While Mike Pelfrey showed a marked improvement around the beginning of the 2nd half, Carlos Delgado clearly has had the biggest turnaround. And it’s not like nobody is talking about this because everybody is. The constant MVP debate around the Mets has been sparked by Delgado’s resurgence.

But it cannot be overstated just how Delgado’s comeback came out of nowhere. This is a man who fans and commentators thought could be cut midseason. People were talking about the Mets making grabbing Richie Sexson to play a little first base in a platoon. He was playing that poorly. In the Willie Randolph clubhouse, the media isolated him as the de-facto leader of the “anti-Randolph” camp, if such a camp even truly existed.

But now he’s belting homers left and right. And like it’s been said, these aren’t “Citizens’ Bank Park homers,” such as the one Jimmy Rollins hit today against the Brewers, these are no doubt shots. He’s clobbering home runs in key situations.

NL MVP? I’m not so sure. I’m not even sure about Mets’ MVP, to be honest. But if there is some Most Improved Player award we can hand out, let’s symbolically give the nod to Delgado, a man who has not always felt the love around Shea. Maybe even a Delgado Appreciation Day on his birthday? Eh, that’s probably going too far.