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The seventh-, eighth- and ninth-place hitters were 2 for 2 with two walks, a 
sacrifice, a hit by pitch and two RBI hits against Nelson Figueroa last night.
Willie Randolph, on such situations, while talking to reporters after last night’s game:
“You just hate those two-out walks…When you get down to it, as a staff we’ve done a poor job of getting through those late seventh, eighth and ninth hitters. It’s so important to put those guys away. A lot of times it has been with two outs. A lot of times it’s been when you have to make a pitch and they walk to keep the inning going. You have to do a better job of navigating through those waters…We’ve got to do a better job of finishing up that part of the game…We’ve got to do better there.”
During last night’s post game show, SNY’s Harold Reynolds said:
“You always try to look through a lineup and have outs in the lineup that you have to get, that are designated outs. In the National League, the eight hitter and the pitcher cannot extend rallies. As I look at this game tonight, it was two-out walks and two-out hits and the bottom of the order, that’s a recipe to lose. You wonder how the Nationals score 10 runs, the bottom of the order and two outs hits and walks and you’re gonna lose all night long.”
…figgy just didn’t have it from the get-go…walks kill, and any rally the mets tried to muster died once he or sosa took the mound in the top part of the inning…
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Man, I miss Uncle Cliffy. Can we trade Willie to Tampa Bay for Uncle Cliffy?
Figgy was a great story, but with major league veterans like Armas and Vargas waiting in the wings, plus Bostick pitching well, I don’t see why Figueroa gets another start…especially not against the Yankees or Braves, which is when his next turn is up.
The Figgy novelty has worn off. I missed the stats they put up about his first two starts vs. the ones after, but I already knew it wasn’t a good story. You can’t blow 3 leads like that…
Short leash for this guy. 2 more crappy starts and that’s about it. Maybe they can figure out a way to make him the long reliever, because the Sosa novelty wore off a loooong time ago…
I attended last night. I was very disappointed in Figgy’s performance. I agree with most of the comments. However, as depleted as this staff is we may need him until Pedro recovers.
19-17 is a tough record to haggle about. 17-19 and we’d be forging fred’s signature on a pink slip for Willie. 21-15 and we’d be talking playoffs.
I’m not smart enough to manage a baseball team, and I’m not smart enough to know how good or bad a job Willie is doing.
Maybe swapping Figueroa for Claudio Vargas tightens up the rotation a bit. Pedro for Pelfrey in 3-4 weeks gives 40% of our games a new look. I don’t know if this will solve our problems.
I don’t know if 36 games is a large enough sample to predict the rest of the season. I don’t know if changing managers helps more than it hurts. All I know is this: I don’t want to repeat 2007, and this is looking way too familiar
They can’t allow Figgy to start another game at this point.
I agree that Figgy might have worn out his welcome, but it was wierd to see the umps strike zone last night move around from inning to inning, and even from batter to batter. I know pitchers have to adjust and it’s never a good excuse, but as Figgy noted in his post game comments, after awhile he just tried to throw pitches down the middle of the plate every time. Not a good approach to have to take. I’ve noticed that when I don’t notice the ump’s presence in a game our pitchers do well (maybe I’m just looking for excuses, and maybe it’s always been this way, but it seems that there are some umps who just don’t have a consistent strike zone that allow the pitchers to get into a rhythm. Figgy’s walks and hit batsmen seem a response to that unpredictability, at least last night.