Friday, May 01, 2009

Hardly Pushovers

It's popular right now to cast the Mets in something of a funk. David Wright is striking out a lot. The starting rotation after Johan Santana is undependable. Overall, they aren't catching the ball.

I'm here to tell you that this is a dangerous team, never more so than when they face the Phillies. Overall, the Mets are hitting .282 as a team. Any club with Jose Reyes leading off is potent. Carlos Delgado is a charter member of the Phillies-killer club. Carlos Beltran is hitting a ton. Their new closer, Francisco Rodriguez, has been everything the Mets asked for. Until he blew a save the other day, so had J.J. Putz.

The starting rotation is a mess, but I wouldn't exactly crow on that front if I were a Phillies' fan. The Mets can hit and right now, frankly, the Phillies starting rotation can be hit.

Forget their record in April. The Mets will be tough.

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