Mets, Wright, Harvey, Byrd, Lagares

The Mets have been playing very well over the past few weeks. David Wright is having arguable the best season of his 9 year career, today being the anniversary of his MLB debut. He is hitting .308 with 15 HR and 48 RBI. His SLG% is .521, he is striking out way less, his wOBA is .395, his OBP is .398. He also has a WAR of 5.0, has stolen 15 bases and only been caught 3 times. He has really been outstanding this year, and the Mets should be thrilled they signed him to that 8-year extension. Hopefully David will never leave the Mets, because if he doesn't and if he wins a couple of rings, he will be our equivalent of Derek Jeter. I was at the Home Run Derby
and the All Star Game, and the standing ovation we gave him during both was both well deserved and also a great moment. As a Mets fan, I love watching this guy play every day. He is not only a great ballplayer, but a great person.

Matt Harvey continued his fantastic season today going 7 scoreless against the Phillies, striking out 10 and walking none. He has been criticized recently for his off-the-field life and mostly because he was out in public drinking, chewing tobacco, and talking about getting the best apartment in the city with his $200 million contract he's waiting for. After the game today he said he feels embarrassed and that he is not like that, that the article portrayed him in a way that he doesn't want to be seen as. This kid has it all going for him and I really don't think he is the kind of person who will go out and party whenever he is not pitching. He was raised the right way, is a good teammate, a very humble player, and is very confident. I really think as long as he stays healthy he will be an All-Star
several more times. I was at the All Star Game Tuesday night, and we gave him a huge standing ovation, which he has earned this season! In today's start it was the 6th time this year that he has struck out double digits, and in 5 of those starts he has walked 0. He has really taken this city by storm. He's Harvelous!

Marlon Byrd is having one of those under-the-radar, superstar-type seasons! He is hitting .277 with a team-leading 17 HR and 56 RBI. His SLG% is .519. He is in the top 10 in the league in SLG% and HR. For a guy making $700,000 those numbers are outstanding. Those numbers are really good for anyone regardless of their salary. At 35 years old, after being released by 2 organizations last season he was only trying to find his way onto a big league roster. For him to be playing everyday in RF and putting up those numbers for someone in his situation during the offseason is just crazy! No one saw this coming. Marlon Byrd is the word, and then some!

With the way Juan Lagares has been playing, he should play every day! He has been hitting really well lately and he plays a gold glove CF, making the toughest of plays look easy. Since June 20th he is hitting .354 with 12 RBI. Back on May 1st he was hitting .071, but he has raised that average monumentally and is now hitting .265 on the season. He has really started to swing the bat well recently. In this past series against the Phillies he went 7-10 with 2 doubles, a HR, and 5 RBI. I would like to see Juan play every day so we can see what he's got and see if he's going to be a big part of our future.

I like the direction that we're going as an organization, and it won't be too long before the Mets are in the playoffs once again.