Look at the Yankees with a predominantly lefty team. That was because of the short RF porch. Look at the Red Sox with righty power or lefties that went the other way to bang it off the monster. They didn’t lower the wall when they won the division with the lowest HR totals in baseball. They found other ways to win.

Plus, watching the HR derby last night, do the Mets have anyone capable of doing what we saw? No. We do not. Wright is a hitter that can hit HR’s. He is not a HR hitter. I look at him like Big Poppy. A great line drive hitter that can hit for some pop but he isn’t ever going to hit 500 HR’s like Sheff.

I thought the Mo’s Zone would be gimmicky and to a degree it is but I haven’t seen too many shots that went into the upper deck that would have been caught if not for the overhang. That would be annoying. What annoys me more was Utley’s creeping over the wall HR’s in RF but they would have been out in Philly so it doesn’t matter.

If the Mets were hitting them out on the road then I would re-consider the Citi dimensions but they have more at home then on the road. I understand that they have changed their approach but one has to decide would you rather have Wright hit .330 with no power or .300 with power? That is tough. If he wasn’t striking out so much I would say .330 but with the strikeouts I would rather see .300 with pop. Steve Phillips brought up an interesting point last night. He said it might have been good for Wright to hit last night because his stroke has changed and the contest could have given him some power practice. Just as he lost it last year he could find it this year. Just a thought.

For next year we potentially can have holes at C, 1B, 2B, LF and if the Mets trade a core player SS, 3B or CF. There are enough power hitters that play some of those positions to get the necessary pop. What we need are pitchers dimensions to attract the Hallidays of the world, not the Perez’s.