Coming into today below are the NL Team ranking splits from the one, three and four slots in Batting average, On Base Percentage and Runs Batted In. Only Wright currently is among the top 7 in all 3 categories. For the Mets to really get things going they will need their one and four slot hitters namely Reyes and Beltran to also perform better than they currently are.
Reyes while not an rbi guy but more of a leadoff man still has all of 0 rbi’s. I am not even going to get into if Reyes is about obp or not except to say that a .303/OBP from a leadoff guy is not that good when you consider he is batting .303 as well.
The point is for the Mets to really get going it is not just Wright that needs to step his game up but Beltran and Reyes as well.
Here the the Mets splits in Batting Average and Runs Batted In with RISP. Beltran who has had the most at bats has just 2 rbi’s and Reyes who is tied for the 2nd most at bats with Wright and Davis and again is not a rbi guy has none. Davis leads the team with 5 rbi’s and Wright is tied for 2nd with Harris with 4 rbi’s.
The Mets are better than this offensively but it will take a team effort to get things going. Maybe tonight things change for the better.
Note: I did not include pitchers (Young & Dickey) in RISP.
Source:
NL Batting splits 1 spot
NL Batting splits 3 spot
NL Batting splits 4 spot
NY Mets Batting splits RISP
5 comments
stickguy
4/9/2011-5:38pm at 5:38 pm (UTC -4)
thank goodness for willie harris!
the title confused me on this post, since basically wright is doing the job (with a few specific AB exceptions, that his doubters love to point out).
I agree that the rest of them need to step it up.
also, IMO davis should be installed in the 4 hole, and just left there. Beltran is not a clean up hitter at this point, and he sits so many games that you end up juggling the whole line up.
put beltran 5, and just slot in his replacement in the same spot on his days off.
Tex asked in the last thread about flipping pagan and reyes, also not a bad idea, but either way, get them going.
they will have more of an issue when Bay comes back, but that is also a change to stabilize the lineup. I would do:
Reyes, Pagan, wright, davis, beltran, bay, thole, emaus as the regular lineup. And (for TRS) I am not worried about Bay not being able to hit with Thole behind him!
flipping reyes and pagan is certainly an option, but doesn’t change anything down below.
If nothing else, it makes it harder to pitch to them out of the pen, never having 2 guys in a row that bat the same way.
metsfan4decades
4/9/2011-7:03pm at 7:03 pm (UTC -4)
Agree about Davis.
I’m not even sure right now Wright is best slotted for the 3 hole anymore. Probably a little too early though to be having that discussion – especially since right now – other than the ‘clutch’ argument – he’s getting it done.
TRS86
4/9/2011-11:05pm at 11:05 pm (UTC -4)
Wright still no doubt is the best hitter on the team he has no choice but to hit 3rd.
oleosmirf
4/9/2011-6:08pm at 6:08 pm (UTC -4)
the problem is the pitching but we knew that going in. Also doesn’t help that Reyes is useless with RISP but he’s always been like that
njstuckintx
4/9/2011-7:01pm at 7:01 pm (UTC -4)
Go Big Murph!