David Wright reached the 30 home run and 30 stolen base plateau Sunday with his home run in the 7th inning. He became the third Met to do it, and the first since his hitting coach, Howard Johnson, did it in 1991. This is especially impressive considering he basically did it without the month of April where he didn’t hit a home run and only stole three bases. I thought Wright had a good chance to do this this year, and it turns out I was correct. I also thought the Mets could win the World Series, so we’ll see how that goes. I also think Jose Reyes has a shot to be a 30-30 guy in the future, but only time will tell.
Wright plays a smart game and is a great player; I fully expect this to the first of many 30-30 years he racks up. I don’t think Howard Johnson’s knowledge should be overlooked here either, I like Hojo as a batting coach. In a season that in June looked like the Mets would struggle to have even one player get to 100 RBIs, Wright has managed to put up some impressive numbers as an MVP candidate.
Also performing well after a bad start is Pedro. Pedro didn’t actually have a bad start, he didn’t have a start at all. He’s three starts in and all three have been superb. It looks like he’ll for sure get a start in the playoffs, the only downside is with his still healing rotator cuff, it will be tough for him to go deep into games. I’m interested to see how the bullpen shakes up during the playoffs. Presumably Maine and Perez will both be there in the division series, so hopefully they can get the job done and guys like M*ta and Sele don’t need to make the roster, leaving room for guys like Joe Smith or even Willie Collazo if he can get the job done.
I know Collazo is too much of a rookie for Willie to go to him in the playoffs, but hopefully he finds a suitable substitute that he can use where we don’t have to worry when the starters don’t go 9.
Luckily, I think the Mets committed all the rest of their errors for the season and postseason this weekend, so it should be smooth sailing here on out.