Johan Santana; The Mets Bandaid

Two wins in the past nine games have shoved the NY Mets 5.5 games back of the Marlins in the NL East. After an embarrassing showing against Atlanta last week, a lost series in Colorado, and a dismal start to the series against Florida, the Mets brought the noise with their star southpaw Johan Santana. Santana pitched well enough, and the Mets held on for a 5-3 victory, but there were several interesting notes taken from the game.

The most interesting note was that Carlos Delgado was riding pine. After sucking golf balls through garden hoses for most of his tenure with the Mets, Delgado was finally reprimanded.

"I told him he has to pick it up," Wille Randolph said about Delgado, "He has to pick it up. ... He didn't like what I said. I don't want him to be happy not playing. But he had no choice."

Alleluia! Where has this hard line approach been for the past 2 seasons? Why would it be acceptable for a $16 million/year guy to hit .215 with significant decreases in power and RBI production?

Unfortunately Willie’s hard line sounded pre-meditated. It makes me wonder if perhaps upper management was calling the shots down to the dugout and that’s the reason Carlos kept getting playing time. Perhaps Willie had his hand forced and that’s the reason they kept Delgado at first through thick and thin.

Winning this game definitely isn’t turning the Mets’ ship around, but it’s a step in the right direction. NY paid for a premier left hander to come in and be the stopper in case of a slide, and that’s exactly what Johan Santana did. Despite the fact that his numbers were less than dominant, he kept the Mets in the ball game and gave them a fighting chance to win. Having a guy that can do that for you on the hill every 5 days is a huge asset to the Mets, and it’s something the Mets have not enjoyed since the days of Dwight Gooden.

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