Mets at Rockies at 8:40 pm EST: Line-Up Musings and Why I Decided Not To Call The Mets 2B by His Name (Hint: It's 'Cause He Stinks)

Tonight at 8:40 pm EST, the Mets will face the Rockies in the first of three at Coors Field.  John Maine (0-0, 7.20 ERA) will face off against Greg Smith (0-1, 9.00 ERA).  With yesterday's day off and the dissapointing start for the Mets so far, I have to say, I am eagerly awaiting the game tonight.  Should be fun...

Here's the starting line-up according to Brian Costa of the Neward Star-Ledger: 

Reyes, ss
Mets Second Baseman (Wears Number 1), 2b
David Wright, 3b
Jason Bay, lf
Jeff Francoeur, rf
Fernando Tatis, 1b
Rod Barajas, c
Angel Pagan, cf
John Maine, p

That looks like runs to me.  With Reyes back, I really like Pagan at 8th (or second) in the order.  It seems to give this line-up more symmetry, almost like a second lead-off hitter in an AL line-up.  I'd rather Pagan hit second, but someone told Jerry that the second baseman can hit in the two hole.  I think not...(side note, I decided today to never refer to the Mets second baseman by his name).

I only see two negatives with this line-up, one being Fernando Tatis.  Who I still firmly believe should not be starting for any major league team unless it's a Sunday afternoon, let alone the team I root for.  Will they just get Murphy healthy or bring up Ike already, I've had enough of this crappy platoon at first base...

The other issue I have with the line-up is the guy manning the number 2 spot in the order. Unfortunately there are about 12 million reasons why that won't change for some time...