Hammer Time

Last nights game was fun to watch in may ways.

I think Pelfery is finally starting to understand what is needed from him to be a MLB pitcher. He no longer seems like a deer in the headlights while pitching. He's getting aggressive and throwing strikes. He's allowing his fielders to make plays and trusting them to do it. He throws inside often enough to keep the hitters nervous and is mixing up his pitches. I saw 82 mph sliders and 96 mph fastballs thrown to the same batter. That's good to see.

The offense is showing signs also of a "killer instinct". It seems like everyone was contributing the the effort. Reyes even managed to get a hit. It's still troubling to see him hit so many pop-ups and lazy fly balls. Conine and Lo Duca had good hits and Milledge hit a 3 run line drive home run. Maybe he's coming around now too.

Guinness's favorite player even got in the game. Wright got a rest and Gotay came into play 3rd base. I truly believe he should be groomed as the next super-utility player of the Mets. He's played 2nd, SS, and 3rd base in the last week. I believe he could also handle 1st with no problems. He even got a run scoring double when he came to bat. Omar said in an interview that Rubin had been a big surprise this year. Hopefully the Mets decide to keep him around.

Castillo worries me. His knees are bothering him an awful lot lately. You can see it when he runs around the bases and swings at the plate. If the Mets plan on resigning him this off season, they better make sure his knees are 100% healthy before they drop a big contract in his lap. There better be incentives in it for games played, at bats, hits, ect. I dread the thought of giving him 20 million over 3-4 years and having him spend more time on the DL than the field.

Today Glavine goes to the mound. I hope the Mets don't decide to make Woody Williams look like another Cy Young winner today. He beat them in earlier this year, and made the Mets look silly. David Wright knows that its time to end this playoff race, I just hope the rest of the Mets know as well.