I’m going to give you a stat-.267, 103 runs, 142 hits, 119 RBI’s and 36 home runs.
No that’s not what the Mets are losing trading away Carlos Beltran, that’s what their NOT getting from Jason Bay who is hitting .227 with 6 home runs. That stat you just read above is Jason Bay’s last year with the Boston Red Sox.
The Mets are going to miss the resurgence of Carlos Beltran. Carlos, who has returned to form, is presently hitting .289 with 61 RBI’s-and he has two months left in the season.
If Bay were to return to form, or at least close to it, the loss of Beltran might not be felt at all by the Mets. As a matter of fact, with Bay hitting as poorly as he is, with Beltran in the line-up, the Mets are still either above or a .500 team. If Bay were to hit, they could still maintain this record. In essence, the Mets have been carrying Bay for the entire season. I think I could count on one hand the clutch hits his had this year. (I know one against the Yankees)
Watching Bay hit last night was tough, at this point, he’s an automatic out. He went 0-5 and he’s batting a measly .223, which consequently, is little above the pitching staff and Nick Evans.
Thoughts?
3 comments
MetsFan4Decades
7/28/2011-12:30pm at 12:30 pm (UTC -4)
If Jason Bay had producing like the Jason Bay of old, chances are we have a better record, might be seriously in the WC contention and Beltran would not have been traded.
But the reality is Bay is not the hitter he once was. His defense is fine, in fact I’ll go so far as to say it’s been better than I was led to believe.
I don’t think Bay will ever regain his stroke. I’m not sure either it’s just a matter of mechanics at the plate. It doesn’t appear to be related to an underlying injury either (as Wright’s struggles might well have been).
Bay is just not seeing the ball well at all. He’s lost that ability, for whatever reason. I don’t think it’s as simple either as getting his eyes checked. It’s like his brain is just not processing fast enough what his eyes are seeing. Probably not a big problem or even noticeable if he wasn’t a ML hitter. Of course, this is just a theory on my part but I’ll go so far as to say I don’t believe we’ll see much of an improvement. He could well be just one of those type guys who ‘losses’ it years earlier than say someone in their late 30s.
Anonymous
7/28/2011-1:10pm at 1:10 pm (UTC -4)
Per the question, yes, we wouldn’t miss Beltran as much if Bay pretended to play as well as he is paid. Now, the same as 4D states, if Bay was raking as he “should” be, I could see this team in the thick of it and not looking to trade Beltran.
Anonymous
7/28/2011-2:08pm at 2:08 pm (UTC -4)
the team was, for a brief moment, in the thick of things with Beltran but without David Wright. Now they’ve essentially traded places.