July/August Stats

[Frayed Knot]

	AB	H	R	HR	RBI	BA	OBA	SLG
Reyes	119	39	24	0	11	328	355	403
Cameron	111	25	13	4	16	225	259	405
Beltran	107	31	13	3	17	290	322	458
Wright	101	31	18	4	15	307	345	505
Floyd	90	22	13	3	11	244	355	400
Cairo	77	19	7	1	5	247	293	377
Piazza	66	16	3	3	12	242	324	439
Anderson	54	18	8	2	8	333	367	519
Woodward	37	7	4	1	3	189	231	314
M'kiewicz	35	11	5	2	4	314	351	543
Castro	32	10	5	3	12	313	353	656
Offerman	30	7	2	0	4	233	258	233

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	IP	ER	H	BB	K	WHiP	ERA
Benson	40.1	13	35	9	30	1.09	2.90
Glavine	36.2	14	43	11	13	1.44	3.44
Martinez	35	11	27	7	32	0.97	2.83
Zambrano	34.2	14	34	10	17	1.27	3.63
Ishii	26	10	26	16	16	1.62	3.46
Starters	172.2	62	165	53	108	1.26	3.23
Hernandez	13.2	2	10	2	11	0.88	1.32
Heilman	12.2	7	11	4	13	1.18	4.97
Looper	12.0	2	8	5	7	1.08	1.50
Bell	7.2	4	9	4	7	1.69	4.69
Padilla	7.1	0	2	2	4	0.55	0.00
Graves	5.2	5	12	3	4	2.65	7.94
Koo	3.2	0	2	2	4	1.09	0.00
Santiago	2.2	0	4	1	1	1.87	0.00
Ring	1.00	2	2	2	1	4.00	18.00
Relievers	66.1	22	60	25	52	1.28	2.98

[smg58]

We can't complain about the pitching, that's for sure.

Castro is worth keeping around. I'd still like to grab one of the rookie catchers that should be available over the offseason, but Castro would be more than adequate insurance.

Otherwise, waiting for Beltran is getting like waiting for Godot.

[Elster88]

Wow. Don't the Met relievers realize that they suck?

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Mets have the fifth-best starter ERA in the league and the fifth-best relief ERA.

Overall, they're fifth!

Don't believe anyone that argues that they need to tweak the pitching staff. As usual (at least since 2001), the offense has come up short and the pitching has gotten too much attention.

[seawolf17]

Hey! Here's an idea. Let's move the Mets out to Las Vegas. Then we can be in the NL West, which we'd be leading by two games, and maybe then the club wouldn't roll over and die every time they went west of the Mississippi.

Frustrating to have such an impressive month statistically and yet still be so far away...

[metsmarathon]

damn - that's some weak-assed slugging!

[Guest Edgy DC]

On the other hand, I'd bet that Jose Reyes' 39 hits in a month is a top-ten number for a Met.

[Vic Sage]

plus, his .355 OBP is a good sign, no?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sure, but the main indicator is the difference between that and the batting average. In July, that was .027. Unless he's going to put up Ichiro batting averages, I supect we won't really have a solid player until that number is .050 or more. And we won't have an all-star until it's .070 or more.

But yes, good sign. It was also nice to hear Phil Garner say something to the effect that him getting on is tantamount to him scoring a run. Even if it's only half true, it's a good thing to get back to him.

[smg58]

There's no doubt that good things happen when Reyes gets on, which is why him getting on even at an average clip would mean so much.

While I agree that our pitching has gotten too much attention lately -- especially the pen, which bailed out Zambrano in a huge way tonight -- it's important to remember that our home park favors pitching, so the pitching numbers will look better (and the hitting numbers worse) than they really are. And while being 5th in ERA isn't bad, 5th can still be improved upon.

[Frayed Knot]

[u:de66f4334b]August Stats[/u:de66f4334b]

	AB	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBA	SLG
Reyes	113	30	3	10	.265	.300	.407
Wright	96	37	6	27	.385	.469	.646
Floyd	93	27	3	16	.290	.371	.462
Cairo	93	19	0	3	.204	.267	.247
Beltran	82	22	2	7	.268	.384	.378
Diaz	65	20	4	11	.308	.319	.646
Castro	58	15	4	16	.259	.338	.569
Cameron	38	12	2	6	.316	.350	.474
Anderson	28	6	0	2	.158	.238	.184
Piazza	34	8	2	9	.235	.350	.451
Matsui	32	7	0	1	.219	.265	.250
Offerman	31	6	0	4	.194	.286	.256
Woodward	30	10	0	2	.333	.412	.400
Jacobs	28	9	4	9	.310	.429	.793
Williams	20	5	1	3	.250	.286	.500
Mient'wicz	7	5	0	0	.714	.800	.1000
TOTAL	858	238	31	126	.277	.349	.452

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

That Cairo line is just pathetic.

[Frayed Knot]

	IP	ER	H	BB	K	WHiP	ERA
Martinez	39.0	15	35	10	33	1.15	3.46
Glavine	36.0	10	37	2	15	1.08	2.50
Seo	35.1	7	30	4	23	0.96	1.78
Zambrano	29.1	17	30	9	14	1.33	5.22
Benson	27.0	18	36	7	13	1.59	6.00
Trachsel	8.0	0	2	2	6	0.50	0.00
Starters	174.2	67	170	34	104	1.17	3.45
Heilman	15.0	1	12	5	16	1.13	0.50
Padilla	13.2	4	14	5	6	1.39	2.63
Looper	12.2	5	12	3	6	1.18	3.55
Hernandez	10.2	8	13	5	10	1.74	6.97
Bell	5.0	4	5	1	3	1.20	7.20
Relievers	56.2	22	56	19	41	1.32	3.49
TOTAL	231.1	89	226	53	145	1.21	3.46