The Mets are on what appears to be the beginning of a role. They have won five in a row and there are a number of things about which to be encouraged. I like the fact that the Mets took the first three games in this streak by sweeping the Washington Nationals. It shows that they can beat up on some of the weaker teams. I like the fact that the next two came against the Philadelphia Phillies, showing they can beat the tougher teams as well.
It is encouraging that they have been able to beat a couple of quality pitchers during this streak, as well as beat up on lesser pitchers. They have also been scoring some runs against the bullpen. I like the fact that seemingly each day it is someone else who gets the job done.
It is fun to see David Wright in a groove and to watch Jose Reyes come back to the line and do well. It is good to see, for the most part the Mets’ pen coming through. And it is nice to see the starting pitchers doing well. The five game streak means that a game has been started by each of the starters. While I have not seen all of each of these games, it appeared that Santana was on his game and Ollie was on his. Maine had a quality start, Pelfrey looked good and Figueroa pitched another nice game. It is way to early to deem him anything beyond a pitcher who has had a couple of good starts. Still, if this is something he can continue to do, they become a tougher team to beat.
I am superstitious enough to hesitate at writing this (but not enough to keep me from doing it). I do not want to give anyone the idea that I am happy leaving this winning streak at five—I want them to run off some more victories in this string to establish themselves as the dominant team they are (or should be). Still, this is a nice start!
Let’s Go Mets!
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