Would Mets have beaten the Sox?

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Eduardo Perez was just asked on SportsCenter if there was another National League team that would have done better against the Sox.

Without blinking, he said the Mets. He said the injuries to El Duque and Beltran down the stretch did them in, and that without the injuries they were the best team in baseball.

I don't know if that made me feel better or worse.

[Guest Edgy DC]

If you want to blame the Mets failures on injuries, look to the series of injuries chewing up their outfield the first half.

Down the stretch, the pitching just didn't come through. Injuries weren't the issue. Collective fatigue, maybe, but collective failure is more like it.

[Benjamin Grimm]

They couldn't beat the Washington Nationals.

I don't see how the could've beaten the Boston Red Sox.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

'zacly.

That hype is powerful stuff.

[metirish]

] He said the injuries to El Duque and Beltran down the stretch did them in, and that without the injuries they were the best team in baseball.

I don't believe that to be true, at full strength I would take the Boston starting rotation and bull pen over the Mets.

[soupcan]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Eduardo Perez was just asked on SportsCenter if there was another National League team that would have done better against the Sox. Without blinking, he said the Mets. He said the injuries to El Duque and Beltran down the stretch did them in, and that without the injuries they were the best team in baseball. I don't know if that made me feel better or worse.

Eduardo Perez obviously wasn't watching the same team I was.

Every pitcher on the staff forgot how to pitch and that's what did them in.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah, there was nothing wrong with Beltran's September.

Perhaps Perez is unaware that Beltran was the Schaefer Mets Player of the Month in September.

[Frayed Knot]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Perhaps Perez is unaware that Beltran was the Schaefer Mets Player of the Month in September.

Well if that's the case then he has no business being on national television.

[Centerfield]

Which Mets? The April Mets or the September Mets?

[smg58]

I don't see how the Mets would have gotten past the Rockies even if they did win the division, honestly.

[Elster88]

]Would Mets have beaten the Sox?

No.


This thread is strong evidence that there are no Koolaid drinkers here.

[Guest Iubitul]

Here's a question I haven't seen asked anywhere: What part does the ban on amphetamines have on the collapse of the bullpen?

[stevejrogers]

Just shows you how out of tune with the micro details these national show commentators are. Injuries are a big picture deal and generally are an easy answer when pressed with a question about why a team fell apart, as opposed to actually keeping informed, even a little bit, with what is going on with each team.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I don't see how any rational person could make a claim that the Mets would have likely defeated the Red Sox. The Red Sox proved themselves the best team by going out and earning the World Series on the field. The Mets, on the other hand, fell apart down the stretch and failed to win anything, other than the delusional respect of Eduardo Perez.

[soupcan]

Iubitul wrote: Here's a question I haven't seen asked anywhere: What part does the ban on amphetamines have on the collapse of the bullpen?

Well I didn't see any other teams complete an epic collapse so I'd have to say little to none.

[G-Fafif]

I'm guessing Perez, whose comment shocked me, was thinking Carlos Delgado, who was hurt in September, but said Carlos Beltran, who was not.