Welcome to the Second Half
Good morning, class, and welcome back from your mid term break.
With the All-Star break behind them the Mets try to improve on their .500 record tonight, starting the second half with a 4 game set against the Atlanta Braves. Though a .500 record at the break is an improvement on last season it’s not going to be good enough for Mets fans. Willie Randolph is going to learn pretty quickly how tough it is to manage in New York. With the first half over fans are unlikely to continue to give him the benefit of the doubt because he’s a rookie manager.
The steady performance of Pedro Martinez and the steady improvement of Carlos Beltran, who’s play has just gotten better since he’s gotten over his injury, are two key ingredients that will help this team improve in the second half. But they will need more help than they’re getting especially with the first place Washington Nationals having acquired Preston Wilson yesterday. Wilson is a strong bat that will help improve the Nationals offense which is among the worst in the league. If they can maintain first place with a bad offense then how much harder will they be to beat with a bat like Wilson’s in the middle of the order?
The bottom line is this – .500 isn’t good enough. And if they are going to improve on it they’ll need to trade a starting pitcher (Tom Glavine?) and another player (Mike Cameron) for a hitter. They lost out on Wilson but maybe there’s someone else out there who could be of help.
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