Let The Predictions Begin

DR Foster - NY Decider surmises this year’s Baseball Prospectus’ account of the 2009 NY Mets. The left side of the Mets infield, you know, the two players who were vilified as the ‘core’ of the choke artists, are now considered the best in the game. To quote, “The left side of the Mets infield, with Jose Reyes and David Wright, is quite easily the best in baseball.” Hmmm, not Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter (Yankees), not Pedro Feliz and Jimmy Rollins (Phillies), and not Evan Longoria and Jason Bartlett (Rays). David Wright and Jose Reyes.

Foster goes on to say that the biggest question mark for the Mets is their starting pitching. After Santana, Maine, Perez, and the #5 starter are big question marks.

On the upside, aside from the left side of the infield, the revamped bullpen of JJ Putz and Francisco Rodriguez will be a big help.

The article concludes by predicting the Mets will finish with 89 wins. The Phillies are predicted to win 93. Quoting Foster, …”that means the Mets will probably have to set their eyes on the Wild Card. But with Reyes and Wright on the uphill side of their primes and Santana, Putz, and Carlos Delgado on the downhill side of theirs, the Mets “will never have a better opportunity to win a World Series with their current core than they do now.”