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At this point, I'm not really sure you can call it a letdown, because that's been happening since the postseaon of 2000 for the Mets. So let's instead look on the brightside. It was a great Saturday for the Mets.....because Wheeler and Montero looked dominant. Let's get excited about Ike Davis actually making contact with the ball.....against a lefty !!!!
Ok, so now that we brought up the positives, and now that we remember our team is going to win about 70-75 games this year, what happens now? Can't it finally be time to bring in some new faces? Starting with coaching.
So let me get this straight. First, you take Gee out too early. Then, you leave Marcum in too long. Then, you watch a reliever (who has pitched way too much to begin with) throw 12 balls out of 13 pitches, and you leave that (lefty) pitcher to face the only real decent (right handed) hitter in the Marlins lineup. What am I missing here.
I've tried to stay away from venting in my articles, but this is rediculous. The coaching staff have no idea out there. First Terry Collins maks some kind of remarks about playing Lagares more (which would be nice considering he's 24, hit over .340 at AAA, and is the best defensive outfielder they have), only to then keep him on the bench again anyway.
By no means am I saying that Quintanilla is a star. But I will say that its kinds nice to have at least one actual hitter come up from the minors after a season hot start, and actually get to play a few games in a row to keep it going.
So Maybe its time. Maybe, When Wheeler 'eventually' gets the call, they need to start Lagares. They need to hopefully give a healthy Travis D a few games in AAA and then start him at Citi Field (you gave it a good April, Buck). And, for the love of God, can someone find a position for Wilmer Flores? All anyone wants to do is trade the only young top hitting prospect the Mets have outside of Travis. And again he is only 21 years old!
It makes absolutely no sense for Terry Collins to state that his goal to put the best players out there to try and win the games. So, on his apparent theory, that means watching Ankiel (yeah, you know, the guy released by the worst team in baseball) strike out 50% of the time. That means playing Scot Rice every single game, no matter what apparently. And yet, for some reason, nobody has a problem leaving in Ike Davis to figure out, because he is the future.
This organization can't have it both ways. They can't state that are trying to win every game, by putting past their prime players on the field. And they can't pick and choose certain 'future players' to support. Time to blow it up. Mainly because its not like things can get much worse by starting Wheeler, Travis D, Montero and Flores. AKA, nothing to lose by giving them experience.