New York Mets Podcast #17
It’s only been a couple of days since the last show, but so much has happened.
I attended the Monday night game at Shea Stadium, my first of 2006. My brother and I sat through a pair of rain delays but got to see most of the game. Trachsel didn’t have good stuff, again! But the Mets bats were cracking and they held a 6-4 lead over the Diamondbacks going into the 7th inning. Aaron Heilman gave it all back and then some by giving up a 3 run homer on an 0-2 pitch with 2 outs. But the Mets win anyway thanks to the clutch pinch hit and speed of Endy Chavez, plus the top of the Mets lineup with David Wright hitting another walk off single to center field.
Pedro Martinez is next up in this series and we really need to support him with some runs so that the Mets can get their fourth straight series win.
Looks like the Matsui benching is paying off so far for Willie Randolph with Valentin producing with the bat. Cliff Floyd is coming out of his early season slumber. Both are very nice developments.
Looking back, El Duque did not give us a quality start on Sunday but the Mets brought the bats out again to get the win and the series win. Looking at tonight’s game. Ugh! Bad start by Alay Soler. The Mets didn’t hit much with runners on base but we can’t expect them to score 8 runs a game every time. Carlos Delgado is still in a real bad slump too.
Of course, the big news is that Lastings Milledge made his major league debut due to Xavier Nady’s appendicitis. Milledge had a hit in the game and no flubs in the field. Still very early with this kid and unless he does something spectacular he’s sure to go down to AAA when Nady returns. Still, it will be interesting to see how Willie uses him over the next couple of weeks.
Let’s Go Mets!
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It’s ridiculous how much advertising there is at Shea. (But I guess the Mets have to pay for Delgado, Martinez, and Beltran somehow.)
I don’t like the idea of messing with Beltran. He’s hitting where he is and he comfortable (finally). Delgado has been around long enough to know how to work through these slumps. Sometimes (from a managerial point of view) the best thing to do is to do nothing.
I just read the story from your link about Beltran injurying his knee on a fall ball. I don’t understand, if it takes you five minutes to get up, you are dizzy, and you are having trouble standing why finish the at-bat? He was taken out immediately afterward anyway. And it’s not like he helped the team much by striking out, so what’s the problem with him saying I need to be taken out of the game?
I haven’t given up on Soler yet. My gosh, he pitched 2 games and already there are people calling for his head? It silliness like this that prevents the Mets from giving its young players a chance. The front office knows that there are some people who will not give youngsters a chance to grow up (see the Phenom Trio). As a result our brightest prospects are delayed or traded to other teams (read: the Marlins).
Comment by Alar82 | June 1, 2006
The move to more advertising was truly inevitable. MLB in general has gotten really smart on generating revenue from the games.
Sounds like the Beltran injury won’t be bad so he’ll probably miss a game or two. Endy Chavez has proven that he can temp in center field if need be.
Agree on Soler. The guy definitely is a diamond in the rough and needs some seasoning. It’s not like he’s a Jose Lima who’s had more chances than he deserves.
Comment by Rob Safuto | June 1, 2006