2-2 Braindroppings

Written by Benny B. | 09 April 2010

The Mets are 2-2 thus far in this infant season of 2010.  Here are some random thoughts over the past 4 days.  If you think this is a copout post because I am too lazy to formualate my usual well thought out, pun-ie posts....your right.

• The starting pitching through 4 games has been...solid!  Aside from John Maine's outing, every other pitcher has shown flashes of dominance.  Johan is Johan, and will be a better Johan once he shakes off the rust from offseason surgery.  Jon Neise looks like he has no ill effects from his horrible hamstring tear.  His pitches were hit a little hard at times, but only gave up three runs and kept the team in the game.  I am excited about him.  And Big Pelf looked outstanding tonight featuring a new split-finger fastball.  If he can continue to throw that pitch for strikes, he may finally harness that #2/#1 starter potential was projected.  Now the biggest question mark is Ollie.  I don't know why, but I am strangely confident that he is going to have a good game.  I don't like that felling...
• The bullpen has been even better than the starting pitching. Nieve became the first Met ever to pitch in 4 straight games and appears to have solidified the 8th inning setup role.  He has sick movement on his pitches.  Japanese imports "Tak" Takahashi & "Iggy" Igariashi have also had mostly impressive debuts.  Iggy is the power pitcher and Tak is the multi-pitch having control pitcher.  And the young Jenry Mejia who throws 4 pitches whilst sporting a 99 MPH fastball has also been impressive after shaking the butterflies off.  And of course the "Perpetual" Pedro Feliciano & Closer K-Rod are perfect thus far.
• The Offense has been up and down, but once Jerry realizes that Mike Jacobs has no business in the starting lineup, and GMJ should no be starting over Angel Pagan (even if that means abandoning the showcasing of GMJ's "talents" for what ever sucker team that would take him) I think this is going to be a potent offense...and thats not even taking into account Jose Reyes & Carlos Beltran's return.  They scored 7, 6, 1 & 8 runs in each of their first 4 games.
• Wright hit a Homerun in his first at bat and you could hear the collective exhale of all Mets fans.  There was not another HR hit until tonight's game when the Mets set a new record for hitting 4 HR's at Citifield in a single game.  They were all solo shots with two apiece by Rod Barajas and Jeff "The Frenchman" Francoeur.  I always thought that the Frency for Church trade was a good one with high upside.  I think you will see a great year from Frenchy in 2010 similar to what we saw last year after he was traded.
• Nelson Figeroa is really a "Benedict Arnold" the Phillies were tricked to pick up due to the desperate current state of their bullpen.  So far mission accomplished with one Loss under his belt.
• Gary, Keith & Ron remain the best announcers in baseball.  Period.  All ways informative, smart & funny.  Regardless if the Mets are losing, winning or tied I am always entertained...and am reminded of how bad other tandems are when I am forced to endure them.
• Saturday, April 10th @ 1:10 PM marks the return of Jose Reyes after almost an 11 month layoff.  Hells Yea!  I expect some sort of ceremony with all the deserved fanfare when we restore Jose X 4 to his rightful place atop of the WTTTB Most Hated Met.

That's all for now.  I'll be back with my usual broadcasts soon.  Go Mets!