Barring a major trade, to pick up: (1) a solid #2 pitcher, and (2) a contact hitter who actually understands how to drive runs in instead of meekly continuing to strand them, this team will not make the playoffs this year. Period.
This team is exactly the same as those of the last 3 seasons, and past performance is a perfect indicator of future results.
This team has the absolute wrong mentality and wrong skills, and it starts at the top with the Wilpons and Omar, down through Manuel and into the players.
Winning streaks like those last week don't excite me, because I know the harsh truth that this team will simply revert to mediocrity the following week, without fail.
And so far Putz has looked exactly like that. I will never understand going after two closers when the team had so many other gaping holes to fill, although I guess in Omar's mind those gaps do not exist.
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Post Hardball has some good points today.
You could point to many failings of the Omar Minaya administration, but to me at the very top has been the inability to stock the organization with suitable depth since his arrival after the 2004 season....
The Mets are too top heavy talent wise and when something happens to that top (Carlos Delgado, Reyes), they are in huge trouble.The Mets do not have a solid surrounding cast of characters, all with a laser-focused win at all costs attitude. Contrast that with the Sox. They have no Manny this year, Ortiz in a massive slump, Daisuke injured most of the season, and Beckett sucking so far. Yet, they still have the 4th best record in baseball. Can you imagine the Mets record if we had a sucky Johan, no Pelfrey, no Wright and Beltran in a slump?
Can you imagine the Mets record if we had a sucky Johan, no Pelfrey, no Wright and Beltran in a slump?That's a great point, and shows just how good Boston is. Luckily, they're not in our division, and as the Phils and Cards have shown, you don't need to be the best team to win a championship.
But it sure does help.
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