Monday, June 29, 2009

Rivera gets career save number 500, RBI number 1 in sweep of Mets

I have been saying this for awhile now- the Mets are depleted because of injury. Fine. Its frustrating but it happens. Congratulations to Mariano Rivera on his 500th save but you do not walk the opposing closer under any circumstance! You throw him 3 fastballs down the middle. If he hits one, it is not likely to go very far and if it does, hats off.

K-Rod, stop being cute and get outs. This is the third time K-Rod has been on the mound in an embarrassing moment for the team and himself. He has shown time and time again he can blow hitters away but for some reason decided to throw his secondary pitches against a closer with 2 career at-bats.

The Mets main concern right now, it looks, is getting another bat via trade. Jerry Manuel even said that himself in last night's post game interview - and he is right. The Mets cannot continue to play this poorly (3 runs on 9 hits against the Yankees) and expect to be above water after the All-Star break. Does Omar Minaya not see this as well? It dosn't have to be a blockbuster trade but the Mets need to acquire someone that is able to hit in the .280-.300 range and drive some runs in.

The two positives for the Mets last night were Livan Hernandez and Fernando Martinez. Livan was solid again giving up 3 runs in the 1st and then shut the Yankees down for 6 innings thereafter. Martinez made a spectacular catch in the outfeild in the second inning and had an RBI double in the fourth.

Maybe the Mets need to go after an infielder that has first base experience so that Daniel Murphy and Nick Evans are not playing a relatively unfamiliar position, thus, limiting the errors that lead to runs. Something must be done and it looks like sooner than later for the Mets.

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