Psychopaths
Morning Dose: Monday, June 1
☀️ Good Morning:
The Mets are where they are, but at least we can say we have some positive momentum.
After sweeping the fish over the weekend, the Amazins have won four in a row to finish May with a 16–12 record. It’s not enough to remove the stench that has covered the team most of the year, but it’s something.
We are two months from the trade deadline. Copy this past month’s results two more times and .500 is within sight before the stretch run. Clay Holmes could be back by then. Miraculously, Francisco Álvarez is tracking to be ready long before that, maybe Francisco Lindor in-between, and Jorge Polanco might even emerge from the witness protection program.
Put simply, the Amazins are starting to get healthy, the schedule has miles on it but moving in their favor. If this group has any kind of run in them, the type that will surely suck us all back in before devastatingly breaking our hearts again, the time is now.
It might take a psychopath to maintain belief in this club, but that’s exactly what this young group has:
🗓️ UP NEXT: We will learn if there’s any lasting power to this winning streak as the schedule somehow sends the Mets west for the fourth time in the season’s first two months. The team was forced to fly to Seattle on Sunday evening to start a three-game set against the Mariners. Austin Warren will take the ball in the opener.
WEEKEND TAKEAWAYS
🔹 Power Surge. Entering the weekend, the Mets’ slugging percentage (.350) looked closer to what you would expect from their on-base percentage. It’s hard to score runs when you have a lineup that not only struggles to string together hits, but also rarely leaves the yard.
That all changed this weekend. The Amazins, with help from both their most powerful and least expectant players, wore out the Miami pitching staff by cranking seven round trippers, including MJ Melendez’ towering walk-off on Friday:
Melendez joined the likes of Hayden Senger, Jared Young and Carson Benge to power an offense that finally received added support from Mark Vientos and Marcus Semien, along with an exclamation point by Juan Soto.
