What is everyone talking about today? Bets are that everyone is talking about the recent surge of power from the New York Mets. This is true though when you look at the stats for the their last ten games.
Beltran in his last 10 games is 10 for 33, with a homer and 8 RBI's, batting .303. A not here is that his 8 RBI's have come in his last three games. So in the last three games, Beltran has hit 35% of his season total of RBI's.
Delgado has also had a similar situation over his last 10 games. In his last 10, he is 12 for 39 with 2 homers and 5 RBI's. More importantly, he is batting .308 and raising his current BA. Could he be shaking off the slump?
Ryan Church has been amazing for the team so far, and his last 10 games agrees. In his last 10 games he has .333 (12-36) driving in 8 batters, and hitting 4 home runs.
These two surges are important, because other key Mets players are in slumps, especially David Wright. In his last 10, he is hitting .231 (9 for 39). The only good thing about his slump is that even though he is slumping, he is still producing RBIs (8) and hitting for power (2 homers). Wright should break out of this soon.
Between Beltran, Delgado, Church and Wright, they have driven in 29 runs in the last 10 games. If Wright raises his batting average, and gets out of this slump, his RBI total will rise as well and it can be scary how much damage these four players can do down the road if they are all hitting consistently at the same time. This is the offense that people expect of the Mets, especially if they predicted them to win the division.
On the topic of Recent Surges, has anyone checked out the Marlins recently? They are on a 7 game winning streak right now. Now I am not worried about this, but the Marlins now have the best winning percentage in all of baseball. Their .622 (23-14), record is followed by the 23-15 Arizona Diamondbacks. It was just very surprising yesterday to look at the standings and see the Marlins with the best record. On their seven game streak, they beat the Padres once, the Brewers three times and the Nationals three times.
