When Things Go Right

(Side Note: Yes, I am aware I could have titled this article with a cheesy pun)

When things go right, good things happen and it tends to be contagious. The old saying in baseball, rightfully so, is that it all depends on your starting pitching. Everything else can be built off of that. During this last homestand where the Mets went 4-2, the starters averaged 7 innings a start with and opponents batting average of .243 and an ERA of 2.63.

After the first two games, the rest of the Mets responded to the new found success of the starting pitching with hitting and bullpen pitching. Specifically, the Mets batters on Thursday night went on a home run tear and a hitting tear. In the past four games we have seen Davis go deep three times, Wright do the same, Bay hit is first homer of the season and Pridie and Nickeas both hit their first major league homers. In total the Mets have had over 50 hits in their last five games.

With good starting pitching, we finally saw a consistent basis the back end of the bullpen in their well defined roles. There is Beato as the amazing surprise, Izzy with the veteran set-up and Krod, back to his normal chaotically in control.

I guess the point of this is, that this is all a cause/effect with the starting pitching. Their success paves the way for everyone else. When they pick up the load, the pressure is off everyone else, which then circles back to the starters getting the pressure off of them. When it rains it pours, and the opposite is true as well. Probably the most important observation is the feeling of winning now. It looks like the players are going out expecting to win, and that started on Friday when Ike hit the go ahead two run homer.

Let's keep this going, and Let's Go Mets!

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