For what it's worth, this my my two cents as a lifetime Mets fan.
I am extremely disappointed in the performance of our team so far this year. It almost seems like they're going through the motions. What happened to Beltran's proclamation as "The Team to Beat!"? Where is the leadership that is needed to take this team to the next level. Is Randolph even awake during the games or is he sleep walking?
All the pieces seem to be there, but they're just not putting it together. You cannot justify the fact that our payroll is 6 times what the Marlins is and we have to look up at them in the standings! That's called managing with what you have and making it work!
The fact of the matter is the guys are expected to produce because of their enormous salaries. The only players exceeding expectations are Church, Smith and Figueroa. Everyone else has been a huge let down.
Don't even try to blame it on injuries. We all knew Alou, El Duque and Pedro, were all going down at one point or another this season. And Castro gets injured every year also. So these were things we should have expected not counted on.
There is almost no clutch hitting on this team(Ex. 13 LOB last night). Everytime Delgado comes up with runners on it's pretty much a rally killer. He must be the most overpaid .200 hitter in all of baseball next to Giambi! Beltran isn't any better . His stats are not what we expected for the $$$ we paid. We could have gotten 20/20 production for a lot less money! And when is he going to stop swinging at breaking pitches completely out of the zone? It's like watching the 06 NLCS everytime he bats. Please someone forward this to Wright, "Stop swinging at sliders away!" That's their out pitch against him and it's like watching an instant replay everytime! Reyes has not been Reyes since Randolph had the talk with him over the Winter, thanks Willie for ruining one of the best players in all of baseball! He's 24 y/o and needs a good manager to coach him! Manaya needs to wake up and smell that steaming pile of crap that Randolph is before things get out of control. Wilpon didn't pony up the big bucks to watch his team play .500 ball.
Ok, Ok, so you say it's early. Well it's never to early to start playing good fundametal baseball. How many errors are Wright and Reyes going to make on routine grounders (12 errors betweens the two of them). You keep that up and you're looking at 50 between the two of them. It seems they have a world of potential if only they could get better guidance. Delgado has 3, and Castillo 2 (yes the same guys who went a whole season without making one)! For the love of the game please Delgado take more infield practice. It's embarrasing watching routine grounders go through your legs or right by your glove. You could actually try diving once in a while! He can't field and he can't hit, how much longer are we going to have to suffer watching him? It's Kaz Matsui all over again!
The pitching really is a mess. No starter has been reliable. Santana gives up 3 hits a game, but they're all homeruns! Maine, Perez, Pelfrey all inconsistent. The bullpen looks good on paper. But Heilman loves the longball and Sosa has caught the same bug. Willie really does use them at the wrong time everytime! He just doesn't manage his players well. I don't even think they like or respect him. I'll give credit to Wagner, Smith, Schoeneweiss and Feliciano. They've beed consistently good.
I'll be watching the game today @ 3:00. Let's hope the Mets show up and not the Mess that it's been. Getting swept by the Dodgers isn't something to scoff at and say we'll get 'em next time! How many next times do the Mets really think there is going to be!!! It's time to get hungry and go after them with that swagger and knockout instinct required to be a champion!
