He Batted .321 in SEPTEMBER?

The Answer to that question is Yes... Although some may think Delgado is in the decline, he is defenitely not a reason to blame the collapse of last season.  Delgado did bat .321 last September during the Mets crumble, having the best month of his 2007 season at the end.  I understand that some people consider last season as a blip for Carlos Delgado's career batting .258, but after coming off surgery before the 2007 season and hitting 24 HRs and 87 RBIs and hardly call Delgado's 2007 campaign a blip.  With the hip injury, the hand injury on the last game of the 2007 season, and the forearm injury from a broken back during spring training, and his turning of 35 this year, Shea faithful is panicking.  

People of Flushing,  there is no reason to panic he is the best we have right now.  There is no reason to give up good minor league prospects to get an inconsistent 1B from around the league who probably wont put up the power numbers that we know Carlos will have.  Yes, he may be a little overpriced as of now making around 14,000,000 but, we would rather have that knowing he is going to put some numbers to compliment the best offense in the national league.  After getting rid of Sean Green, Delgado will be trusted to be starting many games during the 2008 season and I believe he will do well at that.

2008 predicitions: .276, 28 HRs, 95 RBIs, . 498 SLG,  62 BBs

2008 NL East 1st Baseman:

1) Ry-Ho (Phi) - Okay although Ryan Howard didnt put up MVP numbers like he did in 2006 (.313, 182 Hits,  58 HR), Ryan still put up a solid 2007 season wiht 47 HRs adn 136 RBIs.  He will still have around 50 bombs, but who knows, Howard is known to struggle against lefties.  Mr. Howard meet Mr. Santana...

2) Mark Teixeira (Atl)- Also a Top 5 1st Baseman in the majors.  After being traded to Atlanta mid- 2007 and only playing 54 games with the braves he produced stellar numbers (.317, 18 HRs).  Teixeira will likely be a free agent after this season, which will only cause him to improve his statistics.

3) Carlos Delgado (NYM)- Coming off a couple of injuries, and people worried about his aging. Fans should not worry so much as Carlos is one of the most consistent 1st baseman out there.  Delgado will continue to raise the apple in Shea, in its final season, and will help out the Mets infield, as opposed to what most critics think.

4)  Dmitri Young(Wash)- Although he batted an extraordinary  .321 last season, lets be honest that is just not going to happen ever again.   With Nick Johnson getting healthier he is liking to split time with Dmitri Young, who may have a shot at .300 but is not going to anything great like the 2007 season.

5) Mike Jacobs (Fla)-  After the Marlins gave away the meat of their squad (Cabrera and D-train) they are just in trouble.  Mike Jacobs, however sheds some light upon them.  If he hits 20 HRs and bats .275 even coming off last season's wrist injury that may just be all they need from him.