September 10, 2007

Some October Questions

With the magic number dwindling by the game, the Mets playoff chances get better and better. They’re a mere fifteen games away from clinching the National League East title for a second straight year and unlike last year will finally might have the entire pitching staff at full strength.

So the only thing for us to do is to take a look at some possible questions that the Mets are going to be faced with as the playoffs loom.

Is Mota playing come October?

The first problem is an enormous one and it all falls on Willie Randolph’s shoulders. Is Guillermo Mota going to be allowed to be on the post season roster? There are an astronomical number of reasons why he shouldn’t and the number on reason is his 5.82 ERA. This should be reason enough for Mota to be sent home packing come October, but we all know how Willie thinks that he will turn his game around come playoff time. The only problem with this train of thought would be, and we all know it’s going to happen, that Mota is going to be brought into a big situation and give up the game.

Pedro, the Number One Starter?

With his first two starts since coming off of rotator cuff surgery, Pedro Martinez is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA. Should this warrant him as the top dog in the Mets playoff rotation? I firmly believe so. With Pedro atop of the Mets rotation, they look more intimidating than the Peavey, Young combination in the National League.

Is Ramon Castro going to be ready for October ball?

Castro has just started his rehab assignment for Brooklyn and still isn’t ready to come back to the big club yet. Knowing that Paul Lo Duca is going to make most, if not all, of the playoff starts, could Willie bring Castro up before the post season begins? Well he should because I don’t think I could see Lo Duca going down and the remainder of the games played out by Di Felice, can you?

Who’s on first?

Carlos Delgado is apparently out for the rest of the season and that brings a plethora of questions to light. Could Shawn Green cover first in the post season? If not how about Conine? These questions are ones that I don’t want to ask, so Delgado had better suck up the pain come October and make a repeat of his effort last year, when he destroyed LA and the Cardinals hitting .354 with 4 home runs. That kind of production would be sorely missed if he can’t make it back.

Who’s the fourth starter?

Maine and Perez both came up big for the Mets last October, but that was when Pedro and El Duque were side lined, so they won’t be asked to make the same kind of repeat this year. Paul LoDuca already said that he believes that Oliver Perez wouldn’t be a good option out of the pen because of his erratic style. Good enough for me, so my fifth starter would have to be Oliver Perez or even a two headed beast of Perez and Maine. How about a little three or four inning show from each in the same game?

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

mota should be let go...waivers i mean

Anonymous said...

agreed

Anonymous said...

i like the two headed beast idea alot

Anonymous said...

3 and 3 so they will both be on the top of their game...awsome

Anonymous said...

i dont know about pedro being the game one starter though...

Anonymous said...

you're nuts man...pedro for #1

Anonymous said...

pedro, elduque, glavine and then Perez/Maine...brilliant

Anonymous said...

castro will be back...

Anonymous said...

i shutter at the thought of di felice behind the plate in october

Anonymous said...

if green is on first who gets the r.field job?

Anonymous said...

one would think ENDY