Earlier today at Oliver Perez's press conference Omar Minaya insisted that his offseason work is complete. No more significant additions will be made as the offseason enters its final stretch. Omar is apparently confident and relatively satisfied with the current makeup of the team. In Joe D's blog earlier today he asked for your feelings on the current state of the team going into Spring Training and start of the 2009 season. I for one am very concerned about this teams offense.
A fair share of fans aren't overly concerned with the current offense and based on their overall numbers last year, one would be hard pressed to disagree. However while many are aware of the Mets late inning struggles last season, I don't think many fans have a true grasp of just how bad the Mets where late in games and in clutch situations. While skimming through several Mets forums and blogs this evening I came across a post on mets.com with a link to the Mets situational hitting. To be ...
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