The Mets’ last week has been awfully shaky. For a team that is supposed to be a major playoff contender, they didn’t have a desireable week.
After escaping the miserable Puerto Rico series with a win, they lost the first game of the Nats series, wasting another Johan Santana gem, really his first great outing of the year. They got a nice win on Saturday, and then had one of their worst losses of the year. After heading into the 8th with a 5-2 lead, Bobby Parnell gave up a run, the Mets blew a shot at another run, and Francisco Rodriguez, who arguably had his two worst days as a Major Leaguer, blew the save, going like this:
Four-pitch walk (to Cristian Guzman)
Groundout to third (A great play by Wright, on a wicked smash by Nyjer Morgan)
Single, runner to third (Willie Harris)
Full-count walk (Ryan Zimmerman)
2-run double (Adam Dunn, missed a homer by inches, and the baserunners almost got called for an out for running in front of one another)
Intentional walk (Willingham)
RBI single (Pudge)
This was after K-Rod was brought in for a save opportunity Friday and allowed the winning run to reach the plate on back-to-back run scoring singles, but picked off Roger Bernadina at second to end the game.
He worked a clean save today, but during the series, Rodriguez faced 12 batters, and retired four of them while getting another out on the bases. Not good for a $13M closer.
Additionally, the Mets’ offense woke up over the last few days, but they nearly coughed up an 8-0 lead (the fact that K-Rod got a save in this game is ridiculous). The bullpen has been bad.
However, the most maddening thing in my mind is that Fernando Nieve, who was a serviceable setup man early in the year, is now at the bottom of the bullpen depth chart, with guys like the inconsistent Ryota Igarashi, the you-never-know Bobby Parnell, the career AAAA-er Elmer Dessens, and the lefty specialist who can’t get righties out, Pedro Feliciano, ahead of him.
You wanted a 4-3 road trip, and you missed it by a game (not to mention you lost 3 walk-off games this week, so any of them would do). I like that the Mets are still 10 over, and through 82 games, they are 46-36, a 92-win pace. And nothing is holding this team back from playing that same way for the rest of the year. They will get Beltran back, hopefully pick up a player in the trade market; additionally, opportunities abound with the Phillies struggling for life as their roster is in shambles a la the 2009 Mets. But hey, Mets and Braves battling it out-the way it oughta be!
Finally, good to see that Wright and Reyes are All-Stars, well deserved. The voters pretty much got the rosters right, but Joe Girardi and Charlie Manuel have made a mockery of the game with their choices. I’m disgusted by them, look forward to a post on that.
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