Jose Reyes

He joins Carlos Delgado and Jose Reyes on the DL, and that's just in the lineup.

Pitchers John Maine, Oliver Perez and J.J. Putz sit on the DL for the Mets, as well.

So why am I so optimistic?

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(Note: I posted this a couple of days ago on my other blog at FanNation.)

When it comes to the Mets' starting rotation, I think all of their replacement-level options are better than Tim Redding. Redding's stuff is disgraceful, and his general approach to the craft of pitching is laughable. He's been embarrassed in his last two starts -- recently against the Marlins, and the Red Sox before that -- and there is little-to-no indication of potential improvement. I don't think there is any doubt at this point...

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starting pitcher, and one of the best young right-handers in the game, Manuel went as follows:

1. Jose Reyes-SS

2. Daniel Murphy-LF

3. Carlos Beltran-CF

4. David Wright-3B

5. Ryan Church-RF

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All right, so I've jumped the gun a little (the Mets are 21-17, giving them 38 games played, which means they're shy of the 1/4 season mark), but I haven't been too active on this blog and I'd like to get up to speed.

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Before I get to the actual list, I must say when I posted this on FanNation, readers were complaining about the omission of the New York Mets' star-studded infield.

The funny thing is, I'm a Mets fan. And yet I ranked both the Braves and Phillies' infields ahead of the Metropolitans. Talk about reserving one's biases...

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ra didn’t start out too swimmingly, as he immediately engaged in a first inning argument with Jose Reyes, who pled his case to stay in the game after a minor injury, a bit too vigorously.  The Mets dropped that game to the Angels 6-1 in uninspiring fashion, and it looked like the disappointing ’08 season would continue on.

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for a scapegoat.  As a result, many have opined that the Mets’ core of offensive talent (Jose Reyes, David Wright and Carlos Beltran) is simply unable to take the team to the next level, and should be broken up via trades.  Let’s take a look at what getting rid of those players would mean for the Mets, one by one.

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tion's capital last night.  The Mets 3-4-5 hitters are a combined 1-23 so far this series, and Jose Reyes, David Wright, Carlos Beltran and Carlos Delgado have managed a measly two singles in 30 at-bats in the two games.

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hit just .217.  All season long the Mets' best hitters have struggled in extra innings.  Jose Reyes' batting average in the 10th inning or later is .235 and Beltran's is .167.  In the ninth inning or later Carlos Delgado's average is just .176.  Far too often this season the Mets' offense has poured it on early and then gone to sleep, while the bullpen allowed the opposition to chip away and get back in the game.

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    No, it wasn't the first perfect game ever thrown by a Mets pitcher, but it was a game that went exactly according to plan.  John Maine came off the DL in style last night, tossing five scoreless innings while allowing just one hit.  Although Maine was on a short leash with regard to pitch count, Brian Stokes made sure the bullpen got its rest, throwing four shutout innings of his own.  Stokes provided the time type of long relief outing New York's bullpen has sorely missed since the departure of Darren Oliver after the 2006 season.  The offense scored 12 runs to complement the stellar pitching, and Daniel Murphy and Fernando Tatis each homered to lead the onslaught.  Jose and Argenis Reyes had two hits apiece, and Carlos Beltran drove in two, as New York scored eight runs in the third inning to put it away early.  Things are looking pretty good for the time being, but the real test will come the next time the Mets have a slim lead late in a game.

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igns in this game:  continued success from both Perez and Wagner, Delgado's bat remaining hot, Jose Reyes getting on base three times including two doubles, and clutch hitting from Beltran.  But the most intriguing possibility this game presented was Heilman's ability to stretch out his work to more than one inning.  Right now the entire bullpen is in a bit of a rut.  Duaner Sanchez seems to be in a dead-arm period, Pedro Feliciano has been inconsistent since the All-Star break, and Scott Schoenweis and Joe Smith have had their ups and downs as well.  But Heilman's two innings yesterday, coming off his three innings on Saturday, might give Jerry Manuel the assurance that he can pitch the sixth and seventh, or seventh and eighth, in a tight game in front of Wagner.  Now of couse, knowing Heilman, he could pitch terribly his next time out and struggle to get through even one inning.  But if the starters can continue to go a little deeper into games, like they have been more frequently of late, and Manuel uses Heilman expediently, he could pick up his share of two-inning holds and be effective in that type of role.

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ninth win, and seventh in his last eight starts.  David Wright doubled in a run in the third, Jose Reyes tripled in two in the fourth, and Delgado (who else?) broke the game open with a two-run home run, his 20th of the year, in the fifth.  Argenis Reyes tacked on his first career homer in the seventh, and the Mets trumped the Cards 7-2.  The Phillies lost to Atlanta, so heading into tonight's game the Mets sit atop the NL East by two full games, at 56-47.

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lure to lay down a bunt with runners on first and second and no outs in the sixth inning.  But Jose Reyes made it a moot point with his go-ahead three-run homer, and that was the difference in the game.

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n a first-place tie with the Phillies for the lead in the NL East.  Lately it hasn't only been Jose Reyes, David Wright and Carlos Beltran leading the offense; Carlos Delgado has been on fire recently and came through with the clutch, game-tying hit in the seventh inning on Sunday, and the Mets' bench players have been carrying the torch as well.  The "irregulars," (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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uel to Leo Durocher, let's remember that just six games ago the team was 8-9 under the new manager, Jose Reyes was slamming his glove down in frustration after a throwing error, hitters were not coming through in the clutch, the bullpen was blowing games left and right, and the starting pitching was inconsistent.  Sure, there is a lot to be happy about over the last six games, but it is best to remain cautiously optimistic because everything always looks a lot better during a six-game winning streak.

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ate, as the Mets have averaged 7.1 runs per game over their last eight contests, winning six.  Jose Reyes, the clear catalyst of the offense, has gotten on base at a .425 clip in July, 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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game.  And, in the end, they just have the same heightened expectations the Mets do.

Is Jose Reyes happy again?
I think.  He's doing all of his crazy handshakes again, which actually had a bigger headline in the next day's newspaper than the Rangers-Devils playoff series.  Most would argue that while he's been better since his chat with Carlos Beltran, he hasn't been that much better.  But at least he's on the right track.  Leadoff hitters don't have the easiest lot, and he's still one of the best out there.  He'll be fine.

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SP Roy OswaltSP Jake PeavyCLOSER Billy Wagner or Bob Howry or Kerry Wood

 NL BATTING CHAMP

Jose Reyes

HOME RUN LEADER

Ryan Howard

RBI LEADER

Lance Berkman

MVP

Matt Holiday or Lance Berkman

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