10 Reason To Be Happy About 09

After signing a four year contract for 32 million, Luis Castillo had a bad 2008 season, and the Mets franticly tried to trade him for anything last offseason, but no one was biting. So we were "stuck" with a bad second baseman, but boy oh boy did he shine, and as of today has a AVG/OBP/SLG of .313/.401 /.362, and has, if anything raised his trade value to where they can get something good for him, although he has had his moments...

We got him in mid August because of injuries, trading Greg Veloz to Washington for him, and he has been great for the Mets, getting big hits, and playing good defense, and showing he may be a piece of next year's puzzle.

When we traded Ryan Church to Atlanta for Jeff Francoeur, it seemed I was the only Met fan who was welcoming the trade, as I never did think Church was that good. Since then, Francoeur is batting .287/.320/.470, with 7 Home Runs and 35 RBIs, which has already matched his Atlanta production, while Ryan Church is batting .265/.357/.425, with 2 home runs and 17 RBIs.

When Carlos Beltran, and the Mets called on Angel Pagan to fill-in, a lot of Mets fans were waving the white flag, but of all the reasons we are waving the white flag, Angel Pagan is most certainly not one of them. He has played great defense in center field, and is amongst the league leaders in triples, with 9, he is batting .306/.345/.500, and has just been a great leadoff batter, getting on base, and getting extra base hits as well, and he could even be a 3 hitter if the Mets would think outside of the box.

Son of former Major Leaguer Ron Davis, Ike is a power hitting first baseman, picked in the first  round last season, and after a dissapointing first half year, had a breakout season, and is considered one of the Mets Top-2 prospects by many. Batting a combined .298/.381/.524, 20 home runs, and 71 RBIs, and has been a big bright spot for the Mets minor leagues.

Self explanatory...

At least he can play defense, he has not been so good at the plate, but has been great in the field, maybe making the play of the year versus LA.

Although most of Murphy's offense has been bad, we at least know that Murphy can slug the ball out to right, as he seems to love that short porch in right, hitting most of his home runs this season there.

For the first half he was our Brad Lidge since, not so much...

They are not THAT bad, we have Thole, who is Mauer-like, Niewenhuis, who got really hot and is shooting through the system, Jenry Mejia and Brad Holt are finally at Double-A, and many more are breaking out this year, and showing me might just have an okay farm system.