Keep lowering expectations
Morning Dose: Wednesday, June 24
☀️ Good Morning:
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse… it does!
Mets fans have had to learned to readjust expectations several times this season.
First, during the winter, it was convincing yourself it was okay to wave goodbye to your favorite homegrown star. While the clubhouse would look different, Trust in Stearns, and everything would work out.
Then, it was just a slow start. A long losing streak that needed to end. A few early slumps. Stitch together a few wins and things would turn around.
Reality started to set in. This was a bad team. But maybe, just maybe, like the 2024 squad or in the franchise tradition of Amazin’ turnarounds, a magical summer was still ahead.
More terrible performances. Games over by the first inning. But as hard as it has become to watch, a hope lingered that when the roster finally got healthy, there might still be enough time to salvage the season. The final wild-card spot only a handful of games away.
And then last night.
On the eve of Francisco Lindor possibly returning to the lineup, Juan Soto tweaks his back. Kodai Senga proves for the nth-teenth time that he doesn’t belong in the lineup. The score lopsided before the sun sets.
It’s a rough ride, folks!
🔻LATEST ON SOTO: We might escape this without the worst possible news. Carlos Mendoza told reporters after the game that Soto’s back “locked up” and he is considered day-to-day.
📰 ABOVE THE FOLD
SENGA!
The rotation tower has crumbled.
On a competitive team, Kodai Senga would have pitched his final game as a Met a long time ago.
⇢ The real problem: The fact he is still serving up beach balls is no longer an indictment on him, but on a front office that has failed to do what it’s supposed to thrive at in maximizing the owner’s resources by excelling at the little things, like player development.
