It’s Spring Training. The ‘A’ players are not playing much and the games don’t mean anything. Tell that to Angel Pagan and Ruben Gotay. Those are two players fighting for the 25th slot on the Mets Roster.
Today Angel Pagan went 3 for 5 and drove in three runs with a single in the ninth inning to give the Mets a victory. Of course there are no standings. Of course victories right now do not mean much, but Pagan is making a statement that right now seems to be hard to ignore. He is hitting over .400 so far.
Ruben Gotay was the only Met to get a hit off of Dodger starter Derek Lowe. Gotay went 2 for 5 today and he is hitting over .300. Again, don’t tell Gotay this doesn’t count, he wants to be on the big league team as well.
Competition can certainly be a good thing. When my wife and I were looking to buy a house, we wanted the lowest possible mortgage rate we could get. We shopped around. We would ask for a Free Mortgage Quote from just about anyone who worked in the field. For those people who say, “everyone will get you the same rate,” all I can say is that’s not true.
Having people compete and letting them know we were shopping around helped us get a very good deal. Hopefully , the Mets letting players know they are competing for that final roster slot will help the Mets get a good deal as well.
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