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I caught a decent bit of this series, so feel empowered enough to open the thread.
1. The starting pitching was less of an issue.
Figgy's spot start was a big'un, and was a nice aspect of a frustrating game. Hernandez *nearly* had another very good outing, I do wonder is there some kind of signal that could have been spotted at the start of the 6th, BUT to be honest I was happy enough with his work. Johan Santana is fucking brilliant.
2. The runs will come.
Tonight was the classic example - two swings of the bat that wouldn't normally result in double plays result in them. The IGT mentioned Reyes and Murph getting aboard but not at the same time. Similarly David Wright is yet to start hitting the ball with RISP. That's all going to happen, I'm cool with Jerry fiddling with the lineup a bit.
The only person I'm worried about is Beltran, not because he isn't hitting well, but I just don't like him in the 5 hole. I'd be sorely tempted to bat Murphy/Sheff/Church 5/6 and get Beltran into the 2 hole, while flopping Delgado/Wright depending on the 5th hitter. I could be micro managing that though as Wright is probably more the 3 hitter then Delgado is.
3. The BullPen is a very good unit, I'm sure they'll blow up from time to time, but the structure is good, the combination of looks is good and it looks to me like Jerry isn't scared of going with the hot hand.
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