Mid-Season Review: Mets

Now that we are at the mid-season point, and having just read the breaking news item below, I thought I'd share a mid-season review on the Mets team to date. And what better way to do it, that to create awards out of it:

The "We expected good things, but not THIS good" AWARD:

Geoffery Bates: Batting .337/.395/.645 is very good, but doing it while playing half ones games at Shea is exceptional. With 9.62 RC/27 and 89 RBI in 79 games, Bates has elevated his game to a previously unheard of level in this borough, and is paying huge dividends for GM sickchangeup.

The "Thank God you are back and healthy" AWARD:

Red Wainhouse: "The House" is back, and so is his Cy Young form. 11-1 in 19 starts, 7 1/3 innings per start, .208/.265/.306 against and a 2.04 ERA. Life is good for Red, who is almost certainly going to have his once criticized $15 million option picked up by the team next year.

The "Time for GM sickchangeup to stop sucking his own ...." AWARD:

Trent Gordon: What does a good GM get in exchange for one of the brighest up and coming pitchers in the game in a pitching bonkers trade market? How about a LF batting .258/.322/.375 who's bill is coming due next year? Genius! While GM sickchangeup did secure a phenomenal CF prospect for the next generation of Mets, no one in NY particulary gives a crap about some kid called Bip right now.

The "If this guy really got his shit together, y'all are in trouble" AWARD:

Gerald Tomlinson: Once regarded as the best pitching prospect in the game (about 1 week into season 1, everyone saw him as projected to be 100 overall, which seemed to impress everyone at the time), Tomlinson has disappointed to some extent in his first 3 years, despite arriving in the bigs at the tender age of 21. But this year he's delivering 8 innings per game, a .224/.292/.369 against line and a 3.20 ERA, going 12-4 through 18 games. A lucky hot streak, or a sign of things to come?

The "I'm reminding you of what could have been" AWARD:

Don Masato: Could Kelvin Sullivan have been the central piece in a deal for "The Don"? Given the volatility of the ownership team in Chicago, famous for once having waived half it's team on a whim, a well timed offer could have ensured the Metropolitan faithful of a 1-2 punch as good as any in the history of Gleeman World. Until Masato chokes in the playoffs once more at least!