You've been asking for it Mets fans and it looks like the new flavor of Mets kool-aid will be hitting shelves in as soon as a couple days.
With the rough and tumble start the Mets have had over the first 12 games of the season, we have to stay positive and look at all the potential we've seen. The Mets have had good starts to the season by Pelf, Johan, Wright, Frenchie, the bullpen, and many others. As my co-blogger Mike said in his post on Sunday, "Twelve games does not make a season." We've seen a lot to keep us positive in this weekend alone - a good start by Ollie, 20 innings pitched with one run given up in a single gameEven still though, with just one small thing in each game really deciding it for the Mets, holding Pujols to 2-14 with no homers or RBI. Even still, we look to where we need improvement and that would be at first base.
Mike Jacobs has struggled like the player who was released by the Royals, Fernando Tatis is playing like the 35-year old he is, Daniel Murphy still hasn't picked up a baseball since getting injured in spring training. This leaves us with one place to turn - the minors. In AAA, Ike Davis has crushed pitching through his first 10 games hitting .364 with 2 homers and 4 RBI staying on the hot offensive pace he displayed in March where he hit over .480 with 3 homers and 10 RBI over a dozen games.
Many are nervous to rush Davis to the majors, but in addition to a trustworthy first baseman, there has been one other thing missing from Mets games...fun. We've had a lot of fun on this blog sure and we have to be happy that just about all of the 12 games have been competitive, but where is that jumping around, smiling and laughing we saw from the club in years past? It feels like so many of these guys are back from war rather than playing baseball for a living. Why? They've been beaten up. The past few years will do that to you if you were a Met, and even if you weren't on the team, getting released by the Royals like Mike Jacobs did or going from a top contract player a few years ago to a platoon placeholder like Gary Matthews, you don't have much to be excited about.
Davis has none of those things. All he has is hope and an entire career ahead of him to play a game we all love. And, for this, he's starting at a place ahead of every Mets player on this roster. So, while many may be scared for him to pick up the the pale looks of his teammates, I see something else. I see getting excited when he steps to the plate with runners in scoring position instead of wondering why Mike Jacobs or Frank Catalanatto is batting cleanup. I see him knocking around Jose Reyes and David Wright. I see the lefty power bat we've been missing in the lineup. And finally, I see a level of freshness he can add to this club to turn some of those close L's into W's. Add that all together, us fans should expect some more fun. Get ready Mets fans and get excited. Ike Davis is coming to Queens.
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