Comments on: Read: NL East Questions

By: Massey

Massey — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:35:45 +0000

Why is Murphy wasting our time with meangless stats like runs when no one has played the same number of games. Mets are 6th in OBP, 9th in OPS, 10th in slugging, and around 5th or so in R/G. If he’s going to sit there and cherrypick meangless stats, then his statements are pointless and misleading.

By: metsfanmurph

metsfanmurph — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:55:06 +0000

I am very confident in the offense. Reyes, Beltran, and Wright haven’t even really gotten hot yet. Alou will be able to hit .300 when he is 60, Church has been fantastic, and Delgado seems to be seeing the ball better lately.

My biggest concerns are obviously the bullpen and health and with Sosa gone I am much more confident in the bullpen.

By: haplo

haplo — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:00:17 +0000

And after 37 games in 2006, the Mets had scored 188 runs, just five more than the Mets have now.

By: haplo

haplo — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:56:10 +0000

Just did a quick, unscientific survey of the Mets’ game log…

They’ve scored 4, 5 or 6 runs in 18 of their 37 games. They’ve scored 3 or fewer runs in 10 of their 37 games. They’ve scored 7 runs or more in 9 of their 37 games.

So they’re within a run of their average runs-per-game ~49% of the time.

By comparison, the 2006 Mets at this point had scored 4, 5 or 6 runs in 13 games; 3 runs or fewer in 13 games and 7 runs or more in 11 games.

By: haplo

haplo — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:40:43 +0000

Not saying they aren’t inconsistent, but it could be worse.

In the meantime it’s worthwhile to note that the Mets have played a much tougher schedule than either the Braves or the Phils. It’s still a bit too early to tell just who they are.

By: appleinahat

appleinahat — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:36:43 +0000

Yea, theres another guy I love to hear struggling

By: Another Matt

Another Matt — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:26:01 +0000

Yes, fewest games played in the Majors

Strangely, the Red Sox have played the most. You’d normally expect them to have been rained out as much as anyone at this time of year, playing in Boston and all.

By: therealsince86

therealsince86 — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:23:15 +0000

And of course I have to put the obligatory comment that ALL of those came in blowouts. You know some idiot was getting ready to post it.

By: Another Matt

Another Matt — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:21:06 +0000

Uh oh… he’s up to .181? It was .167 last I looked, maybe he’s waking up.

I see Andruw’s still waving a limp stick in LA though. Shame he’s not stinking it up for the Braves.

By: Another Matt

Another Matt — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:17:50 +0000

Actually the rotation is starting to really roll.

We’ve now had 5 “quality starts” in our last 6 games, and Santana and Maine each have 6 of them out of 8 outings.

Plus, Sosa’s gone now, and Smith and Wagner have been big pluses in the ‘pen.

There are still concerns in relief, but the offense is the big inconsistency right now. Like I said above, there are signs the bats might be moving in the right direction, and if we start hitting with RISP, look out!