A Lot Has Happened...

In the past 8 days, while MetsPlanet.com was out the New York Mets have played 8 games. In those 8 games they have gone 4 and 4. They beat the Brewers 2-1 in a 3 game series. They lost to the Braves 1-2 in a 3 game series. And they are in a 1-1 tie with the Padres. The Mets pitching has been phenomenal. In 6 of the 8 games the staff has allowed 3 runs or less. The bullpen has allowed just 1 run over 21.2 innings. However the reason this Mets team has lost 4 of 8 games is because of their lack of offensive production. The Met offense has scored just 29 runs in the last 8 games, and only 13 in 6 of those 8 games. In the first 8 games of the season the Mets scored a total of 53 runs. The only explanation for this is that so many of the Mets started off very hot. Wright, Reyes, Nady, LoDuca have all since cooled down, and are kind of slumping. Floyd is now breaking out of his slump. And Carlos Beltran is day to day with strained hamstring. Aside from wins and losses a lot has happened to this ball club. Carlos Beltran as I mentioned before is day to day with hamstring issues. Floyd was out for a few days due to a rib-cage strain. And Andy Hernandez has been placed on the DL with a bulging disc in his lower back. Hernandez's injury has prompted the return of the infamous Kazuo Matsui. Matsui continued his first AB HR streak and is now at 3. He has also made several sparkling plays on the field. He needs to use this road trip to get hot, and bring that back with him to Shea. I believe that if he can get the fans behind him, he will be more focused on the game and will play good or maybe great. Kazuo is not the only Met to make history in the past few days. Julio Franco, on Thursday, became the oldest player to hit a Home Run in the Major Leagues. Congratulations to him for that. Right now the Mets a facing a week team in terms of offensive power. They need to step up they’re hitting and win tonight and tomorrow against San Diego. Then they need to win the series in San Francisco, and head to Atlanta with a full head of steam. Oh by the way, and God forbid, I hope Bonds hits his first HR of the season tonight or tomorrow because if he does it against the Mets we will never hear the end of it...