The Mets have every reason to be concerned about John Maine and Pedro Martinez, so they don’t want to waste the kind of strong efforts they got from Oliver Perez and Aaron Heilman last night.
Carlos Delgado? Dare I say it? Comeback Player of the Year?
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Delgado is unreal right now. Through his rejuvenation, it’s obvious that he has made strides and improved his approach at the plate. He’s more patient, he’s more selective, he’s quicker, but just as he’s improved, I feel that opposing pitchers are also gaining respect for him again and they fear him again. For the first half of the year, if you were an opposing pitcher, you’d feel comfortable when he stepped to the plate and most likely strike him out on 3-4 inside pitches. Now that he’s the hottest hitter in the game, pitchers are scared to throw to him, often wind up behind in the count and groove something that he hits 450 feet.
It’s pretty absurd that Delgado could end the game tonight with a higher batting average than Carlos Beltran.
You know obviously the AB that gets the headlines for delagldo last night was the bomb. However his AB in the 6th where he was down 1-2 or 0-2 vs a tough left in Olsen. He was able to foul off some tough pitches and draw the walk to set up Beltran’s go ahead single. To me that AB showed me more than the HR, he showed an ability to lay off pitches he was jumping at and foul off tough pitches as well.
Sorry John, but my vote for Comeback Player of the Year still goes to Fernando Tatis
Wow come to think about it Comeback Player of the Year may be hard to choose between Tatis, and Delgado.
Assuming they both keep it up for the rest of the year.
But that would be a nice item to think about during their playoffs.
comeback player of the year for the mets, that is. let’s not forget about a young man in Texas named josh hamilton. anyway, it’s nice to see delgado finding his stride, but is it coincidental that he turned it on when willie got the boot? seems a bit strange to me…
what are the criteria for CBP? Delagdo had a poor season, 24/87, but it was not ridiculusly awful.
Delgado may be the greatest player in NY Met history!