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Originally Posted by Westheim
Leftovers from Friday’s game.
1) Where would we be without Pete?
2) “If you follow the Mets on social media, you’d think they have lost every game they played this season” – they haven’t?? 
3) If you’re up by four early and Jeff McNeil looks like his thumb is about to come off, maybe replace him with Yolmer Sanchez?
4) The Phanatic still has some cheese to grind with Keith Hernandez, and it's gonna get ugly indeed. |
It's funny, I was thinking last night how before the season began I was thinking "meh, they didn't add enough offense to change their destiny". Then, they came out of the gate in first place and basically ended up there, and ow they're winning games with Ruf/Hambino, Naquin, and possibly this new kid they got from PIT to catch. I wasn't (much) more impressed with that crop, but danged if they didn't re-invent themselves while in first place. It's like an NHL season almost, where the team after Christmas is totally different.
I'm hopeful Baty is what he looks like, or at least a hitting upgrade over Escobar even if he isn't, but I'm back to worrying about depth too. Everybody's dinged up in August but like you say about McNeil they can't grind the starters down for the next month and be in a good place in October.
Finally, Pete stole a base the other day and is a fine defender, seems like a great community/clubhouse guy, and (in an admittedly weak field) is already on the short list for best Mets 1B ever in terms of hitting. If he stays healthy he might be the real face of the franchise they haven't had since Seaver, who stayed the face of the franchise even as they lost him TWICE stupidly. Even if they don't win a WS with him I think he ends up with a statue... and if they do win one maybe they can make it a Colossus astride Roosevelt Ave!