Lost Weekend
Well that sucked.
I think what you saw this weekend was a pretty good display of why people are pretty long on the Braves again. Tim Hudson and John Smoltz are just a fierce combination, while Chipper Jones and Mark Teixeira form a dangerous heart of the order. (Does Hudson have the same tattoo as Jack Bauer by the way?).
I don't know what they should expect out of Glavine, but if he produces the way he did the last two years for us he'll give them an entirely credible third starter (remember, he was our No. 1). Mike Hampton probably shouldn't be counted on for anything, but when he's healthy he's good. Rafael Soriano has all the character traits of a young Armando Benitez, which has its good and has its bad.
The good news for us is that Johan Santana has proven, through two starts at least, to be as excellent as advertised.
The bad news is that our offense looked as punchless in this series as we'd worried it might. Yes, a lot of that came against Hudson and Smoltz, but a lot of it came against the Peter Moylan and Will Ohman, too. Honestly, our offense looked terrible this weekend, David Wright in particular.
Obviously I'm not worried about Wright, but I think concerns about our offense more generally are warranted to a degree. I like a lot of Luis Castillo's game, but it is really a bummer that he is basically incapable of extra base hits / hitting the ball in the air. Brian Schneider is Brian Schneider. Ditto Angel Pagan, who has been fine, but is no kind of every day outfielder. As for Carlos Delgado, sometimes I wonder if I'll ever see him hit a home run again.
Alright, that was overly negative. The Mets are 2-3. The best team in the division is 3-3. It sucked to get swept, particularly to drop a game that Johan started, but this just isn't that big a deal. We're still 5 games in to the season.
Far more important right now is getting amped for Opening Day. Y2K will most definitely be in the building with Sip and A.F.O.M.G. holding down the Upper Deck. If the Phillies sweep us again it will be seriously depressing.
Sigh. I really hope we win tomorrow.
- A.F.O.M.G.
I think what you saw this weekend was a pretty good display of why people are pretty long on the Braves again. Tim Hudson and John Smoltz are just a fierce combination, while Chipper Jones and Mark Teixeira form a dangerous heart of the order. (Does Hudson have the same tattoo as Jack Bauer by the way?).
I don't know what they should expect out of Glavine, but if he produces the way he did the last two years for us he'll give them an entirely credible third starter (remember, he was our No. 1). Mike Hampton probably shouldn't be counted on for anything, but when he's healthy he's good. Rafael Soriano has all the character traits of a young Armando Benitez, which has its good and has its bad.
The good news for us is that Johan Santana has proven, through two starts at least, to be as excellent as advertised.
The bad news is that our offense looked as punchless in this series as we'd worried it might. Yes, a lot of that came against Hudson and Smoltz, but a lot of it came against the Peter Moylan and Will Ohman, too. Honestly, our offense looked terrible this weekend, David Wright in particular.
Obviously I'm not worried about Wright, but I think concerns about our offense more generally are warranted to a degree. I like a lot of Luis Castillo's game, but it is really a bummer that he is basically incapable of extra base hits / hitting the ball in the air. Brian Schneider is Brian Schneider. Ditto Angel Pagan, who has been fine, but is no kind of every day outfielder. As for Carlos Delgado, sometimes I wonder if I'll ever see him hit a home run again.
Alright, that was overly negative. The Mets are 2-3. The best team in the division is 3-3. It sucked to get swept, particularly to drop a game that Johan started, but this just isn't that big a deal. We're still 5 games in to the season.
Far more important right now is getting amped for Opening Day. Y2K will most definitely be in the building with Sip and A.F.O.M.G. holding down the Upper Deck. If the Phillies sweep us again it will be seriously depressing.
Sigh. I really hope we win tomorrow.
- A.F.O.M.G.
posted by A Friend of Mr. Glass' at 1:28 PM
2 Comments:
Delgado is hitting .350... Would it be nice if he had one home run right now? Yeah, he'd be on pace for a 32 home run season. We're definitely not out of the woods with C-Del, but you gotta be happy with what he's shown in the first 5 games. His hits have not been little bloops founding holes but have been ripped line drives. Let's see what he comes up with, obviously over the next 80 at-bats before evaluating him (or any offensive player), but at this point we know with absolute certainty that after 100 abs he will not be hitting below .070 which is not something I could have assured you with certainty prior to the season starting.
Smoltz really does own Wright and Wright acts as if he has known this for a while now.
and can we really call losing two games in a row being a sweep'?? Rain deaded the first game (which also bummed my whole sports on tv viewing weekend)
and since when did Johan become Mike Brodeur? He really is must see tv.... who knew he could handle the bat well???
Our new lefthanded Mets are making me proud so far...
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