Mets Update

It's only a month is and already things are up/down including the Dodgers not being able to lose and then going 3-7. Former Mets are doing pretty good, including Matt Harvey at the Orioles. Both Eastern divisions are questionable though early on the Red Sox are doing surprisingly well. The Yanks are having a good stretch, which along with the division, suggests even with their struggles that it's hard to see them not getting into the playoffs somehow.

We will see about the Mets, whose 9-11 April is largely about a lot of missed games (and one suspended in the first) and lack of hitting. Pitching is pretty good though the fifth starter (who didn't pitch that much) didn't do well. "Pretty good" is as a whole -- the top three did well, though other than DeGrom had off days. The pen as a whole also is doing well. It's hitting. And, like the new shortshop, you would think eventually they will get into some sort of groove. OTOH, we are hearing about this being a pitching year.

The Mets already swept the Phils once and again are interesting. They lost a game 2-1 on a strikeout of a pitcher with a passed ball/two runs scored. Ex-Met Zack Wheeler then gave up four in first, but glided six more innings, resulting in a 4-4 tie. The Phils then were robbed by a horrible unreviewable call that took away a person on second. Phils then choked in the ninth, losing 5-4. The ump call basically made the game tainted. I realize mistakes are part of the game, but it was a blatantly wrong call. Pisses me off. Robs the game of pleasure.