Well done gentlemen. As I sit in a Himalayan salt room trying to find Zen and I think you guys always get it right on with how we all feel. This team is too good to just roll over but I agree we have a very challenging month ahead. I’d also add this shitty hitting with RISP isn’t new this year. We are heading into almost the third year of this. I lay the blame squarely on Chavez and think there needs to be a new voice for the hitters. I watch other teams have guys hitting below the Mendoza line driving guys against us all the time. I don’t know if it’s a change in aggression when guys are on but the team obviously is aware of it and now I have to believe they are squeezing the bat anytime a runner gets to second base. We can’t even get the ball into the air with a guy on third and less than 2 outs. The Mets need Alcantara. He will excel once the lab gets ahold of him and the guy goes deep when he’s right every start. If Petersen is a 7 inning guy now and you add Sandy who will give you that and more suddenly those 5 inning guys don’t hurt as much. Stearns has to see this. I’m sure we will be telling him this from now until the deadline on X. If the Mets don’t score it doesn’t matter what the pitching does. 2 outta 3 would be nice but I ain’t holding my breath right now.
I will say this. Even with deGrom, Thor, etc pitching the Mets STILL didn’t win. It’s a culmination of bats and arms. Right now the Mets bats and their pitchers are slumped. That said, slumps (and all teams have them) don’t last for long stretches and we have seen what happens when the Mets are on.
So it’s “good podcast” to sound alarmed but overall, the season is a marathon. They have excellent talent, leadership and coaching. Let all of those aspects rise again and be thankful that with a SIX GAME LOSING STREAK, they are still 15 games over .500.
Well done gentlemen. As I sit in a Himalayan salt room trying to find Zen and I think you guys always get it right on with how we all feel. This team is too good to just roll over but I agree we have a very challenging month ahead. I’d also add this shitty hitting with RISP isn’t new this year. We are heading into almost the third year of this. I lay the blame squarely on Chavez and think there needs to be a new voice for the hitters. I watch other teams have guys hitting below the Mendoza line driving guys against us all the time. I don’t know if it’s a change in aggression when guys are on but the team obviously is aware of it and now I have to believe they are squeezing the bat anytime a runner gets to second base. We can’t even get the ball into the air with a guy on third and less than 2 outs. The Mets need Alcantara. He will excel once the lab gets ahold of him and the guy goes deep when he’s right every start. If Petersen is a 7 inning guy now and you add Sandy who will give you that and more suddenly those 5 inning guys don’t hurt as much. Stearns has to see this. I’m sure we will be telling him this from now until the deadline on X. If the Mets don’t score it doesn’t matter what the pitching does. 2 outta 3 would be nice but I ain’t holding my breath right now.
I will say this. Even with deGrom, Thor, etc pitching the Mets STILL didn’t win. It’s a culmination of bats and arms. Right now the Mets bats and their pitchers are slumped. That said, slumps (and all teams have them) don’t last for long stretches and we have seen what happens when the Mets are on.
So it’s “good podcast” to sound alarmed but overall, the season is a marathon. They have excellent talent, leadership and coaching. Let all of those aspects rise again and be thankful that with a SIX GAME LOSING STREAK, they are still 15 games over .500.