Another Day at the Office: Mets Look to Stay Afloat

The Mets host the Cardinals for game three of a four game series tonight at Citi Field.

As I write this, I am actually pretty angry, because they just showed game seven of the 2006 NLCS. Why didn’t Beltran swing the bat?

Ok, that was three years ago. Time to move on to tonight, when I only wish we could see Beltran in the lineup.

The Mets will face off against righty Brad Thompson. There are three Mets on the active roster who have hit a home run against the Cardinals starter. David Wright and Brian Schneider are the first two, and yesterday’s starter Livan Hernandez would be the third one.

I wonder if he gave himself the sign to swing away then.

As for Schneider, he is hitting a .375 clip in his career against Thompson, while Wright and Church are at .333 on their careers against him. Here is a look at the Mets’ lineup.

Alex Cora SS
Luis Castillo 2B
David Wright 3B
Ryan Church RF
Fernando Tatis LF
Fernando Martinez CF
Nick Evans 1B
Brian Schneider C
Fernando Nieve RHP (2-0, 1.84)

I just don’t understand why Fernando Tatis is in the lineup. I would almost rather put Nick Evans in left field and keep Murphy at first. It is not like a lefty is starting tonight.

Murphy has been hitting well, and he was far from the only Met who was shut down by Joel Pineiro last night. Tatis has been as sure as an out as anyone in baseball over the last two weeks.

Ryan Church, it is time to show your worth. The Mets are asking a lot of their right fielder by putting him in the cleanup spot behind David Wright. He has been quietly hitting pretty well lately, and it would be nice if he can give the Mets a power lift.

By the way, REYES IS BACK! Argenis…that is.

He was called up and Jon Switzer was DFA’ed.

I know. That wasn’t funny.

Time for another night of torture, but for us, that is nothing new.