Weekly Recap: 5/10-5/16

Standings:
Mets 21-15 --
Phillies 19-16; -1.5
Marlins 18-18; -3
Braves 18-19; -3.5
Nationals 11-24; -9.5

Week record: 4-3

POSITIVES:
- Brett Myers has been a lot better since his terrible start. In his 2 starts this past week, he went 6 innings, giving up 1 run on Sunday and went 7 innings, giving up 2 and striking out 8.

-Raul Ibanez has been absolutely phenomenal! He went 11-24 with 4 homers and 12 RBI's.

-The offense has heated up versus the Nationals, hitting plenty of dingers in the pitcher-friendly park. They hope to continue it despite being in a current rain delay in the 2nd half of the double header.

NEGATIVES:
-Only a 3-3 record as they lost their series versus Los Angeles. They don’t have Manny Ramirez and the Phillies still failed to at least win the series. The offense was absolutely pitiful in that series

-Brad Lidge blew another save versus the Nationals but fortunately for him, the team scored 4 runs in the top of the 12th Friday night.

-Rollins is still batting terrible. As I said, he vowed to bat .400 for the month of May and is only batting .206 for the month despite being on a current 5 game hit streak.

Upcoming schedule:
5/17 – @WAS
5/19-21 – @ CIN
5/22-23 - @ NYY

Weekly Recap: 5/3-5/9

Week record: 3-3
Standings:
Mets 16-13 --
Phillies 15-13 .5
Marlins 16-14 .5
Braves 14-16 2.5
Nationals 9-18 6

POSITIVES:
-Hamels’ return: Cole Hamels pitched amazing in his return to action on Friday, going 6 strong innings, giving up 2 runs and striking out 6. He isn’t back to regular form but he is on the right pace.

-Cardinals Sweep: Yea it was only two games but they won both games on the road. They scored 16 runs in both games combined, hitting 4 homers with 2 coming from Jayson Werth.

-Chan Ho Park: He pitched an amazing game versus the Mets but couldn’t get any run support or defense as the Phillies fell 1-0. He went 6 innings giving up no runs on 1 hit and striking out 5.

NEGATIVES:
-Mets Sweep: After taking both in St. Louis, the Phillies fell both times to New York, allowing them to eventually gain momentum and take first in the division by half a game.

-Lidge: He has been terrible in the pen. In 2 games and 2 innings, he’s given up 4 runs (3 earned) and only struck out 3. He has also recorded no saves.

-Rollins: He vowed to bat .400 in May and is only 6-28 so far, a measly .222. I hope he picks his game up because as our lead off guy, he has to be getting on base a lot more.

Upcoming schedule:
5/10 – ATL
5/12-14 – LAD
5/15-15 - @WAS