The Mets opened Grapefruit League play Wednesday against the Tigers with Mike Pelfrey getting the start. Pelfrey and all the other pitchers are expected to throw just an inning in their first spring appearances and then add an inning each time they go out.
Since acquiring and signing Johan Santana everything with the Mets has changed and it seems like the collapse of last September is officially old news. While Mets fans were probably alarmed when Santana appeared on the cover of “Sports Illustrated” last week (there is a so-called jinx associated with this) the article itself was very revealing. Even ownership was having a tough time getting over what happened late last season but with Santana in the mix it’s officially “out with the old and in with the new.”
I don’t get really excited over spring training games and even performances because often what takes place in Florida in March is meaningless in Flushing come April. However there will be a lot of attention focused on Jose Reyes, who was an MVP early last season and a disaster down the stretch. Reyes is the igniter of the offense and when he’s on base good things happen but for the final six weeks of 2007 he was popping-up far too often. A return to form by Jose and Carlos Delgado are the keys for the Mets this season.
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