David Wright had two more hits today driving in the final run for the Mets in a 6-2 victory. In and of itself, this is not important. Considering that a week ago Wright - who should be cornerstone of this offense for the forseeable future - had only 1 RBI and no home runs. Well he's managed to finally start to pull himself out of whatever funk he's been in. Hopefully this will cure him and he can get back to the form he had before the homerun derby last year. (Check out video on www.MetsTube.com).
Its kind of creepy actually how that home run derby damaged two big time hitters. I've never really liked Bobby Abreu, but after he won the home run derby two years ago, he couldn't hit a watermelon. Last year, Wright shows off in the first round of the home run derby and now he's hit, what 3 or 4 home runs since.
Outlaw the home run derby! (Or at least keep Wright from taking part).
Meanwhile, Oliver Perez continues to impress. Another pretty strong outing - 5.2, 3 hits, 3 runs, 1 earned, 10 K's. That's a solid line. I'd really like to see that be 6.2 or 7 innings like Maine gave us his last time out, but I'll take 5.2. That's better than Perez has been.
I was watching the video clips of his strikeouts over on Mets.com and he looks an awful lot like the Unit did a few years ago. Nasty fastball followed by a wicked slider. I'm not saying that Perez is as good as the Unit was - I'm not retarded - but he's in the middle of a run right now where he's looking really good. I hope he can keep it up. This is the kind of pitching that every team Perez has played for knew he was capable of.
And lastly, John Maine was named NL Pitcher of the Month. I can think of no one more deserving. He's # 1 in ERA (1.35), tied for second in wins (4), and this is his second full year in the bigs. He's been very impressive so far. Keep in up Maine!!
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