Here are some thoughts while I’m wondering why we don’t see Wrigley Field again this season.

David Wright is good. Yes, I know this isn’t exactly an original observation, but it’s worth remembering just how good this guy is as the offense slumps and the team endures a three-game losing streak. David has compiled an 1126 OPS over the first 19 games. The scary thing is that this number is short of his career-high OPS for a calendar month–he posted an 1173 OPS in August of last year. If he finishes April in the quadruple digits, that will make three straight months of OPS over 1000 for David going back to last year. Wow.

Willie Randolph’s bullpen management is bad. Again, this isn’t news to anybody, but seriously, what is Willie doing out there? Aaron Heilman is tied for the major league lead in appearances with 12, but don’t worry, Joe Smith and Jorge Sosa are right behind him with 11 each. Does Willie not remember anything about last year? About how the bullpen was overused early in the season and had nothing left for the end of the season? Yesterday’s game was a perfect example. Nelson Figueroa (more on him in a minute) had thrown only 92 pitches, and it was only the sixth inning, but Willie still went to his bullpen to bring in Scott Schoeneweis. Why? Going to the pen early might be a better strategy for winning that one game, but it’s a horrible strategy for sustaining your team over a 162-game season. Just ask the 2007 Mets.

Nelson Figueroa is good. Yes, he’s a wonderful story, but I actually think this guy is a good pitcher. He throws strikes, has good movement on his breaking stuff, and doesn’t seem to get nervous if he gets into trouble. I’m not saying he’s a savior, and his .115 BABIP coming into yesterday’s game certainly indicates that he got lucky in his first few starts. But his 16 strikeouts in 20 innings are plenty good enough, and he threw some 280 innings in various forms of competitive baseball last year, so he’s unlikely to flame out. I think there’s a chance Figueroa sticks around for a while.

“Takin’ Care of Business” is bad. They play this song at Shea after Met wins, and I think it’s a bad idea. Granted, I’m always happy when we win so I’m not going to get too bent out of shape over this. Still, I don’t like the idea that when we win a home game, it is simply a matter of taking care of business. If fans start to take on the attitude that we’re supposed to win every game, we’ll become, well, like the Yankees. Obviously, none of us want that. Even very good teams lose a third of their home games, so please, let’s lower the expectation bar a little. I want to be somewhat pleasantly surprised if we win a game. I don’t want to think of winning as routine. Oh well, at least everybody starts clapping in unison.

Phillies fans are ugly. I ranted last column about a few loser Met fans who cheered when Milledge got hit by a pitch, but that was nothing compared to the outright celebration among Phillies fans when Jose Reyes hurt himself diving into second. True, some Mets fans can do some pretty disgusting things, but at least we’re better than Phillies fans. It’s a start.

Johan Santana is our nine-figure stopper today. Let’s go Mets!