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| By Anthony De Rosa - April 20, 2007 at 8:29 pm
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At his blog for the NY Times, Ben Shpigel asks how concerned should we be over the power outages experienced by Delgado and Wright so far this season. After all, the Mets are still scoring
Considering how easily this balanced offense is piling up runs - in 14
games, they have scored eight or more runs six times - I was wondering
whether the Mets fans out there really care about the fact that the
team’s cleanup and No. 5 hitters,
Carlos Delgado and
David Wright, have
yet to hit a home run this season
Its a good point. Beltran seems to be getting his power, plus the surprisingly surge of Castro, on top of every one else connecting well (Alou, Green, Reyes), the fact that Delgado isn't connecting, and Wright isn't conecting for power shouldn't really be a major cause for concern. We saw similiar events last year: one or two players would slump, and someone else would carry the weight. Would it be nice Delgado send a few past the outfield wall? Sure. And some more Wright extra base hits would be great too. But considering lopsided scores such as last nights 11-3, being concerned by it seems like we're just being greedy, and that makes us seem more like the fans of our cross town rival. Wright and Delgado will hit their power stride in due time, but until then a Mets win is still a Mets win. Whether it be from the speed of Reyes, the defense of Stache, the power of Beltran or a sacrifice from Lo Duca, as logn as the team is doing what it needs to, I see no reason for us as fans to fret over Wright and Delgado needed a little more time. After all, its still only April.
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