Ohhh, these Mets

Man, has it gotten tough to be a New York Mets fan right now. I can’t think of another time in recent memory that it has gone from so good to be a fan of a team to so bad in the span of about eight months. I invite anyone to give me examples of those that can trump the Mets in that category.

But let’s get serious, either this team isn’t as good as everyone thought – and by that I mean the players aren’t really as good as they played in ‘06 – or they just don’t play well on a regular basis. Is there really a difference?

As I write this, the Mets are 17-15 and in fourth place in the NL East, 1.5 games behind Florida and Philly at the top. But if you told me at the beginning of the year that the Mets would be over .500 in May with basically no production out of Jose Reyes or the dueling Los’ (Beltran and Delgado), not to mention a .260 average from David Wright, I would take it. Yes I would. Because you have to figure Beltran is going to figure it out at some point. It may be getting too late for him to salvage his season from a numbers standpoint, but we’ll take some run production and anything that resembles a real batting average from here on out. Delgado fluctuates between looking absolutely finished and looking mediocre. But if he looks mediocre more often, he’ll be a huge help to the Mets. God, that is sad. As far as David Wright goes, he may be the only Met I trust at the plate, and his past has got to make you comfortable in thinking he’ll turn it around.
Ryan Church has got to be the biggest man in Major League Baseball. Forget what he’s done offensively, it’s his ownership of right field that has me on the Church wagon. When he gunned down Chris Burke at third base against the D-Backs last Sunday, it saved the game for the Mets. He quietly has one of the best outfield arms in all of baseball, and he takes pride in it, too. He frequently stares down guys that he guns down and those that hold in fear of his cannon get a stare and a nod from Church.

We’re going to leave Willie out of this one because I would need about 1,000 words to fully explain why his limbs should be spread out through the boroughs of New York City like William Wallace, with his head as the welcome piece on the new Ebbets Field-esque veranda at the new Citi Field.

Tags: Mets, Willie Randolph sucks