Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Expos 7, Mets 4
Well that was fun for a while. The Mets had themselves a nice little season, but it turns out they can’t beat the Montreal Expos. It turns out that Endy Chavez and Tony Batista are too much for the Mets to handle, and when you realize that about your team, it’s time to start looking toward next year.
Speaking of looking toward next year, Jose Reyes hurt himself again. He hurt his left ankle coming into second base on his third-inning double, but for some reason stayed in the game. Then in the fifth, he smacked a ball off the rightfield wall and could only make it to first because of the ankle. At this point he was replaced by David Wright, who for some reason didn’t start the game. The word "sprain" is being used to describe Reyes’ ankle, but given his history and the team’s shady history of using words to describe his injuries, I think it’s best to think about how great he’ll look at shortstop next year until further notice. Wright hit a single in two at bats.
Anyway, the culprit in this game was that other promising rookie from last year who hasn’t worked out so well, Jae Weong Seo. Seo only lasted into the fifth inning, and didn’t record any outs there, ending up responsible for five runs on five hits and three walks whiles striking out just one. He’s now struck out forty-four on the season while walking thirty-eight, nearly as many as he walked in twice as many innings last year. Seo has given up hits at a higher rate than last year, which could perhaps be attributed to luck, but given the drastic increases in his walk and home run rates, the blame for his regression has to lie with him. The Mets aren’t really in a position to take him out of the rotation, and would probably be better served leaving him in it to see if he can turn his season around than replacing him. But if he doesn’t get things going in the right direction quickly and consistently, the Mets may have another hole in their starting rotation to fill this offseason.
Tomorrow afternoon, Al Leiter (6-3, 2.22) tries to salvage a still-embarrassing split of this series against Rocky Biddle (2-4, 6.26). Seriously, Yahoo is telling me that Rocky Biddle is starting tomorrow, and I have no reason not to believe them. Apparently he’s started three games this month and gone a total of sixteen innings. But hey, he’s only allowed four runs in those sixteen innings. He’s like a little Al Leiter. Should be fun. Or, you know, depressing when the Mets lose 4-2.
At least Yusmeiro Petit had another brilliant start for St. Lucie. In a game only scheduled for seven innings because it was half of a doubleheader, he went the distance for a shutout, striking out ten and walking just one while allowing three hits in a 2-0 victory.
¶ joe | 11:58 PM |
Well that was fun for a while. The Mets had themselves a nice little season, but it turns out they can’t beat the Montreal Expos. It turns out that Endy Chavez and Tony Batista are too much for the Mets to handle, and when you realize that about your team, it’s time to start looking toward next year.
Speaking of looking toward next year, Jose Reyes hurt himself again. He hurt his left ankle coming into second base on his third-inning double, but for some reason stayed in the game. Then in the fifth, he smacked a ball off the rightfield wall and could only make it to first because of the ankle. At this point he was replaced by David Wright, who for some reason didn’t start the game. The word "sprain" is being used to describe Reyes’ ankle, but given his history and the team’s shady history of using words to describe his injuries, I think it’s best to think about how great he’ll look at shortstop next year until further notice. Wright hit a single in two at bats.
Anyway, the culprit in this game was that other promising rookie from last year who hasn’t worked out so well, Jae Weong Seo. Seo only lasted into the fifth inning, and didn’t record any outs there, ending up responsible for five runs on five hits and three walks whiles striking out just one. He’s now struck out forty-four on the season while walking thirty-eight, nearly as many as he walked in twice as many innings last year. Seo has given up hits at a higher rate than last year, which could perhaps be attributed to luck, but given the drastic increases in his walk and home run rates, the blame for his regression has to lie with him. The Mets aren’t really in a position to take him out of the rotation, and would probably be better served leaving him in it to see if he can turn his season around than replacing him. But if he doesn’t get things going in the right direction quickly and consistently, the Mets may have another hole in their starting rotation to fill this offseason.
Tomorrow afternoon, Al Leiter (6-3, 2.22) tries to salvage a still-embarrassing split of this series against Rocky Biddle (2-4, 6.26). Seriously, Yahoo is telling me that Rocky Biddle is starting tomorrow, and I have no reason not to believe them. Apparently he’s started three games this month and gone a total of sixteen innings. But hey, he’s only allowed four runs in those sixteen innings. He’s like a little Al Leiter. Should be fun. Or, you know, depressing when the Mets lose 4-2.
At least Yusmeiro Petit had another brilliant start for St. Lucie. In a game only scheduled for seven innings because it was half of a doubleheader, he went the distance for a shutout, striking out ten and walking just one while allowing three hits in a 2-0 victory.
¶ joe | 11:58 PM |
