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4. Do whatever possible to add a bat at the trade deadline.
It seems that it may be a very quiet trade deadline this season. However Mets management needs to do whatever it can to add a potent bat to the lineup—even if the trade includes Fernando Martinez.
Every team needs pitching, including the Mets, but let's face it—Roy Halladay is not getting traded.
Jake Peavy is injured, and even when he is healthy, the Mets do not have the chips to get him. The best a team may be able to do in the pitching department may be the over-sensitive Erik Bedard or the oft-injured Kerry Wood.
There will be plenty of bats available—some who may not even cost the Mets their top prospect, Martinez. Players such as Aubrey Huff, Adam Dunn, Nick Johnson, Brad Hawpe, and Matt Holiday may all be available if their respective teams continue to underperform.
Any of those players would significantly bolster the Mets offense.
5. Get Healthy !
This may be stating the obvious, but no team in the majors—no matter how good—could lose as much talent as the Mets have lost to injury this season, and still compete for an extended period of time.
In fact, if the rest of the division wasn't as flawed as the Mets, this team could be in a huge hole. They're not, and Jerry Manual needs to express to his players constantly that every missed opportunity by their division foes is a victory for his team.
If the Mets can keep it close until their stars comeback at 100 percent, this September may be different from the last two.
So there it is Mets fans—the blueprint to a successful second half and a possible playoff birth. All is not lost, and there is still plenty of baseball left to be played.
It's time for an Amazin' second half !
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