Game Recap: Mets 5, Giants 2

Ryan Vogelsong's clearly starting to get a little rusty, with what was arguably his worst start of the year. Yes, he pitched out of the jams for the most part, but through seven innings, he managed just two strikeouts, and walked five.

Consider this:
May 8th through June 22nd: nine starts -- 58.1 IP, 9 R, 44 K, 13 BB
June 28th through July 8th: three starts -- 18.2 IP, 11 R, 13 K, 13 BB

The strikeout rate has gone down a little, but the control has gotten a lot worse. Small sample size, yes. And I still think he's going to be a solid pitcher going forward. But going forward, he's pretty clearly no longer the guy he was in that amazing nine-start stretch. Which was obviously inevitable.

Brian Wilson blew it again, but I'm not too worried about him for the time being. His home run rate has been a major part of his success this year, and that was pretty clearly unsustainable. We're just watching regression in progress. But he'll continue to be a great reliever going forward, probably slightly worse than he was in 2009.

I stand by my controversial comment from a week ago, though:

You know what? Sergio Romo is better than Brian Wilson. I'll continue to believe so until I'm given a compelling reason to believe otherwise