There are so many good things that come out of a 6 game winning streak besides the best thing which is winning six games in a row. One thing the Mets proved over the last six games is their ability to win without their starting outfield. At the start of the season, the outfield was supposed to be Alou, Beltran and Church (Hey, the ABC outfield), with Beltran hopefully having his 2006 numbers, Alou helping against with left handed pitching, and what ever we would get out of Church would be fine.
Thanks to injuries, the Mets had to send out Pagan, Beltran and Church. Pagan and Church were then big surprises. Pagan was hitting the ball really well, and Church was starting to look like the slugger on the team. Over the course of the season, the Mets had to start playing Chavez on a regular basis with Tatis, Evans, Anderson, Aguila and a new acquisition of Nixon due to injuries of Pagan and Church.
Church has been coming and going, Pagan might finally be on his way out, and Alou's near future with the Mets looks dark with surgery looming. To add to the problems, Nixon goes down on the DL.
So, what looked from the start to be a mighty outfield has been recently anchored with Beltran in center and then a mix of Tatis, Chavez, Aquila and Evans around him. On paper that would look like a huge hole in this lineup, especially when the loss of Castillo is added in the mix, but the Mets have been winning. Out of all of them, the most surprising has been Tatis. I remeber watching Tatis a few years ago with the Orioles when he was a back up to the back up at third base. Now he has 4 hits this season that have won games for the Mets. Lets hope our mix and match outfield can extend this winning streak through the next series with the struggling Rockies and through the All Star Break.
