Comments on: Note: Carlos Beltran is Carlos Beltran

By: Dafatone80

Dafatone80 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:16:53 +0000

I’m tired of hearing anyone complain about Beltran’s lack of clutchness.

Same even goes for Wright. Yes, Wright’s been terrible lately, especially late in games. But as we’ve all lamented, the Mets score early and shut down. No one on this team is hitting 3 run bombs while we’re up 6-1. Given our pen, we’d be quite happy if they were.

Wright tends to drive in a ton of runs in the first three innings. Those aren’t garbage runs. You can make a good argument that early in a game is just as important as late, as you don’t know which games are and are not blowouts.

And yeah, Beltran, at absolute worst, is the 3rd best CF in baseball. If you really want to say Nate McClouth is better. Sizemore probably has him beat, although he’s only batting like 260.

By: atlantasnumber1metsfan

atlantasnumber1metsfan — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:13:47 +0000

Season to Season Consistency, that’s right..game to game I agree he’s streaky.

By: harrychiti

harrychiti — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:56:12 +0000

I also think Manuel would rather save show for full innings, since his splits are marginally “better” against righties (.330 compared to .344 against feliciano).

By: harrychiti

harrychiti — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:49:57 +0000

on a side note, did anyone see the face delgado made last night after flying out in the 8th? he and beltran had just smoked a couple off gange, and as he handed his batting gloves over to oberkfell, he made this face like, “I would love to see this guy a couple more times,” a sentiment I’m sure many other folks feel after facing gange.

By: Deadpanwalking

Deadpanwalking — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:56:47 +0000

“My wife met me at the door last night wearing sexy lingerie … she was coming HOME.”

(tugs collar)

By: cyclone

cyclone — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:46:59 +0000

Slight difference when you have Bagwell and Berkman batting behind you as opposed to Mike Piazza on the downside of his career….and wasn’t David Wright batting way down in the lineup that year as well?

By: nyr2k2

nyr2k2 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:37:20 +0000

He’s been terrible with RISP/2O this season, but from 2005-2007, he OPSed:

.931 with RISP
.849 with RISP/2O
.930 with runners on
1.098 with man on third, <2O
.821 close and late
.888 with bases loaded

Those numbers are pretty damn good. Again, this year he has struggled… But it’s more of an aberration than anything.

By: nyr2k2

nyr2k2 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:30:15 +0000

Exactly. Feliciano is very tough against lefties, but can also retire RH hitters (.697 OPS against the past three seasons). Show is tough on lefties, but gets hammered by righties (.849 OPS against the past three seasons).

By: nyr2k2

nyr2k2 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:26:24 +0000

I think we’re talking consistency in terms or season-to-season production, not game-to-game. There is no doubt Beltran is extremely streaky.

By: dwright5_godsend

dwright5_godsend — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:25:04 +0000

Off topic: Speaking of great defense, is anybody else amazed by the way Evans is fielding in left? How ’bout that grab against the wall last night? Amazing.