You look at the early batting average for Curtis Granderson. And if you're not passing out from disbelief or reaching for a sickness bag, there is one thing you should do, according to manager Terry Collins.
Ignore the early batting average for Curtis Granderson.
"When we put [him] in the leadoff spot, one of the things we talked about was his on-base percentage. It's pretty good," Collins said. "It's really good."
Which is fortunate because his average — .056 — is not. But Granderson far and away leads the team in walks, nine — seven more than the next closest total. Granderson began Monday tied with Boston's Ryan Hanigan for the major league lead in walks. So he added two more, and was robbed of a hit, in the Mets' 2-0 home opener victory over the Phillies.
"You just have to go and get yourself on, no matter how you happen to do it, whether hustling out a ground ball that might have gotten booted, getting hit by a pitch, getting a hit, getting a walk," Granderson said. "The only way you're going to score is by getting on base and that's all we're trying to do."
Collins, who stressed how the Mets won in Atlanta on Sunday when Granderson walked and eventually scored the decisive run, also praised his outfielder's "well-hit balls." Like the one he had in the fifth inning Monday, an at-bat sandwiched by his two walks.
Granderson, tied with Lucas Duda for a team best .370 OBP, drove one the opposite way to left, but the Phillies' Ben Revere sprinted, laid out and made a terrific catch.
"He's a great defensive guy. That's a center fielder playing left so he's got a lot of range," Granderson said. "He made a great play. I tip my hat to him. I talked to Ryan Howard at first base and said, 'At least it was a Superman-type play. It wasn't one he fake dove for.' "
So Granderson, batting in the leadoff spot, went back to his ball-four roots in the seventh. He has walked in six of seven games.
"It's just baseball being baseball. None of the at-bats I've gone up there have I said, 'Hey, let me get a walk," Granderson said. "I'm aggressive. I'm ready to hit, but at the same time if you don't get what you want, hopefully you lay off it."
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