Since the All-Star break, Manny Acosta has been the Mets’ best reliever. Tim Byrdak has a better ERA (1.80 versus 2.19) but Acosta has faced more than twice as many batters (48-22) and has given up three runs overall to Byrdak’s four. No other reliever is close to their ERA. Acosta’s effective stretch goes back [...]
It appears the time for believing in the 2011 New York Mets has come to a close. When a team consistently wins two or three games and then turns around to lose the same amount, it is safe to say they are not going anywhere. Is anybody really surprised? Not really! Look at the injury [...]