SAFE AT THE PLATE..............WITH TONY PLATE
The New York Mets continue to sizzle, as they have won 15 out
of 17 games. During this hot streak they put themselves back in the wild card
playoff hunt. They took two out of three games from the Washington Nationals
this past weekend. They had to rally back in both wins which were exciting. It
was playoff atmosphere and Citi Field was rocking and rolling.
The Nationals’ win on Sunday brought the Mets back down to earth, as their eight-game winning streak came to an end.
The Nationals’ win on Sunday brought the Mets back down to earth, as their eight-game winning streak came to an end.
The Mets have taken advantage of the soft part of their
schedule against teams with mediocre records; however, their play still has been
impressive.
Now the Mets have a difficult path, because they have to face a tough part of their schedule beginning with a three-game road trip against the National League Eastern Division leading Atlanta Braves.
Now the Mets have a difficult path, because they have to face a tough part of their schedule beginning with a three-game road trip against the National League Eastern Division leading Atlanta Braves.
They also have to face
the Indians, Braves again, Cubs, several tough teams in their own division, plus
several tough teams in the National League West, including the division leading
Dodgers...and they will close out the season against the Braves. This schedule
will be a huge test for the Mets ,and they will have a chance to show what they
are really made of.
When the Mets were struggling, some baseball followers thought
that the Cano trade was the worst trade ever made by the Mets, and they said the Mets
were through. They felt the Mets had to make another impact trade or felt they
had to improve the team by signing free agent pitchers Dallas Keuchel and Craig
Kimbrel who were still available at that time to become a serious contender.
I said at that time and all along that the Cano/Diaz trade was good, because Cano is a gamer he started to hit before the injury and Diaz has pitched better.
I said at that time and all along that the Cano/Diaz trade was good, because Cano is a gamer he started to hit before the injury and Diaz has pitched better.
I said
the Mets would be fine with what they have, because it was still too early to
panic. I also said they have a very good starting pitching rotation which is
the strength of the team.
When healthy, the rotation can be one of the best in baseball and that itself will help keep the Mets as serious contenders for some time to come, along with the young core of hitters.
I felt they didn’t have to make another impact trade or sign another free agent to become a serious contender. They are currently a serious contender and perhaps we can see another miracle during this coming Fall.
When healthy, the rotation can be one of the best in baseball and that itself will help keep the Mets as serious contenders for some time to come, along with the young core of hitters.
I felt they didn’t have to make another impact trade or sign another free agent to become a serious contender. They are currently a serious contender and perhaps we can see another miracle during this coming Fall.
6 comments:
The Cano/Diaz trade is still far from a good one - Kelenic is already now in AA, while Cano struggled and Diaz has been stunningly bad.
Let's hope Diaz re-ignites and makes this at least a somewhat decent trade.
The Mets now need to sizzle, and not fizzle, against the Braves.
Win the series
Speaking of beefing up the bench, why weren't we in on the Freddy Galvis free agent signing with the dead in the water Reds??????
Galvis was not a free agent signing, he was a waiver claim. The Reds will pay him about 1 million in salary for this year and his 1 million dollar buy-out. He would be a nice guy off the bench.
Ugh The Cano Diaz deal is God Awful...
If we had Kelenic we could have trade him for someone we needed in the Trade deadline... (and I would have kept Kelenic period)
This is Victor Zambrano / Kazmir deal all over again
You have to have patience with Diaz, remember he had 57 saves last year, not even Rivera accumulated that many, the Mets still kept Diaz, because they still have confidence in him, you can't judge the value of a RP or anyone else based on one season which is what the Astros did with Davis who turned out to be productive with the Mets thus far, As for Cano he had 3 home runs in that one game & has started to hit a little better before he got hurt, the prospects the Mets gave up in the trade were not in the top 50 & not impactful & Bautista has a ERA of over 7.00
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