Harper: Mets have Age-Old Issues
According to John Harper in the Daily News, ‘The Mets have major 
age-old issues, adding:
“I wouldn’t bet the ranch on this team. Age and some injury issues at the moment are significant enough to point to how a lot could go wrong, as has been the case too often for the Mets over the years.”
…seriously, though, isn’t this the case for most teams…doesn’t every team talk about spring-time confidence, etc, but then qualify it by adding, ‘As long as we stay healthy.’…i mean, yes, i’m concerned about the same things as harper, but what fan isn’t…
Harper continues on to list a variety of injury– and age-based talking points, many of which you could recite in your sleep, all directed at the “Fatalistic Mets fans.”
…i’m not saying harper is wrong…i actually think every single point he makes is valid…it’s just, i suspect every team, every writer and every fan think about this exact same story in regards to every team every spring…so, it’s the scope of his validity that i question…i mean, do the Mets have more to worry about than others…maybe…i don’t know…time will tell…but to frame it like the Mets are a walking emergency room, one banana-peel slip away from being a last-place team, is a bit much…
For what it’s worth, Aaron Heilman, John Maine, Mike Pelfrey, Oliver Perez, Jose Reyes, David Wright, Johan Santana and Ryan Church all under 30 years old.
…and that’s the thing, unlike in year’s past, the Mets are not nearly as reliant on the older, more vulnerable player…which is maybe why harper’s column comes off as being a bit alarmist…
