In typical New York Mets fashion, the opposite of what was expected is now becoming a reality.
If someone were to tell you last February that Jason Bay and David Wright would be the problem during the early days of the 2010 season and not the pitching staff, you would have probably looked at them as if they had spent the last 12 months on the moon.
But as we should have expected, the opposite is once again ringing true with this ball club.
Mike Pelfrey is 3-0 with an incredible 0.86 ERA. The guy has been almost unhittable during his first three starts.
Johan Santana is 1-1 with a 3.00 ERA, while John Maine and Oliver Perez each pitched well in their last outings.
All in all, the Mets have given up just 11 runs in the past six games.
Jose Reyes is finally back in the lineup, and although some rust was to be expected, he still has only 10 hits and two stolen bases in 45 trips to the plate.
The Mets’ high-priced offseason acquisition, Jason Bay, is currently batting .235 and has yet to hit his first home run of the 2010 season.
David Wright, who is meant to be the Mets’ biggest offensive weapon, is batting .229 with a whopping six RBI's on the season.
The only two players batting over .300 are Jeff Francoeur and Angel Pagan...unless you count Pelfrey, who is batting .333 with two hits in six at-bats.
As expected, the boos have started reverberating around Citi Field this week.
Wright hasn’t hit for power since 2008, and in Bay’s case, if there’s anything New Yorkers hate more than an overcrowded subway with no air conditioning, it’s a high-priced free agent that does not perform well.
Ike Davis was brought up on Monday and immediately made an impact with two hits and an RBI in his debut. But, despite his vast amount of talent, Davis will need time to adjust to major league pitching.
If Davis remains in the starting lineup for the remainder of the 2010 season, he could show signs of greatness, but don’t expect him to have an All-Star season right off the bat, no pun intended.
If there is a leader on this ball club, it’s David Wright—he’s a homegrown Met, and aside from Derek Jeter, he’s probably the most popular player in New York.
Wright, along with Bay, need to wake up their bats, and they need to do so quickly.
This team is beginning to turn things around, but they cannot complete a full 360-degree turn without Wright and Bay firing on all cylinders.
Standard logic would tell you that Wright and Bay will eventually turn things around. But then again, this is the Mets we are talking about, a ball club that has left fans scratching their heads since 1962.
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