No disrespect to him, but for the Mets I honestly feel that they're better off without Billy Wagner. Wagner blew some incredible games this season, he's never done well in the clutch (including the playoffs) and so far, Luis Ayala has done a pretty decent job. Yes, the bullpen is still the Mets biggest weakness, but besides Aaron Heilmann, I really feel that they're going to step it up down the stretch. As for Wagner, he'll get better soon enough and maybe he'll be able to pitch again sometime for somebody, but ever since he came to the team and disrespected Mariano Rivera by continuing to use the same entrance song, I've found him hard to like.
Jerry Manuel said something to the effect that Aaron "deserved" the first chance to be the closer while Billy Wagner is on the DL. Well, obviously Manuel hasn't been paying too close attention to how awful Heilman's been this year, thus, any surprise that he almost blew it for us last night? Wagner with his 7 blown saves is having a bad enough season (how he made the All-Star team is beyond me), but any bullpen-by-committee while our closer is out should not include Aaron Heilman.
Great comeback last night and I have to admit that I'm really feeling the way Jerry Manuel is leading this team. My biggest concern? That Billy Wagner is going to blow a couple of huge games for us come September. Of course, frankly speaking, considering that he has 6 blown saves already this season, he has no rhyme or reason to blow any more.
Billy Wagner has blown 5 saves this year, almost all in dramatic fashion and now it's a possibility that he'll be the lone Met represented at this year's All-Star game at Yankee Stadium. That's a disgrace. Thankfully there is a chance that you can still vote David Wright to the team.
Seriously, his third straight blown save at a time when his team is in desperate need of a win? It just doesn't make any sense.
