The New York Metropolitans
Once again, the Mets are out of the playoffs with a loss to the Florida Marlins (this time without the Fish’s best player Hanley Ramirez) on the final day of the regular season and in the final game at Shea Stadium. For the second year in a row, the Mets had their largest division lead with 17 games remaining, this year being 3 ½, and managed to let the playoffs slip through their fingers. Excluding the 1981 split season, the Mets became the first team in major league history to hold 3 ½ game division leads in consecutive Septembers and fail to make the post-season both times. I for one am not the least bit surprised.
The injury to Billy Wagner was the beginning of the end for the Mets in my mind. I’m not sure how a franchise with the second highest payroll in “The Bigs” expected to get by with such a mediocre bullpen (MLB worst 16 blown saves after the all-star break).
Something needs to be done with the make-up of this team in the off season. Right now this mix of watered down superstars (Delgado, Beltran) and youngsters with an undeserving arrogance and unwarranted right of entitlement (Wright, Reyes) just isn’t getting it done. Unfortunately for Omar Minaya, he has become the Matt Millen of Major League Baseball and seems to be the first change that will take place in the next few weeks.
Mets fans, look on the bright side, at least none of your players were pictured receiving a money shot yesterday. Thanks Prince Fielder!
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