How about the NL East?

Phils = NL East champs.

Me = Boner.

By the way, for those of you watching the Eagles/Giants tonight - the parking lot for Citizens Bank Park and Lincoln Financial Field are adjacent. I'd expect the Eagles crowd to be measurably drunker than normal. Which is to say, legally dead. The jails at the Linc will be full by the 8-minute mark.

Congrats on the Phillies. I love to see any NY team go down, and to collapse like that is just icing on the cake. That was the worst collapse...since...the 2004 Yanks in the ALCS...aaaah, good times.

Epic collapse by the Mets, I still can't believe it :doh:

Epic collapse by the Mets, I still can't believe it :doh:

I wonder how the Mets brass will respond?

I wonder how the Mets brass will respond?

I'm sure they'll throw more cash at the problem. They need some serious upgrades to the starting pitching staff.

I'm sure they'll throw more cash at the problem. They need some serious upgrades to the starting pitching staff.

You're probably right...but they can spend, as long as they spend wisely.
Look at Delgado, he batted a miserable .258 with only 24 homers, 87 RBI and a .333 OBP. (all career lows)
Shawn Green, another waste of money....291 / 10 / 46. (10hr and 46rbi 2nd worst of his career for both)
Reyes had a good season overall, but did horrible down the stretch, and they needed him to be hot at the end of the season.

While I do think the pitching could use an overhaul, it wasn't all that bad.
Glavine was hot after the break, and ended 13-8, 4.45 era. Not great, but not bad.
John Maine 15-10, 3.91era. Again, not great, but it's not like he should have been expected to do better.
Oliver Perez 15-10, 3.56era. That is quite good and a surprise from him. His career best in wins, and 2nd best era of career.
Orlando Hernandez, 9-5, 3.72. Not bad at all. It was one of his better years.
Pelfrey and Lawrence sucked something awful in their combined 19 starts, and the Mets should have looked elsewhere for help there. But I think they were hoping on Pedro coming back (wrong decision). However, Pedro was 3-1 with a 2.57 era in 5 starts which is GREAT.
The pen was average I suppose. They had some good pitchers, (Wagner, Heilman, Feliciano, and Smith) and some HORRIBLE ones, (Schoeneweis, Mota, Sele, and Sosa).
All that being said, I am shocked they won 88 games. They have an average team...maybe slightly above average. The better team won the division.

While I do think they need better pitching, it was a staff that overacheived most of the season. They also need some consistant bats in the lineup. Take away Wright, and throw in another Slump from Reyes and thier offense is weak. (they proved it down the stretch). The GM needs to wake up and get some key players, not big name 1 dimensional players.

It'll be interesting to see who's out there in the offseason. Most of the arms will be question marks - it will come down to which free agent gets lucky.

I looked at the Phillies this Spring - Freddy Garcia, Jon Leiber - I thought they'd pitch their way to the title. 18 starts and 4 wins later...

I'm sure they'll throw more cash at the problem. They need some serious upgrades to the starting pitching staff.

And the bullpen. Sosa was horrible in Sept.

They definitely need to get younger too. They have plenty of pieces to build around (Reyes, Wright, and Beltran). They'll be back next year.

I wonder if Randolph will get fired.