Angel Pagan CF
Luis Castillo 2B
David Wright 3B
Daniel Murphy 1B
Jeff Francoeur RF
Cory Sullivan LF
Brian Schneider C
Alex Cora SS
Oliver Perez (2-3, 7.68 ERA) P
With all of the Mets injuries, it didn’t take long for almost-rookie Daniel Murphy to start batting in the cleanup spot. He was penciled into that spot on Saturday where he promptly went 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI. He wasn’t as good on Sunday, only getting one hit in five attempts and striking out twice.
The name Daniel Murphy probably doesn’t strike fear into the heart of opposing pitchers. My guess is that the reason Murphy is batting in such an important position is to split up righties Wright and Francoeur. How else to explain not putting Francoeur there, especially since he’s been exhibiting some more power lately with a couple of home runs to boot?
That’s what happens when your biggest offensive threat left on the bench goes to the disabled list to join the other offensive threats in Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes. Now with Gary Sheffield on the DL, the Mets are without their home run leader. It’s a sad state of affairs when your top home run producers in Wright and Omir Santos are in a tie with six apiece. Lately, it’s been enough. Let’s see if it’s enough tonight.
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The most newsworthy day for the Mets in years and not ONE comment on this excuse for a blog except this one. Not ONE word about the Adam Rubin controversy. Why do you bother with this blog or with even covering sports? Just lame. LAME.