I'm sure most of you couldn't care less about the Mets, but lately they have been quite intriguing.
the mets 1, 2, 3 in the batting order might be as good as there is in baseball. the SS is very very fast, Matsui is a solid number 2 and Carlos Beltran is about as good as they come.
where the mets are really weird is their 4, 5, 6 and 7 spots. these four will probably change with Piazza most likely holding the #4 spot. but all four of these guys will probably put up between 27 to 35 homeruns (Piazza, Floyd, Cameron and Mientkiewicz), decent power but the averages will probably be low with lots of K's.
but the most intriguing player in their lineup is probably the best #8 batter in the MLB (and he probably won't stay at #8), David Wright. this kid is the next great 3rd baseman.
will be interesting to watch them although they really have no shot at beating the braves this year, not with that pitching staff, good for 5 innings in each game but their top 3 starters will go 6 mb 7 and they have no middle relief.
Season 2
Well, with a month and change left until the season starts, it's time for a new thread.
C Paul Lo Duca
1B Carlos ("C-Del") Delgado
2B See below
SS Jose Reyes
3B Mr. David Wright
CF Carlos ("C-Bel") Beltran
LF Cliff Floyd
RF Victor Diaz/Xavier Nady
Regarding 2B:
This season looks promising and we have a slew of 2B's ready to take the position. It seems like Boone has cornered the mets by stating he wont join a team as a reserve, Matsui showed up at camp with a new personal trainer (from the Seibu Lions, his old Japanese team)., Anderson Hernanez brings a AAA phenom season that in 19 at bats appeared as smoke and mirrors in the ML, and Jeff Keppinger, and when he had is only stint in the majors in 2004 as a fill in roll, in 33 games with 116 AB's he batted 284 with 3 home runs and stole 2 bases.
Regarding RF:
As far as the Nady/Diaz platoon, I'd really love to see Diaz get the go, I really think he can put up 280/20/90 type numbers, but lets see what Nady can do.
As far as the rotation, there's 3 locks:
Pedro Martinez
Tom Glavine
Steve Trachsel
Regarding the rest of the rotation:
Then, Victor Zambrano and Aaron Heilman are all but promised the final two spots... a few others including Yusaku Iriki, Jose ("It's Lima Time!") Lima, Brian Bannister, John Maine and Alay Soler are competing for starting rolls.
Regarding Relief Pitching:
The relief core looks solid and looks to be some mixture of Wagner closing, Duaner Sanchez setting up, Chad Bradford, a leftie SU (Royce Ring, Dae Koo, Darren Oliver), Jorge Julio, Heath Bell Steve Schmoll, Juan Padilla, Mitch Wylie, and Matt Perisho. Most of them competing for spots...
Regarding the bench:
They have a slew of bench players in Julio Franco, Jose Valentin, Endy Chavez, Ramon Castro, Chris Woodward, and those who don't get starting positions out of spring training.
the mets 1, 2, 3 in the batting order might be as good as there is in baseball. the SS is very very fast, Matsui is a solid number 2 and Carlos Beltran is about as good as they come.
where the mets are really weird is their 4, 5, 6 and 7 spots. these four will probably change with Piazza most likely holding the #4 spot. but all four of these guys will probably put up between 27 to 35 homeruns (Piazza, Floyd, Cameron and Mientkiewicz), decent power but the averages will probably be low with lots of K's.
but the most intriguing player in their lineup is probably the best #8 batter in the MLB (and he probably won't stay at #8), David Wright. this kid is the next great 3rd baseman.
will be interesting to watch them although they really have no shot at beating the braves this year, not with that pitching staff, good for 5 innings in each game but their top 3 starters will go 6 mb 7 and they have no middle relief.
Season 2
Well, with a month and change left until the season starts, it's time for a new thread.
C Paul Lo Duca
1B Carlos ("C-Del") Delgado
2B See below
SS Jose Reyes
3B Mr. David Wright
CF Carlos ("C-Bel") Beltran
LF Cliff Floyd
RF Victor Diaz/Xavier Nady
Regarding 2B:
This season looks promising and we have a slew of 2B's ready to take the position. It seems like Boone has cornered the mets by stating he wont join a team as a reserve, Matsui showed up at camp with a new personal trainer (from the Seibu Lions, his old Japanese team)., Anderson Hernanez brings a AAA phenom season that in 19 at bats appeared as smoke and mirrors in the ML, and Jeff Keppinger, and when he had is only stint in the majors in 2004 as a fill in roll, in 33 games with 116 AB's he batted 284 with 3 home runs and stole 2 bases.
Regarding RF:
As far as the Nady/Diaz platoon, I'd really love to see Diaz get the go, I really think he can put up 280/20/90 type numbers, but lets see what Nady can do.
As far as the rotation, there's 3 locks:
Pedro Martinez
Tom Glavine
Steve Trachsel
Regarding the rest of the rotation:
Then, Victor Zambrano and Aaron Heilman are all but promised the final two spots... a few others including Yusaku Iriki, Jose ("It's Lima Time!") Lima, Brian Bannister, John Maine and Alay Soler are competing for starting rolls.
Regarding Relief Pitching:
The relief core looks solid and looks to be some mixture of Wagner closing, Duaner Sanchez setting up, Chad Bradford, a leftie SU (Royce Ring, Dae Koo, Darren Oliver), Jorge Julio, Heath Bell Steve Schmoll, Juan Padilla, Mitch Wylie, and Matt Perisho. Most of them competing for spots...
Regarding the bench:
They have a slew of bench players in Julio Franco, Jose Valentin, Endy Chavez, Ramon Castro, Chris Woodward, and those who don't get starting positions out of spring training.