****Official 2007 NY Mets NL East Champs Thread****

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I'm not a Met fan but does anyone else think having Lo Duca in the 2 hole is retarded?

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No, I think he is the ideal number 2 hitter in that lineup. Anyone who thinks that LoDuca is bad in that spot could not have watched many Mets games last year.

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I watched probably 130 games last year(thanks online poker) and Lo Duca was successful - though not as successful as wright obv. He is an aging catcher who is slow and doesn't hit for much power. He will almost certainly shave many points off his OPS this year whereas Wright will almost certainly improve. Lo Duca in the 2 hole isn't as bad as leaving Milledge out of the lineup in favor of Green, though.

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I don't know that I watched 130 games last year, but with MLB.tv, I probably saw 100, and while LoDuca didn't make a mess of himself last year, everytime he came up with Reyes on, I wished it was DW instead.

I know in the grand scheme of things, lineups don't mean THAT much, but DW was a lot better than PLD last year and that was as a slightly overanxious hitter with no protection behind him. Put Beltran behind him, and pitchers basically have to feed him pitches to hit.

Reyes, DW, Beltran, Delgado, Alou would be an insane top 5. Let PLD hit at the end, where his skill at hitting singles can knock in some runners that are still sitting out there from the top half barrage and clear the pitcher's spot.