Tom Brennan - A Series of Trouncings in Metsville

THE METS ORGANIZATION IS BEST PICTURED LIKE THIS

 

Bad baseball and bad records abound in the Mets organization. 

I wish it were otherwise. I am not alone.

We all know the Mets’ very bad situation: 

They went from a 7-4 record to 10-20 collapse in just a few short “shock and awe” weeks.

Last night? 

They got trounced. 

Down 13-2, mid 7th, when I simply gave up. Let me know how the horror show ended. (OK, I peeked. 14-2 loss. Thankfully, they picked up a safety.) Peterson has a better ERA than Manaea (6.53 vs. 6.55).

Carl Edward’s Jr., meanwhile, between spring training and the regular season, in 14.2 IP, has allowed 3 earned runs and fanned 22. We all knew at the start of spring training that he’d be the Mets’ ace, right?

Combined, Lindor, Vientos, Taylor, Alvarez, and Robert have 34 RBIs. Sal Stewart of Cincy had 29 RBIs all by his lonesome.

Kidding (and disturbing facts) aside…

Let’s face it: 

1962 IS BACK! 

Or, if you prefer:

THE TRAGIC IS BACK!

Of course, fragile, injury-prone Luis Robert, Jr. might be headed to the IL. 

Roger Daltry heard that about Robert and asked, WHO’S NEXT? 

Syracuse? 

AJ Ewing did what was seemingly impossible for him, going hitless on Wednesday night - but only because Syracuse’s game was postponed. 

The S-Mets therefore remained at 14-13, slightly over .500, and making them the shining team beacon of light in the organization so far.

8-15 Binghamton? “Let’s not play two.”

The Polo Ponies followed up being no hit on Tuesday for the second time in April with an 8-2 loss in game one of a doubleheader. The hitters didn’t hit, except for a two run first inning, and starter Will Watson is now 0-4, 6.98. 

Not good.

In game 2, again there were 2 first inning Binghamton runs! A 3-0 Joander Suarez-supplied lead was narrowed to 3-2 in the 4th. Then, in the 5th, Suarez got pulled and the lead did too. Metoyer was awful. Down 5-3, heading to the 6th. Final? 5-3 loss. Their hitting stopped - again.

Jacob Reimer (.186) had 3 hits in the twin bill.

Next up, the Cyclones:

Their 5-17 record says it all - Brooklyn’s subglacial offense (.184) remained subglacial, with a 5-0 loss. Joel Diaz is sitting ugly at 0-4, 8.68. And Brooklyn is allowing opponents to score 6 runs on average per game. 

Not good. 

Mitch Voit had two of the squad’s 5 hits, and a couple of steals. After his 3 for 23 season start, he has hit well since (14 for 53, 3 HR, 10 RBIs.

As a point of offensive team comparison, a Winston Salem player named Caleb Bonemer has 11 home runs in 22 games, while Brooklyn’s entire team has 12 in 22 games.  Three SAL teams have between 32 and 38 homers already. OUCH!

St Lucie? “Let’s also not play two.”

The Lucites score a good number of runs, but the team’s pitching staff is severely struggling. “Like nothing I’ve ever seen”. 

161 runs allowed in 193 IP. Three other FSL teams have allowed 95 or less. 

How do you spell “disparity”?

A 7-6 first game 8 inning loss. 

One game 1 bright light, Elian Peña, had two hits.

In game 2, St Lucie fell to 10-13, losing a 7 inning affair by the score of 7-4, so on the evening, they allowed 14 more runs in 14 opponent innings. 

Pena? A hit and a walk (.346). 

And 19 y/o, recently promoted Eddie Lantigua added two RBIs in the 7th.

The two losses came despite their opponent Tampa trying to be generous, by making 8 errors in the short twin bill. They needed to have made 12.

RECAP:

With one April day left:

March/April have been brutal for this Mets organization. No sugar-coating it. 

This was an organization where both the Mets and its farm system were ranked by some in baseball’s top 10. 

How wrong were those projections, huh? How about #30 and #30, instead?

Outscored brutally by a combined 46 to 17 in 6 games last night? Egads.

And a combined 47-78 (.376) Mets teams’ win-loss record? Egads.

Of little solace in that the NY Yankees are 20-11.

Well, take comfort: the Mets’ teams’ combined May records are currently 0-0.

Green shoots? 

Every year, the optimists strive to see green shoots, when what Mets fans really need to see, but all too rarely do see, is a forest.

We simply have no Caleb Bonemer types.