Mets-Marlins Series Preview.

The roles have certainly changed. The past two seasons, it has been the Marlins attempting to play the role of the spoiler. However with the injury ravaged Mets coming into town, these same Marlins look to take full advantage and keep pace in the NL East and Wild Card races. Meanwhile, our Mets are simply looking to keep respectability and avoid the cellar I suppose.With Johan Santana now declared out for the rest of the 2009 season, it would not surprise me Vegas-wise if the Mets are underdogs in every game for the rest of the season (they have been in every non-Santana pitched game since after the All Star Break). Not only that, but now our rotation has been reduced to Mike Pelfrey (as our ace), Oliver Perez, Bobby Parnell, Nelson Figueroa and Tim Redding. You have got to be kidding me. Our offense has also been dealt a blow with Jeff Francoeur tearing a ligament in his left thumb making a great diving stab on Sunday (ironically the next at-bat was that ridiculous triple-pla...