Sitting here typing this on Tuesday, April 29th, I am not worrying, but should I? Should we? The Mets are 14-11 in a month where many predicted they would go 10-17. Lets also not forget, the season opened 0-3. Since then, the Mets have gone 14-8 and have won five of seven series. Overall, the Mets have won five of eight series.
"We feel good where we are," Terry Collins told the NY Daily News. Collins also added, "We are not happy that we only have the wins we have. We thought we could have won a couple more." Terry is most likely referring to games like Saturday, where the Mets lead 5-0 in the middle innings before losing 7-6 in ten. I love the fact that Terry is angry they don't have more wins. While 14-11 is nice, it's time to get better.
The key to the Mets success has been winning series. While the Mets lineup sits next to last in the national league in batting average, their pitching ERA is sixth-best. We all knew heading into the season that the Mets' strength would be their starting pitching.
With the toughest part of their schedule over, the Mets will look toward a nine game road series where they can continue building momentum, hoping Wright and Granderson begin hitting for power, and hope the bullpen stays effective. The Mets biggest surprise has been their bullpen. Already on their third closer of the season, Mets pitching coach Dan Warthen and bullpen coach Ricky Bones have kept this area of the Mets pitching as well as possible.
Not to be fooled, though, the Mets were 10-9 after 19 games in 2013. Also, they led the wild card after the All-Star break in 2012. Both seasons, the Mets finished with a lowly 74 wins. Five months of the season remain, and predictions still say the Mets will taper off, but as a die hard Mets fan, I have to keep feeling optimistic that our pitching will keep us in contention all the way to September.
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