The Cubs completed a three-game sweep of the Mets with a 14-6 thrashing Thursday night in Wrigley Field. Mets pitching allowed 39 runs in the series, the most ever by the Mets in a three-game series.
The Mets actually held 3-0 and 5-3 leads in this game. But Seth Lugo couldn’t hold either of them and relievers Josh Smoker, Jerry Blevins and Paul Sewald brought gas cans to the mound.
And if the beating wasn’t enough, Travis d’Arnaud left the game with a knee injury and Amed Rosario departed the same inning with a hip flexor.
Dominic Smith and d’Arnaud hit back-to-back homers in the third inning. Smith and Brandon Nimmo both had two hits, with Nimmo hitting a double. Tomas Nido got his first hit in the majors, an RBI single in the ninth. However, he was tagged out at the plate to end the game when he tried to score from second base on an infield hit. To the pitcher catcher.
Nido tried to score on an infield hit to the pitcher? LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
I shut it off when they were up 5-4, so I missed the fireworks. With the Mets out of it, I actually like seeing them get slaughtered. The bigger the butt kicking, the better. The reasons:
1. We can’t have strong finishes and have Fred Coupon say to himself, “You know, Collins got them back on track…”
2. The same Fred Coupon may see these results and actually say to himself, “Seems to me, maybe the GM needs to be upgraded to a better talent evaluator…”
Ah, the dreams of a fan…
The Met starting pitching is pathetic. They need to add a top of the rotation starting pitcher to compliment deGrom and Syndergaard. Syndergaard has not pitched since April so even that is not a given.
The September offense is encouraging. September numbers are like Autumn leaves; very pretty but gone by next Spring. Even so, these players have had a good September so far with their OPS: TDA 916, Lagares 838, Nimmo 1.061, Smith 982, Plawecki 768 and Rosario 920. They are doing what they need to do to establish themselves as major league players.
The pitching staff is not distinguishing themselves under the same September conditions.
September baseball with bloated roster expansion sucks.
The “Team Model” was to pay vets and some “big names” while the Young Ace Staff pitched for Pennies…that was phase one of the plan.
Phase 2 would see the arms getting paid…some of them big bucks, with a rotation toward young and cheap positional impact players.
Every part of that model is either broken or doubtful. I believe Sandy will want to hang around and see this task through 2018. He’ll wear the Mighty feathers of a Great Chief, or he’ll wear the Stench ridden Albatross of a deeply flawed and failed plan.
Either way, right or wrong, he’ll be judged largely by the health and performance of a once promissing staff of pitchers. All In, Sandy and That once ripening cast of arms find themselves at a uniquely common crossroads that will determine Legacy and Career and Money….. a collective coin flip reliant upon Muscle and Tendon and Bone.
Winter is Coming…it will be bitter and long. I’m rooting for all of these guys.
I didn’t see it — why in the world would I? — but I sure wish there was footage of the Nido play.
Side note: In series previous to meeting the Mets, the Brewers held the Cubs to 3 runs over 3 games.
We gave up 39 with a fortified, healthy bullpen that’s lost only Reed.
Lot of work to do!
Footage!
down 8 with two outs in the top of the Last…. he sees the ability to cut it to Just Seven!!!
He’s got the Bad Base running down–now, prove you’re a Met and Pull a Hammy!!!