I’ll be the first guy to admit that I have had no faith in Batista but he came through tonight with 7 shut out innings and at this point deserves to continue to be the 5th starter.

The suicide squeeze for the Mets second run executed by Cedeno and Murph was a thing of beauty. Pure baseball.

On the downside Frank Francisco continues to struggle, he let up a run in the 9th and let the tying. I can’t believe Terry stuck with him. It’s only a matter of time before he’s out of the closer role. I don’t like it at all.

Another solid bounce back win, Greinke vs. Gee tomorrow weather permitting.

Photo: Getty Images Mike Strobe

At this point Francisco MUST get pulled from closer responsibilities. I wouldn’t mind seeing Rauch take the role but I would really like to see Bobby Parnell take it. I think Parnell has matured a bit from the last few years and he might be ready to take the next step as a closer. Let’s see what Terry does but I’m sure a change will be made shortly.

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A very Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mom’s out there!

Today’s lineup:

Andres Torres, cf
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, lf
David Wright, 3b
Lucas Duda, rf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
Ike Davis, 1b
Ronny Cedeno, ss
Rob Johnson, c
Jon Niese, lhp

You have to like the way the Mets have played and fought hard but the bullpen couldn’t hold the fish down. Just a bad error by Ike in the 8th to put Reyes on that cost the Mets a run. Ike did have another homer tonight so you can’t kill him too much.

Frank Francisco blew another game, he now has a 6.59 ERA on the year. I have no confidence in Francisco at all, I’d honestly rather see Parnell close out games. I think he will be closing games before the season’s over. Well it was a nice winning streak, let’s see if Dickey can get us back on track tomorrow.

The Mets lead the major leagues in come from behind victories this season with 11. Something they rarely did last year. I remember watching games the last couple of years and when they were down after 5 innings the game was literally over.

Even more remarkable is the number of 2 out RBI’s this season. The team has been so clutch again something you would never have seen over the last few years

So the question is can they keep it up? The Pessimet in me will say no and this is an aberration.  The Mets will come back to normal as the baseball gods have a way of bringing the law of averages into play. But there is a part of me that says maybe those gods owe us. Maybe they owe us for self-destructive seasons of 2007 and 2008, the injury destroyed 2009 and the bad 2010 and 2011 seasons. Could the corner finally be turning with the youth movement?

Well they’re not exactly the Comeback Kids or a youthful team. The Mets are actually the 4th oldest team in the Majors, (see chart I created below) just behind the Dodgers, Yanks and Phils. But you have to like the young core of the team Ike (26), Murph (27), Tejada (22), Wright (29), Duda (26), Nieuwenhuis (24) and Niese (25).

It should be a fun season for no other reason except there are NO expectations, NONE. They’re playing hard, they seem to like each other and there is hope for the future with Harvey, Wheeler, Familia and Mejia on the rise.

Can they compete for the second wild card spot all year?

That remains to be seen. The Pessimet in me will always say expect the worst and hope for the best!

He and his wife, Anne, have also been involved in charitable causes for years, including the International Justice Mission, which rescues victims of slavery and sex trafficking in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Bombay Teen Challenge resonated with Dickey, who has two daughters.

“The thought of what these girls are subjected to, it’s just horrifying,” Dickey said. “It really is. It’s horrifying.”

The Mets have already sent him a letter saying they’ll basically void his contract if he gets injured and can’t play next year because of the climb. Dickey is scheduled to earn $4.5 million in 2012 in the second year of a two-year, $7.8 million deal. Dickey is still going ahead with the climb willing to risk his career for the cause which you have to find admirable.

With not much to root for over the past couple of years R.A. Dickey has been such a great story for the Mets. His performance on and off the field makes you realize there are some athletes out there that care and look to make a difference. His cause also hits home with me as I was born in Bombay, India and have seen what poverty and struggle is first hand over there. I wish him nothing but the best for his climb and of course on the field as the ace of the Mets pitching staff this year.

Photo: David Kasnic Wall Street Journal

I’m not exactly sure how this team is doing it right now but they’re winning ball games. I keep waiting for them to hit that big skid again but it hasn’t happened in a while now. I will be very very impressed if they go 4-3 while facing these 7 straight all-star pitchers, so far they are 1-1, realistically I hope for 3-4, let’s see what happens.

Today it will be Chris Capuano vs. The Freak Tim Lincecum. Lincecum has not been as dominant so far this season as in years past but he’s still been very solid with a ton of Ks. Shout out to my family in San Francisco who will be at the game today. I believe my sister in law Kanika will be rocking her Pessimets lady tee out in AT&T park. Let’s Go Mets!

You really do put baseball into perspective once you have a family of your own. A Met loss or win doesn’t mean nearly as much to me as it used to and it’s not just because the team isn’t very good, although that’s part of it, but it’s because you realize your responsibility as a father and husband is so much higher a priority than anything else in life.

