Tom Brennan - SUBTERRANEAN STATS OF SUBS, A CITIFIELD TRADITION

CAN'T ANYBODY HERE HIT THAT BALL?

I never cease to be amazed at how some guys (focusing my article today on so-called hitters) that the Mets bring in as back up players just totally CRATER.

Last year, it was Keon Broxton doing a total swan dive, along with a host of others.

Heck, last year, Keon, Aaron Altherr, Ruben Tejada, Jed Lowrie, and Sam Haggerty combined to go 11 for 100 (.110)  with 47 Ks.  Good grief.

The year before, in 2018, Jose Lobaton, Jack Reinheimer, Phil Evans, Matt den Dekker, Ty Kelly, and Kevin Kaczmarski combined to go 16 for 133 (.120) with 44 Ks.  Good grief.

Heck, in World Series 2015, the Mets had Mayberry, Recker, Monell, Muno and Young going 40 for 273 (.146) and Nieuwenhuis, Ceciliani and Herrera somewhat better but still going 55 for 264 (.208).  Good grief.

This year, in the "utter inability to get hits" category, we get Billy Hamilton and Brian Dozier.

Through Saturday, the two, as Mets were 3 for 37 with a couple of walks.  Good grief.

Pitchers hit better. Jake deGrom is career .189 in 350 at bats.

Dearly departed Zack Wheeler was 23 for 113 (.205) the past two seasons.

So how the heck do guys who are supposed to be actual major league hitters get brought in by the Mets year after year and demonstrate gosh-awful hitting ability, less than or equal to most pitchers, not just Jake and Zack mentioned above?

I mean, really?  How can these guys hit so incredibly poorly?  

Why can't the Mets find scrubby dudes that almost always can at a minimum hit .200?

I mean, add all the numbers of the bumbling hitters from 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2020 above, excluding Jake and Zack, of course, and you get 125 for 807.

That's .154.  Seems almost impossible to be that bad.  But that bad they have been. 

Those guys couldn't hit in little league. Purely subterranean.