The Mets are in first place, not “circling the drain” as I wrote after the first week of the season. Ike Davis has lengthened this lineup. The move of Jose Reyes to the three-slot appears inspired. And Mike Pelfrey is actually pitching well (as well as with tremendous luck, which helps). The Mets are fielding well and running the bases. The bullpen is quite good – Hisanori Takahashi gives us Sid Fernandez, Game 7, 1986 World Series seemingly every other night.
And last night, even the early lost cause – young David Wright – seemed to throw the weight off his “face of the franchise” shoulders for the first time this year. In the second game of the twinbill sweep of the Dodgers, Wright became the youngest and fastest Met to reach 1,000 hits when he lined an RBI single to right field off Ramon Troncoso. We forget how good Wright’s career has already been at age 27, and last night’s four-hit, four-RBI performance was a wonderful reminder to the silly Citi Field boo-birds.
All that said, the Mets are in first and riding a six-game streak because they’ve started to play better against three terrible teams. The Dodgers are merely the third straight team they’ve faced with an elderly, less-than-energetic manager at the helm – and crappy pitchers on the hill. Nonetheless, it’s time to revise our horizons – I’m still going with 86 wins as the Mets’ over/under for the year, but there’s a lot more interest in amidst the bricks and exposed steel of Citi Field than the line for the double Shack burgers in centerfield.
For the first time since their series of collapses, the Mets are a team to team to watch – and my kid’s fondest desire is for a new Ike Davis jersey.
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