It's hard to imagine today, waking up from the last two disastrous days for the Mets, but the announcements of the starting lineups for the All-Star Game were just released and the Mets have four players who made it.
Now, while we're in a negative mode here, David Wright and Carlos Beltran deserve to be voted in. Wright has been leading the NL in hitting much of the year and when he wasnt, Beltran was.
Of course, that doesn't weigh in Wright's mysterious lack of power and his sudden strikeout output. And Beltran almost certainly will not play, currently on the disabled list and not expected back until after the break.
The pitchers are debateable. Frankie Rodriguez made it from the bullpen and Johan Santana is an interesting case. For two months he was one of the top pitchers in the game. But in June he plummeted, going 2-4 with a 6.19 ERA. Does that deserve a spot coming from a sub-.500 team?
steve-
what's the status of Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran? Are they going to be back right after the all star break? We desperately need them.
Posted by: Ben | 07/07/2009 at 09:35 AM