Just because the Mets didn't fire Willie Randolph, it doesn't mean the team isn't open to making some changes in hopes of getting back on the winning side of things. You need only look at last night's lineup against the Marlins to see that. Fernando Tatis won the game with a 12th inning double and he was joined in the lineup by Nick Evans and Damion Easley. Tatis and Evans were both in the minor leagues earlier this month and Easley started for the second straight night at the expense of Carlos Delgado. Does that mean the Mets have benched him?
"I told him he has to pick it up," Randolph told Mets.com before the game. "His defense played into (the decision). He has to pick it up. He didn't like what I said. I don't want him to be happy (about) not playing. But he had no choice."Nor should he because Delgado isn't doing anything right now. Never the best glove, Delgado's bat no longer carries that deficiency and the Mets aren't hitting on enough cylinders to keep waiting for him to come around. There's a caveat, each of Easley's starts came against lefties and Delgado's expected in the lineup against Brad Penny tonight, but there's probably not much rope left for Delgado.
Maybe he should shave his moustache and goatee. Growing a 'stache got Jason Giambi cooking, perhaps the opposite could get New York's other first baseman in gear.
