Good morning
I touched base with this a little bit on Twitter on Tuesday, but it’s worth elaborating on.
It’s very confusing to be a Mets fan right now. Most of the stars you follow are in the training room, the team looks and plays like they couldn’t beat their own A affiliate, and yet they are still in first place.
Does this division, which was touted in the off season as being one of the best, suck this much, or is it just one team knocking off the other?
Doesn’t matter. The current Mets lineup seems incapable of producing more that 3-4 runs per game, which puts all the pressure on the pitching staff. As talented as they are, and how proud I am at what they hae produced so far this season, things seem to unravelling there as well.
Here’s the good news… everyone else in the division is playing subpar baseball right now. No one is sprinting past us and becoming the team to beat. That remains us in first, which is an unbelievable think for me the write.
We don’t have to spend hours discussing Dom Smith, Francisco Lindor, and James McCann. These represent the few prime beef players we still have in the lineup and, frankly, none of them is producing what they could do. Smith is okay but could give us more. McCann is downright embarassing. And Lindor? Well, I’ll let you end this sentence.
Have there been bright spots? Well, relief pitcher Sean Reid-Foley has been a great find. Other than one bad pitch, reliever Drew Smith has been close to unhittable. Catcher Tomas Nido has been a real bonus. Infielder Jose Peraza has held his ground. And outfielder Johnesovmfjtqenx Fargas is proven he worthy of remaining in Queens when he heals.
Is relief in sight?
Well, actually it is. Baseball’s best pitcher, Jacob deGrom, is back! And top reliever Seth Lugo will be back next week.
We will need much more before this season starts to make sense, but, hell, it’s a start.
My message to you?
Chill.
You have to let this ugliness play out. Frankly, it may get worse. We may wind up in last place soon. Hell, we may wind up in last place this week?
Give the Mets a rest. Go take a walk. Watch Hulu. Call a member of your family who you believe could be lonely.
Watch the Mets? Right now, it might be less rewarding than air sickness.
Me? I’m going to concentate on the upcoming draft and come back to this team around the All-Star break.
Who knows? I might be pleasantly surprised.
6 comments:
Good advice.
Thanks, Mack. I am back off the ledge.
I just think it is Megill time, that's all :)
I did have a Lindor thought a few minutes ago that I may turn into an article for tomorrow. We'll see.
Thank you Mike.
Tom
Mcgill... I have become a believer. Punched him up to a RED prospect.
Re Lindor... For whatever reason, NL pitchers have figured out his weak spot.
He is lost up there and they are freezing him on the third strike.
He obviously has lost all confidence with a bat in his hand.
Trust me... if Guillorme was healthy, the Mets would invented some phantom injury that could put him on the 10-day and then feast on A ball rehab.
Hopefully by July 1 they won't be too very far from the final WC spot, get healthy, and make a move.
MLB has other big issues. Last night's game was another glaring case in point:
25 strikeouts!
And the two most exciting plays, Jake's double and Villar's steal of 3rd, taken away by instant replay.
Clearly, the popup slide -- a graceful, athletic thing of beauty -- is DOA.
Remember, this is an entertainment business. Players call it "the show" for a reason.
And these games are becoming brutal, brutal.
As Donnie Baseball said the other day, so many are UNWATCHABLE.
I mean, I will always watch games, be a fan. But I am less entertained. And, oh yeah, at 60, I am NOT the future.
Jimmy
I need to work on an article explaing how the perfection of "release points" has changed this game.
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