Terry Collins Made the Right Call on Matt Harvey

I know personally that I was begging for Harvey to come out and start the 9th. With Harvey being your ace and the way he was pitching, to me it was a no-brainer. That being said, I wish that Harvey had taken his chances and just thrown three straight fastballs down the middle to Cain than walk him. Leadoff walks are killers, especially with a resilient team like the Royals. But hey, the 2015 Mets gave us a great run that most did not expect and there's plenty of blame to go around for why they loss the World Series, tho ultimately the Royals may've just been the better team. Still, as long as Harvey, DeGrom, Syndergaard. Matz and co. stay healthy....we'll be back.

Terry Collins Using Jeurys Familia In Game 3 Cost the Mets Game 4

I wish that I had blogged about it then so I don't like I'm second-guessing, but the proof is there as I did tweet about this incredulous move when it happened: it made absolutely ZERO sense for Terry Collins to use his closer Jeurys Familia in Game 3, up 6 freaking runs in the 9th inning. Using Familia, just so he could get back out there after blowing Game 1 was just bad managing. Going with Hansel Robles to finish Game 3 would've made far more sense. Yes, Daniel Murphy's error was a huge blow to us losing Game 4 as was Tyler Clippard's two walks in the 8th. But IMO Collins deserves the most blame because if he had Familia on proper rest, the Mets closer/best relief pitcher starts the 8th and goes two innings instead of the 'formula' of Reed/Clippard/Familia.

Mets Are One Win Away From World Series

Now I know what Terry Collins meant when he said that even if the Mets had lost to the Dodgers in the NLCS, this season was still 'gravy'. Because with the great young starters we have, I would've been happy with just a division title this year too, while looking forward to plenty of years of competing, success and more division titles to come--as long as DeGrom, Harvey, Syndergaad and Matz stay healthy. But now, for the first time in 15 years, we're one win away from the World Series and it just feels too good to be true. Now I just want the sweep and then bring on the Blue Jays or Royals.

Eric Young Should be On Mets NLCS Roster

To me, this is an easy decision. Eric Young represents speed, something the Mets seriously lack. And ask the 2004 Yankees how important speed can be in the playoffs. Then too Kirk Nieuwenhuis
seems to be a good guy and had some big knocks for us this season, but Juan Lagares is playing really well and in the playoffs, where runs can often be a premium, having Young on your roster could give Terry Collins a more valuable option in a tight spot against the Cubs. Bottom line, Sandy Alderson needs to do the right thing and replace Nieuwenhuis with Young.

Mets Have To Resign Daniel Murphy

Obviously, the logistics of saving money and having Dilson Herrera take over 2nd base next year make sense. But really, who says Herrera is gonna be a star (anyone remember Greg Jefferies???) regardless of how well he hit in Triple AAA. Then too is the horrible decision Frank Cashen and the Mets made in not resigning World Series MVP and true leader Ray Knight back in the offseason of '86. Lastly, if it wasn't for mostly Murphy and Jacob DeGrom, the Mets wouldn't even be still playing right now. I say trade Herrera and maybe Jon Niese for some quality middle relief and extend Murphy a qualifying offer--he's more proven to be worth it.

Joe Torre Needs To Suspend Chase Utley

Joe Torre's already called the horrible Utley slide a 'little late' (big huge DUH!!! for Mr. Torre on that one). And of course, Justin Upton put it best on Twitter: If that was a superstar shortstop we would have a Tulo Rule being enforced tomorrow. Exactly. Because Tejada's not an all-star shortstop like Troy Tulowitzki is. Or even Buster Posey, you know that MVP catcher for the SF Giants, who Major League Baseball changed the rule regarding collisions at home plate after a violent home plate smash-up broke his left leg and ended his season back in 2011. But to take it even further, I can't imagine Joe Torre saying Utley slid 'a little late' if he was managing the Yankees and Derek Jeter's leg got broken like that. Sure, it's understandable for Met fans to take the high road, be happy we got a split in L.A. and look forward to Harvey and Matz starting at home in games 3 and 4. But what Utley did was wrong, Mets fans have a right to be angry and Torre needs to do the right thing and suspend Utley for a slide that was not only late, but reckless, dangerous, dirty and flat-out wrong.

Clayton Kershaw Has A Lifetime 5.12 Postseason ERA, Zack Greinke 3.63

For all the praise and accolades given to Kershaw and Greinke over the past few days (and deservedly so, as the back of their baseball cards can attest to), neither one of them has done much when it comes to postseason play, especially 3-time Cy Young award winner Kershaw. who's pitched in 11 playoff games (51 innings) and has a 5.12 ERA to show for it. Greinke has slightly less playoff experience, yet has still be pretty average in 7 games, 44.2 innings overall and a 3.63 ERA. Neither one of them has pitched in a World Series and considering that they're both aces who've each posted very pedestrian numbers during their teams division and championship series, you can point to each of them as being a huge reason why. In other words, the postseason is NOT the regular season and Met fans may want to keep that in mind this weekend.