It's pretty simple why the Mets can't win games anymore and are morphing into the second worst team in the National League, they can't score runs. The below chart shows exactly whats happenned to their offensive output since each of the major devastating injuries. The blue line shows runs scored for each game through out the season. The pink line shows the average runs the Mets scored when they had everyone, the yellow when they were missing Delgado, the light blue when they were missing Delgado and Reyes, and finally the purple when they were missing Delgado, Reyes and Beltran. In the abscence of Reyes, Delgado and Beltran the Mets are averaging barely over 3 runs per game. In stark contrast, with everyone on the roster the Mets were scoring just over 5 runs per game. That's a wholesale difference and why their roster now equals a lot of losses and a day by day progression further out of a playoff spot.
With the Joe Torre era coming down to a decision some time in Tampa after a meeting of the Yankee Figureheads, Don Mattingly apparently has informed Yankee brass that he does not think he is ready to manage the ball club. To this I say there are only two different views of Mattingly you can come to, is he overly loyal to Joe Torre and is giving off statements to attempt to help Torre retain his job or is he that much of a wimp that he does not want to supplant a universally loved and successful manager whom the fans are against getting rid of?
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