Last night NYSD had a successful online chat with Adam Rubin of the Daily News. He answered 15 questions from users ranging from the Mets season to his new book.

Here are a couple of excerpts:

Rubin answers a question on the right field situation:

“I don't think you'll see a right-field platoon. In fact, I think it's Nady's job, barring something unforeseen. No. 1, you can't give up Cameron and not play Nady. And No. 2, Omar Minaya went out of his way when he acquired Nady to lump him with Wright, Reyes and Beltran as the future core of the team. Omar said Nady should excel with a full season of at-bats, rather than the 350 or so he would get in San Diego. Platooning isn't really warranted because they both bat from the same side of the plate.”

He also talks about David Wright and where he will bat in the lineup:

“Actually, I think neither on Wright. I suspect Lo Duca will bat second, which means Beltran third, Delgado cleanup, Wright fifth and Floyd sixth (splitting up the lefties on the back end). You can quibble because Beltran is statistically a better No. 2 hitter. But I know Willie prefers Beltran to be a No. 3 hitter because he said it constantly last year. Also, Lo Duca doesn't strike out -- he had the second fewest strikeouts in baseball last season among major leaguers with at least 495 plate appearances -- so the Mets can play hit-and-run a lot with Reyes on base leading off.”

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