Angel's in the Outfield

How many of the Mets' 4 wins would they have if they didn't have Angel Pagan playing Left Field in place of Alou? I think probably only one. Last night he scored twice and drove in the game winner in the 12th. Before that he set the table for a winner with a sacrifice bunt in the 8th, but the Mets failed to score.

It was an exciting win, but let's not forget the key failures of the game: Heilman - obviously and Beltran.

Beltran got his 2nd RBI of the year, but there were a couple of big ones he could/should have had. Hagin has mentioned a few times lately that Beltran's low RBI total is a reflection of how few runners have been on base in front of Beltran, which is true to an extent. He's hit a ton of doubles with nobody on.

But this week alone he seems to have come up small in key moments. Last night in the 8th and the 10th were both opportunities for Beltran to put the Mets ahead or win the game. In the 8th all he had to do was hit the ball in the air and Reyes would have scored the go-ahead run.

Then there's Heilman. I don't know what to say. I was never overly sold on him. I'm convinced he doesn't have the mental make-up for the 8th inning.

Good job by Schoenweiss, Feliciano, Smith & Sosa. And, Wagner. I was surprised Wagner was as sharp as he was given the long lay off. Rose was excited by the pitch he used to get Howard. Rose thought it was a change-up, which would be new for Wagner.

You gotta love Schneider throwing out Victorino in the 6th.

You think Eric Bruntlett's happy to be leaving town? He couldn't get a bunt down in the 11th and that was huge.

I still haven't seen the Mets (my VCR failures cost me last night's game) so I don't know what the team looks like this year. Howie said, "Delgado looks noticeably slimmer this year". Apparently Howie asked Delgado about this and he says he's around the same weight he was at the end of last season, but 22lbs lighter than he was in spring training last year. He's off to a good start, sort of, the power doesn't seem to be there yet, but I guess we'll see how this goes.