Let's be honest. There are many here who don't care if the Mets lose 100. They're either masochists who enjoy watching bad baseball, sadists who enjoy the pain of real fans, or delusional folks who believe Top prospect = Future Star, and that a bad year or two, or three, will mean future championships. I have no comment for the Masochists and Sadists, but really wish the delusional would learn a little of the games history before cheering stupidity. Top prospect equals flop far more often than it means future star. That's why consistantly good teams...like the Yankees, I hate them but they are successful, trade away prospects for stars, and bad teams trade stars for prospects.
We might not lose 100 in 2013. But we will lose in the 90's and be a very boring team to watch.
We still have, no offence, no defense, no speed, an awful BP. The starting pitching is now in ruins too.
Niese our new #1 is a good pitcher, but not a #1. More like an average 2 or very good 3.
Santana is our number 2. He was great, but now he's a five inning pitcher. His arm is attached by duct tape. He'll probably break down again. I think he can give you 5 good innings 75% of the time, while getting shelled early 25% of the time. The new Chris Young. Given the lousy offense and BP we have, the 75% of the time he leaves winning 2-1 or losing 2-1 after 5...will mostly be losses.
Gee is our #3. He suffered from a serious medical condition. I don't even know if he can pitch next season. He's nothing special anyway.
Harvey is #4- Hate to break it to you...but he's not winning 20 games. My guess is 8-15. Now that
major league batters have seen him, they'll adjust to what he does. He needs to adjust back. I have no idea if he can. Take a look at how many pitchers never even come close to being as good as they were in a late season call up. If Harvey can adjust, he goes 8-15 with an ERA around 4.
He needs to pitch fairly well just to achieve that. Our very bad defense and BP are going to cost him in the close games, the lack of offence cost him in games where he doesn't have his best stuff. Of course, if he can't adjust back, he's just another failed prospect.
Who is #5? Nobody knows. I guess it will be whoever stinks less between Mejia and Familia. Since both stink badly, it won't make much difference.
So we can look forward to seeing Duda letting everything not hit right at him drop in for a single, and miss-playing routine singles into doubles. Watching Murphy reach nothing at 2b, and boot too much of what he does reach, and Valdespin botch routine plays at an alarming rate.
The BP's motto is "No lead is safe" Watching them trying to hold a 5 run lead will be the closest thing to excitement we'll see in 2013.
We have less speed in 2013 than the no speed we had in 2012 now that loser Torres is gone. Has there ever been a slower team since the 50's?
Then we have Wheeler who'll come up in July to replace the stinking Mejia or Familia. He might even pitch okay because nobody has seen him. They'll adjust to him. Then what? Only God knows and he didn't tell me. He didn't tell those who think he'll be Tom Seaver either.
That's the team Fred and Jeff have given you. Enjoy if you can. I have this old fashioned idea that watching my team win is more fun than watching it lose. Silly me.