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yeah he's stepped it over a little bit over a recent tiny sample size, but post all star break hisnumbers are down across the board--especially his power numbers. if he continues the streak into the postseason then its a different story

you're right, i shouldn't write off the giants. maybe the mets will play them instead oft the dodgers

3 innings in the middle of a tight game with the sox last postseason doesnt scare me. i'll take wells

none of those 3 scare me against wells or young. young's whip against lefties is 1.04 and his LHBAA is .193 and none of the mets run producers kill lefties except wright, and he's in a huge slump. beltran's numbers are way better against righties. delgado and floyd are garbage against lefties. and when you DO face a righty it'll be peavy, and with the way he's pitchign lately you better pray to god that pedro is 100%. just hope the pads win the division, you'll have a much easier time against the dodgers in a short series

if we split the first two at shea you're in trouble. who you gonna start in game 3 on the road against wells or chris young? maine? perez? trachsel? your team is kind of vulnerable to lefties too (relatively speaking--it's still a good lineup), but you'r 6-7-8 hitters are consecutive lefties, plus delgado. don't worry though, we're taking the division and you'll be playing the dodgers and we'll be playing the cards

not if pedro is out or not pitching effectively due to injury.

i disagree

yeah, i'd never sell those tickets. that's an experience and a half

yeah i hear that, im sure that's what my fellow fans in SD did at the tail end of the '98 series as well--though i'd never do it. i hate to see my team lose the world series but it's worth the risk to see your team win a world series game in person

he hit another. the kid is unreal

wow are you kidding me? i would expect that at a LOT of other ballparks but not shea

yeah exactly. if those two are back and in full form it wont even be close

yeah heilman's been a lot better lately, i'll give you that, but it's tough to ignore meredith, his ERA is unreal and he's 11 under in WHIP--i think htat translates to .60-something. and i've seen wagner blow postseason saves firsthand, we got to him in the '98 NLDS, yeah i know htat was a long time ago but i think that was his last time in the postseason and he was also a better pitcher back then too.

all this might not even matter, cuz the mets lineup is so good that they might pummel the pads starting pitching anyway. all im saying is that i like our SP and bullpen better.

yeah and i left out alan embry, brian sweeney, scott cassidy, and jon adkins--all having good to great years. besides, he said a lead from the 6th or 7th on. and it's not out of nowhere considering you traded your starting RF for hernandez because sanchez went down. if he's no longer your setup man then that's a real shame for your bullpen. pads pitching staff leads the NL in ERA AND saves. the teams are virtually tied in save percentage. a big reason why the mets bullpen leads the league in ERA is because duanar sanchez, who won't be available for the rest of the season--so that stat really doens't mean anything going into the postseason. our setup man is better, our closer is better (again)

hoffman also blew 4 of those saves in a 10 day span, he's been money the rest of the season. and the mets tried to trade for linebrink for their 8th inning man when duaner went down and he's only the hpads 7th inning man at this point

wagner 34 for 39 2.27 era hoffman 36 for 40 1.94 era hernandez 2.98 3 blown saves meredith 0.84 era no blown saves heilman 3.89 5 blown saves linebrink 3.71 8 blown saves <--and this is an incredibly bad year for him too

no chance. pads have a better bullpen. i'll take hoffman/meredith/linebrink over wagner/hernandez/heilman any day of the week, just look at the numbers

i'll take the pads with a 1.5 game lead, a 4 deep starting rotation and the best bullpen in baseball over a team being carried by ryan howard. and if pedro and glavine are not pitching or not as effective cuz of injuries then i think the mets/pads is 50/50--5 gams or 7 games. in this scenario the pads have an ace and the mets don't, and the pads own the starting pitching edge in every game--and call me biased but i'll take a healthy peavy over a healthy pedro for games 1 and 4. peavy without shoulder tendinitis is the best pitcher in the national league, as evidenced by his last 6 weeks of work. the only edge the mets would have would be their lineup.

the yanks and every other team have disaster written all over them, but someone always seems to step up for the yanks when their stars go down and this year it was wang, cano and cabrera. the yanks are gonna be SOOO deep in the playoffs, even if sheff or matsui can't play the field imagine either of them coming off the bench or DHing. the only reason why the pads would have a shot in hell against the mets (and a small one at that) is because the mets starting pitching is hurting, otherwise it'd be an easy sweep. i'd much rather win the division and exact some revenge on the cards

tall order but i'll deliver the message

peavy's back, his shoulder is fine and he's had a great 2nd half, he threw a 2 hit, 1 run 2 walk comlete game with 14 k's last night. with david wells they're now four deep at starter and they hstill have the best bullpen in baseball. so let's kill this noise about the reds, marlins, etc. the wildcard is coming out of the NL west and the pads are gonna shock someone in the first round

i guess torre is still reluctant to use him but still, if mo can't go and farnsworth is unavailable then i say go with the guy who has closer experience.

because they wont win the wild card. the wild card will come out of the NL west

and most of the 9 guys in front of him have been slow starters/non-factors. taht's the nature of young DTs