Damion Easley

, Darren Oliver, Jose Valentin, Duaner Sanchez, John Maine, Oliver Perez, Endy Chavez, Ryan Church, Damion Easley and Fernando Tatis.

           But it hasn’t been all peaches and cream for Minaya, who also took chances on Luis Castillo, Moises Alou, Orlando Hernandez, Shawn Green, Scott Schoenweis, Jorge Sosa, Aaron Sele and Matt Wise—none of whom were very impressive as Mets, and many of whom had massive difficulties staying healthy.

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arely even needed a backup on their roster, and Chris Woodward, Anderson Hernandez, Ruben Gotay and Damion Easley have been the only Mets other than Reyes to touch the dirt on that part of the field.  Do the Mets really need another stretch of light-hitting, average-fielding utility players to fill in until the next big thing comes along?  You won’t know what you’ve got ‘till it’s gone.

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latoon with Ramon Castro.  Luis Castillo was projected as the starting second baseman, but now Damion Easley and Argenis Reyes are platooning at the position.  Although Moises Alou wasn't healthy enough to start the season with the Mets, designs were for him to play left field every day.  But now rookies Daniel Murphy and Nick Evans are in a lefty-righty platoon.  And while Ryan Church was unable to play right field, Fernando Tatis impressed Jerry Manuel so much that he has been moved into a platoon now that Church has returned; Tatis got the start on Sunday against the lefty Randy Wolf.

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eir last 42 at-bats with the bases loaded.  Then, after an intentional walk to Fernando Tatis, Damion Easley came up with a bases-loaded hit of his own, singling into left center to score two more runs.  Ramon Castro topped the five-run inning off with an RBI double down the line in left, and the Mets completed the comeback from a 3-2 eighth inning deficit.

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but the rest of the ninth would be anyone's guess.  However, the Mets scored four more runs on Damion Easley's pinch-hit two-run single and Washington's sloppy defense, to put the game out of reach.  Aaron Heilman pitched a scoreless ninth, and the Mets avoided a save situation.

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I single, and Heilman hit LaRoche to load the bases.  5-5.  Enter Scott Schoenweis.  Damion Easley threw home on a hard smash by Brandon Moss to nail Mientkiewicz at the plate, and it looked like Schoenweis might preserve the tie.  But Steve Pearce had a different idea.  With the merry-go-round in motion on a full count, Pearce lined a single into left center to score two runs.  7-5, Pirates.  Exit Mets.

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ars," (as Mets television broadcaster Gary Cohen puts it) such as Fernando Tatis, Endy Chavez, Damion Easley and Ramon Castro, have been igniting the Mets' offense for the past three weeks.  But two new players with anything but household names were just as instrumental to the Mets' success in Cincy as anyone getting paid upwards of $12 million per year:  Argenis Reyes and Robinson Cancel.

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s not 1999, and Mets fans will realize that he is just a back-up at this point in his career.  Damion Easley and Endy Chavez are both on fire recently but Easley is more of a role player whose value lies in his professionalism more than in his bat, and Chavez is merely a fourth outfielder with an outstanding glove and excellent speed.  Don't get me wrong--I like both Easley and Chavez and think they are both very valuable to the team, but when they are no longer hitting a combined .412, like they are since June 28, the Mets will need a proven slugger to pick up the slack.

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, but the real fuel for the offensive surge has been the performance of role players such as Tatis, Damion Easley, Endy Chavez, Ramon Castro and Brian Schneider.  Naturally David Wright has been solid too, hitting .344 this month with six RBI, and hopefully Beltran's big game last night will break him out of his recent funk.

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    Monday night in Philadelphia was no different.  Timely hitting by Damion Easley, Endy Chavez and David Wright gave New York a commanding 8-0 third inning lead, and Pedro Martinez looked to be back on track, allowing just two solo home runs through 5 1/3 innings.  At first it seemed the two runs the Mets scored off R.J. Swindle (whose out pitch apparently is a 55-mph hanging curveball) to make it 10-1 in the sixth, were just gravy.  However, as the Mets' bullpen proceeded to methodically give the lead back, allowing seven runs over the final three innings, Pedro's RBI single off Swindle proved to be valuable insurance, and ultimately the difference in the game.  When it was all said and done New York held on by the skin of their teeth for the 10-9 victory, and took three out of four from the first-place Phillies over the weekend to move within 2.5 games of the division lead--but they certainly could have looked better in doing so.  That Billy Wagner was awarded a save in return for allowing two runs in the ninth and almost blowing the game calls into question whether three-run leads should qualify as save situations at all.  Wagner was downright awful, but still "saved" the Mets from yet another brutal collapse.

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