The New York Mets need to get some of their batters into gear
Paul LoDuca has a decent batting average (.274) but he has not been too productive as he has only scored 33 runs, hit 5 homers and drove in 24 runs in 277 first half atbats. Ramon Castro might start to steal some of LoDuca’s atbats if he doesn’t start swinging the bat better. Jose Valentin has been hurt alot but that doesn’t excuse his .243 average this season. He also needs to get his power swing back as he only has 3 homers and 17 RBIs in 152 atbats this season. Carlos Delgado still has power as evidenced by his 14 homers and 49 RBIs this season but he needs to improve his .242 batting average on the year. Julio Franco (.200 avg) and David Newhan (.218 avg) both need to hit better in the 2nd half if they are going to get their atbats.