New York Mets, RIP

Posted by Bob Greenberger on September 30, 2008

The Mets sucked this season. No news there.

It was exceptionally disconcerting watching them self-destruct in almost the same fashion as they did last season, with less margin to spare.

While the Wilpons keep saying GM Omar Minaya did a good job, one has to question that considering he did nothing to upgrade an already shaky bullpen at the trading deadline and then only added Luis Ayala a few weeks later.

And while much was made of the bullpen’s collapse, I also question why Jerry Manuel went through 4+ relievers on average per game, telling us it was all about match-ups when the fresher arms brought up September 1 idly sat in the bullpen much of the month.

The Mets never fired on all cylinders with hitting and pitching in synch. It was one or the other while other teams found their rhythm and outperformed them in the stretch, including the Phillies and Marlins. If you checked the reports, you’d see how the Phillies put together beginnings and come backs to play their way into contention while the Mets continued leaving men on base and rallied way too infrequently.

I would like to think there will be some wholesale changes on the team so they’re better balanced and able to go into 2009 ready to contend.

Auction Update

The charity auction for the Siegel home ended earlier today and the naming rights for an appearance in next year’s Iron Man novel went for $512. I just need to hear from them who the lucky person is.

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