Fernando Martinez homers as Mets beat Astros

METS 6

ASTROS 4

Believe it or not: the Mets are only two games under .500 at 18-20.

For a team that has been playing at death's door since spring training, the Metropolitans have looked pretty good this past week, granted it is coming via the horrible Astros and the now slumping Rockies.

Nonetheless, the Mets found a way to erase a 4-0 deficit to Houston to beat the Astros 6-4 at Minute Maid Park, Friday night.

Jason Bay got the ball rolling for the Metropolitans with a home run to left, his second of the year, pulling the slumping hitter's average to .217.

However, the most interesting aspect of the Mets win was that Fernando Martinez hit a two run homer to pull New York to within 4-3.

Martinez, who has been demoted to triple-A for years because of a rash of injuries that have plagued his career, has never shown the great potential that everyone expected of him when he was a rookie. He was once the prize of the Mets farm system but now almost forgotten. Nevertheless, with the Mets most likely falling out of contention soon, it is likely the team will look to trade Carlos Beltran and his expiring contract, and then, perhaps, Martinez could be the right fielder of the future after all.

Martinez is only 22 years old; there is no reason to give up on him at this point. If the kid gets the opportunity and succeeds, why not let him become an answer for the Mets outfield issues when and if the team decides to part ways with Beltran.