Just A Half Game Back!

This latest win over the Giants makes it three in a row for the Mets, and puts us only a half a game behind the Braves and Marlins, and three games over .500.

Tom Glavine looks to be serious about earning that option next year. He pitched another decent game, going seven and two thirds, giving up only one run on nine hits and no walks. Mike Piazza's bat seems to be coming alive, (maybe Buster Olney really did piss him off) going three for five with two RBIs. His BA is starting to creep up, too - now he's at .254. As for Jose Reyes, that OBP has finally crept up over .300 to .304.

Oh, and anyone talking about trading Mike Cameron needs to just cram it. The guy is playing his usual amazing defense, and he's still hitting .347 with an OBP of .448. Everybody keeps saying he's streaky, he'll cool off, it won't last, blah blah blah. So far he's still playing like a man on fire. A man I want on my team.

In other news, according to John Kruk, David Wright is one of the top five best 25-and-under players in the majors. Says Kruk, "If I was calling the shots at Shea, I'd place him in the four or five hole and just keep him there and let him blossom. He's going to produce, and it's not helping him when you bounce him up and down in the lineup." I tend to agree with Kruk. Some of Willie's lineup configurations just leave me thinking "whaaaa...?"