Seo Bad

To clarify, I'm not shirking my blogger duties this week out of disgust with the Mets (though I could certainly sympathize with any blogger who had reached that point).

No, it's just that I'm buried at work this week and probably next as well, so the post flow will probably be down some until the week after next. I'll try to post every chance I have (particularly on the weekends), but in the meantime, a few thoughts:

This team is terrible.

David Wright didn't hit his third home run until May 7 last year, which is actually much earlier than I expected, but is still way later than April 14. I wouldn't say he's looked great at the plate, but he definitely looks better hitting the ball than he did last year (as for his fielding...).

Since his promising debut, Jason Bay has really looked like shit. Part of that may be the direct result of him realizing the enormity of the error that was signing with us; whatever the reason we need him to snap out of it soon.

John Maine, ugh. Remember the Maine! More like "Remember the Maine?" these days; as in, remember when he could dial it up to 94-95? Remember when we used to say that John Maine missed bats? Watching him pitch these days, those sayings feel like forever ago.

I feel bad for Jerry Manuel. This team just doesn't have the talent to contend, and ultimately that's not his fault. I think it's probable they could be better than they're playing right now, but no matter how you slice it, they don't have the horses to contend at a serious level. The only question is how irrelevant they'll be this year?

And on that depressing note, I'm off.

- A.F.O.M.G.