The Guilty Parties

How to explain the Mets’ second-half collapse in three easy lessons?
1. Here are the combined post-All-Star Break stats for Mike Piazza, Cliff Floyd, and Richard Hidalgo:

AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K SB AVG SLG OBP OPS
467 98 21 0 19 57 59 57 104 9 .210 .377 .296 673

Bear in mind that this is the middle of the Mets’ batting order (Jason Phillips and Todd Zeile have been worse). Full second-half batting stats are here.
2. Here are the combined post-All-Star Break stats for Tom Glavine, Al Leiter and Steve Traschsel:

W L G IP ERA H/9 HR/9 BB/9 K/9 WHIP
7 16 33 194 4.92 10.30 1.0 4.6 5.2 1.65

Bear in mind that these are the aces of the Mets’ staff; Jae Seo and Kris Benson are worse. Full second-half pitching stats are here.
3. Games played by Todd Zeile after the break: 46. Games played by Jose Reyes and Kaz Matsui combined: 43. No, you don’t want to see Zeile’s numbers, or the Mets’ defense without Reyes. You just want to see Zeile retired, and the season over.

2 thoughts on “The Guilty Parties”

  1. Post All-Star Game – David Ortiz has 14 HR and 47 just by himself.
    Ortiz – $25 million over 4 years. Floyd – $19.5 million over 3 years. I think the blame can also be placed on the front office too.

  2. Oh and that last year of Ortiz’s contract is a $7.5 million option so he’s really $17.5 over 3 years vs. Floyd’s $19.5 over 3 years.

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