Don’t get me wrong, amidst the chaos that can be parenthood at times, it’s always good to have the constant of baseball. Having the game on in the background can sometimes bring a little sanity back into your life.

I will be in attendance for today’s game at 1:10p with my amazing wife, who got bought us tickets for Father’s day, and my beautiful 2 month old daughter, Zahra. It will be little Zahra’s first Mets game ever, so I’m really hoping Niese can come through and the Mets get back to .500 once again. I’m also hoping Zahra becomes a Met fan when she’s actually old enough to choose a team to root for, after all there are many positives to raising your child to be a Mets fan:

TOP 10 REASONS to RAISE YOUR CHILD AS A METS FAN:

10.) Early training to become a lawyer later in life (reading Madoff files)

9.) Teach kids just how hard it is to hit a major league home run (since Mets don’t hit any)

8.) Baby can easily become a doctor later after studying all of the Met injuries of players on the DL

7.) Learn a foreign language with “Professor” Reyes

6.) Learn how to save money and be thrifty just like Uncle Fred Wilpon

5.) At least tickets will always be cheaper than the Yankees

4.) Mr. Met does children’s birthday parties in his spare time

3.) Just say No to Drugs. Teach your children the lessons of Daryl and Doc at an early age

2.) By the time your kids are old enough to have kids the Mets may actually be good again

and the number one reason to raise your child as a Mets fan . . .

1.) Builds toughness and character. Teach kids at an early age LIFE IS FULL OF DISAPPOINTMENTS! You can’t win ‘em all!! : )

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY  to all the Father’s and future Father’s out there, especially to my dad Stan and father in law Sanjiv, thanks for everything!!

I think Reyes is definitely going to cash in this off season, but the chances of him leaving would have increased big time if Boras was his agent. Let’s hope the Mets can re-sign him.

Jose Reyes is an extremely hot commodity these days, on and off the field. According to Ken Rosenthal of foxsports.com super agent Scott Boras is speaking with Reyes about becoming his representative.

Reyes’ current agent is Peter Greenberg. Another prominent Greenberg client, reliever Rafael Soriano, switched to Boras shortly before becoming a free agent last season and got big bucks on the open market.

Ugh, if Reyes gets with Boras the chances of him remaining a Met get smaller in my opinion. Simply because the Mets are broke and they’re being held to a much tighter budget than in years past I doubt they’d really willing to negotiate as much if he’s on the open market.

My guess Sandy already has some numbers in mind, and a breaking point number that he won’t/can’t go past.

How hard would it be to Jose Reyes in a uniform other than the Mets? Seeing him flying around the bases going for a triple? Or high fiving and pumping up his teammates? I don’t even want to think about it right now.

To me if you let Reyes go, you might as well tear down the entire team. Reyes is the type of player you build a franchise around and if you have him, you have to find a way to keep him.

I guess hindsight is 20/20 but Sandy should have made signing Reyes a priority when he got on board. As much as we kill Omar, you know Omar would have signed Jose in the offseason as he did in the past. Instead Sandy took the wait and see approach. I can’t kill Sandy for that because Jose was coming off and injury but what’s the upside in waiting really?

If you had signed him in the offseason you probably would have got him at a more reasonable price, thus allowing him to be an even bigger trade chip if you wanted to deal him later, since he’d be under contract. The risk of course is that he stayed injured, but he’s only 28 now and I believe just entering the prime of his career.

While I’m hoping beyond hope the Mets keep one of my favorite Mets of all time, I think as much as it hurts we all have to really start prepping ourselves to see Jose in another uniform next season.

Surprises are always best when you don’t expect them.

Below is the 2011 Over/Under Game. Lets see how many of these we actually get right at the end of the season. Winner will receive a FREE PESSIMETS T-SHIRT and will be contacted by e-mail at the end of the season. Congratulations to “steven” winner of the 2010 Pessimets Over/Under Game. Copy the picks below in your comment and then write your predictions in whether the stat will be over or under. Good Luck!

1. Johan Santana Games Pitched – 11 1/2

2. R.A. Dickey Wins – 12 1/2

3. Number of different Mets to start at 2B – 6 1/2

4. Jose Reyes Triples – 13 1/2

5. Jose Reyes Stolen Bases – 47 1/2

6. Carlos Beltran Games Played  as a Met – 92 1/2

7. David Wright Home Runs – 28 1/2

8.  Jason Bay RBI’s – 91 1/2

9.  Chris Young Innings Pitched – 143 1/2

10.  Roy Halladay & Cliff Lee Combined Wins – 34 1/2

11. K-Rod Games Pitched – 54 1/2

12. Bobby Parnell Saves – 7 1/2

13. Ike Davis Home Runs – 26 1/2

14. Mike Pelfrey Wins – 13 1/2

15. Mets Wins  – 82 1/2

Tie Breaker – Number of wins for 2011 New York Mets -