World Series Update

The Mets are down 2-0 after Wednesday's game, which causes no great grief, though I was rather hoping that after the first game, we might have the series go six or seven games.  Game 2, as well as Game 1, for that matter, exposed what I have always thought was the Mets big Achilles Heel, which is their defense.  Infield defense, in particular.  When you think about it, Duda is pretty much of an oaf at first base, Wright has a back ailment, and Flores and Murphy have limited range.

The Mets get by because their pitchers strike out a lot of hitters.  So they skated past the Cubs in some sense because the Cubs strike out a lot, limiting the chances the Mets defense has to mess things up.  The Royals, on the other hand, do not strike out that much.  They have struck out 10 times in 22 innings so far, only 3 times in Game 2.  The Cubs, on the other hand, strike out 8 or 10 times a game even when they are going well.

So that means the Mets have to make a lot more plays versus the Royals than they did versus the Cubs.  Putting the ball in play with some regularity, even if a ball is weakly hit, can present some problems for the Mets, as it did late in Tuesday's game, and pretty much throughout Wednesday's.