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Adam Rubin of the Daily News examines the Mets remaining scheduled and determines with their favorable matchups the Mets may be poised for a big September run.
For the record here is the Mets remaining opponents and their record against them:
- Marlins (6 games): 7-5
- Brewers (3 games): 1-2
- Phillies (3 games): 10-5
- Nationals: (6 games): 8-4
- Braves (6 games): 5-7
- Cubs (4 games): 0-2
To win the National League East, I think the Mets need to have at least 91 wins. Meaning, the Mets would need to go 17-11, a .607 winning percentage, over their final 28, which is very doable against their remaining opponents.
Although, if you remember, the Mets had a very similar schedule last September and we know how that turned out. However, I believe this is a different team and will not let that happen this season.
These last 28 games should be exciting and very intense. Enjoy the ride.
For more on the Mets and Phillies schedule, check out Josh Thomson’s recent post at his blog for the Journal News.
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But . . . but . . but. . . . Jayson Stark says the Phillies will win! How can I support the Mets when JAYSON STARK HATH SPOKEN!?!!? Completely useless enterprise — “scouts” agree with him, he says. No way the Mets can win without Maine, he says. It’s over. Anyone for golf?
Oh, and Jayson . . . .
What to do about that horrible Phillies’ bullpen, huh?
Jayson is from Philly, so he’s not even relevant. I don’t think we as fans need to get caught up in what these analysts say. We all have good memories: just hold on and hope for the best!
The Phillies just have too much heart and grit.
**sigh**
Yes, agreed, Jayson Stark is just one person who has watched a lot of baseball and has a job writing about it with an opinion. His insights about the game ad the current tempertaure of the teams and players is great — he has access we don’t. However, I wish these experts would stop thinking their access and insights lead to any advanced ability to predict the unknown — none of them are any wiser about prognasticating than the 54 year old secretary that wins the office football pools every year.
Well said.
Well, there were plenty of people who picked the Mets to cruise to the division title when they got Johan Santana.
Or people who declared the 2007 race over in August.
As Yogi or Andujar or someone said, baseball can be summed up in one word: You Never Know.
I believe that was The Jerky Boys.
One thing that is way different from last year is the Mets. This is NOT the same team.
2007 motto: Hey, we’re in first place. Everything is fine.
2008 motto: Resiliency after tough losses and do NOT forget what happened in 2007.
Change 2007 to Willie and 2008 to Manuel because the first 60 games or so they had the first motto attitude and no resiliency after tough losses.
The loss of John Maine will not hurt us as much as our bullpen will…thats just the truth.
First of all, we still have a solid “3″ in our rotation, with an iffy Pedro Martinez who, suprisingly, has been able to hold his own (minus the 5 runs have allowed to the Phillies, but in that ballpark anything is possible). Santana, Perez, and Pelfrey are more than capable of helping us win the division, and I am 100% confident that Jon Niese can’t do any worse than Maine has this year. Let’s face it, John Maine wasn’t on this year. Besides, it would only be a couple of starts. Now, if (and I do mean if) we make it to the post season, you only need 3 starters. Move guys like Pedro and Maine (if healthy) to the pen, call up Niese, Parnell, and maybe 1 or 2 more solid arms who can spell some relief for us (because our bullpen is over-worked), and keep riding this phenomenal second half by Carlos Delgado and Jose Reyes and we will be right were we wanna be come October. Let’s Go Mets!
but the phillies have heart, grit, guts, stick-to-it-tiveness, a never quit attitude…and they don’t dance!!!!!
They also have a heck of an eighth inning ERA of late. Live hearts, dead arms.
Say, can anyone remember another team whose bullpen burned out at the end of the year? Hmmmmm.
Folks, we are not alone.
it’s funny how nobody mentions that part…i’ve been pretty obsessed with sports talk these past few weeks and something that i have noticed is that the mets problems are constantly highlighted. even with the resurgance of pelf and delgado, the great season from santana, reyes, wright et al…the biggest topic is the bullpen and the collapse. meanwhile the phillies vaunted offense takes 2 months off, the bullpen is killing itself right now and their manager might be worse than dusty baker, but that is never talked about. all you hear about is the comeback win, every asnine thing jimmy rollins says, and the intestinal fortitude of that team. i guess i’m just a woe is me mets fan right now, but it seems like the media (being espn) is this close (imagine fingers 1 inch apart) from openly rooting for the phitins. anywayz go mets and i hope jimmy rollins gets a golden sombrero tonight.
agree with everything you said…
Well, Phillie fans are bashing the bullpen. . . as a subset of what they usually bash, which is everything. Some guy on Beerleaguer during the last Mets WIN blurted out (to the extent you can “blurt” in a Comments section) something about releasing Victorino outright. Are you kidding me? Do these people even watch games?
Don’t answer that.
on this trip I’d say hope for 4-2, expect 3-3
I don’t think it matters what we do since the Phillies have obviously had their confidence shattered after two difficult 8th inning meltdowns on back to back nights.
Wait, those articles haven’t been written by the media? Oh, I see - only the Mets’ late game losses mean inevitable doom, I get it now.
Lets see the Phillies really scuffle before getting high and mighty the articles are being written because until proven differently they are correct.
The Mets are the team that collapsed last year and until they come out on top this September that will be the story line.
If they fail many will say that was in their heads. If they succeed a lot of new age love stories about resilience and such will be penned.
I’m not being high and mighty, but fairness would be nice. After every crushing loss this year, we’ve had to read how the Mets were going to collapse and that the season was teetering on the edge. Yet, basically every time they have responded with a big win or a winning streak.
I’d like to see the same thing being written about the Phillies if it’s going to be written about the Mets, simple as that.
FYI
According to Ken Rosenthal, the Phillies acquired outfielder/first baseman Matt Stairs from the Blue Jays.
I guess its better that we are now favored to miss the playoffs instead of winning it. Hopefully will provide a little chip on our shoulders.
That’s a good point, Patrick. The Mets are in perfect position for a fairytale storyline that the writers wouldn’t be able to resist. It would be one for the ages. ;)
We’re missing CC, sweet.
That said, I think we need to put the kibbosh on any “we need to go xx-yy…very doable…”
Bad, bad memories. Very bad.
I’d actually like to play against CC just to prove that he’s not even close to the invincible powerhouse everyone is being fooled into thinking he is.
I’d prefer to face Dave Bush.
The beans guy?
Rollll that beautiful bean footage.
Ha. No, that would be Jay Bush. But I like the idea already. Can we get Jay Bush as our closer? And his dog Duke can sell our signals to the other teams
Dude, Jay Bush throws serious gas….
He is a powerhouse…during the regular season. He was not good at all last year in the playoffs. That said, considering we may need to face him, hopefully, in the playoffs it may not have hurt to get some exposure to him now.
But, w/o facing him, it prolly gives us a better chance to win, and we need to wins to make it to the playoffs.
the way they are having him pile up innings, by the playoffs his arm may have fallen off. And I bet that negatively impacts his pitching!
I agree. Playoffs are looking like East is playing the Wild Card first round. Most likely we would be playing the Brewers. To be the best, we have to beat the best. I was hoping to see what he has against us and maybe get into his head a little bit. If nothing else, it would have been nice to face him once before postseason.
If we have to go 17 -11 to winn then the Phillies have to go 18 -10 to win. What does there schedule look like? Right now the Phillies are th eonly team that matters. On the other hand, lets not even worry about them, JUST WIN !!!!!