 34 games. Kind of like that insane run the Rockies made a number of years ago. They were left for dead in September and went something like 21-1 to not only make the playoffs, but made it all the way to the world series winning 21 of those 22. That team was 45-46 and later on just 76-72.
I think that most teams, the Mets included, have some serious flaws--especially bullpens. The Mets probably have the best starting rotation and I don't think anyone will want to face them in a short series. Our defense is still flawed, and that may be the death of us yet, but it's the price we're paying for our strong offense. Time will tell if the strength of our offense will continue to be enough to offset our poor defense, but I think we are as good as or better than the rest of the teams we face this season except for the Braves and the Dodgers. That's probably why FanGraphs gives us the best odds of grabbing the second wildcard as of today.
Definitely Altherr. I'll be there tomorrow and the 1% chance of seeing Altherr is now gone
He should be playing 3B over Frazier
He did make some bad throws but he has an absolute cannon for an arm. If anything it's more mental than physical
I knew karma was going to get him after he shot off his mouth during and after the Cleveland series. Still hasn't learned to just shut up and let his pitching do the talking. Now we're even more fringe than we were then.
Barring a comeback in the next hour, that was the nail in the coffin
You could tell from the looks on their faces that that was it--for the season.
Where were you the past 2 days, I missed you?
