Here's a list of things I want to recap and give my input on. Normally I would have done them WHILE they were happening but sometimes things get busy...
Last night the Mets defeated the Marlins 6-5 (box score/wrap), despite a poor outing from Mike Pelfrey. Pelfrey got pounded to the tune of 12 hits and 4 runs in 4 and 2/3 innings of work. NOT A GOOD NIGHT. Fortunately for the Mets, the offense and bullpen were able to pick Pelfrey up and get the team a win, which helped them avoid the sweep in Puerto Rico. K-Rod came in in the eighth after Parnell put the Mets in some trouble, but K-Rod was able to get Wes Helms to fly out. Then K-Rod made it interesting, again, in the ninth but was able to save the game for the Mets.
The Mets got some nice all-around effort on the offensive end, highlighted by David Wright's 2-5 game with 2 RBI and another pinch-hit RBI from Josh Thole (his second in two night). And not to be the guy who rains on our parade, because I DO think this team is better overall with Barajas behind the plate, BUT...he's now down to .244 and the staff has been getting ripped lately. All I really mean to say by that is, I'm happy the Mets decided to wait before considering extending Rod...
Also of note from yesterday's game was Jose Reyes' last minute removal from the line up due to a his side hurting, which you can read more about on Metsblog, here. In the post, Michael Barron quotes Jerry as saying it had something to do with the turf at Hiram Bithorn Stadium. That wouldn't surprise me much considering the way Gary and Keith talked about the field basically being built on top of a parking lot, and the cement being the base underneath the field. Either way, I hope to see Jose back in the line up tonight, BUT, I also wouldn't be surprised if he needed another night off. Any more missed time than that and I may start getting concerned...
ON TO OLLIE...
I know he's doing rehab starts and all that, but is it really necessary? He has no trade value anyway. The best thing the Mets can hope for is that he "suffers a set back" the same way John Maine did and the team can continue on without him. As for Beltran's rehab seemingly going well, I'm cautiously excited. I know it's cliche and people have been saying this for quite some time, but Beltran REALLY is the best player the Mets can add at the trade deadline....Well....offensive.
Speaking of Cliff Lee, Metsblog notes some rumors here and here regarding how much the Mets would need to give up to get Lee. Here's what I would and wouldn't do...
The following I think can be traded in any combination in order to get Lee, of course with the caveat that they cannot take more than 4 from this list: Josh Thole, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Jordany Valdespin, Reese Havens, Bobby Parnell, Brad Holt, Ruben Tejada, Sean Ratliff or Juerys Familia.
NOW, if the Mariners needed one of F-Mart, Wilmer Flores, Angel Pagan or Jenrry Mejia to get the deal done I would NOT want to give up more than one of them combined with NO MORE than two of the guys from the previous list.
Interestingly enough, I think the guy who is closest to untouchable to me is Wilmer Flores. But, I don't think anyone should be off limits right now. The farm system seems to have enough in it that you can make this deal without losing all your top prospects. So Omar, make a deal to make this team a winner. Just be smart about it, and don't give up too much...
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FINALLY, someone has exposed the dirty little secret that Rod Barajas hasn't been good for the last 6 weeks. All you hear about is how we have to praise Omar for the Barajas signing, which was fine when he was hitting. It's like somehow people haven't noticed that he was practically 2 for June. Kudos to Rod though, such a large man yet able to fly under the radar.
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