New month, same results. The Mets lessons in futility keep on truckin’ and yet another quality performance from a Mets starting pitcher is absolutely wasted as the team continues its’ slide toward dead last in every major offensive category. For a team with zero offense, why is it so offensive to the senses? Bartolo Colon went seven strong innings, striking out eight and walking one. I can’t even talk about the botched suicide squeeze because 1) I didn’t see it, and 2) it’s too painful to want explanation. Only Daniel Murphy collected multiple hits as the rest of the lineup (Ruben Tejada – .135, Lucas Duda – .171, Wilmer Flores – .176, Juan Lagares – .071 over their last 10 games) have straight up embarrassed themselves. Thankfully Michael Cuddyer and his 5-for-43 slump were out of the lineup, but the great news he’ll be back in action tomorrow or Friday, so there’s that.
Wasn’t Kevin Long supposed to be doing something to help this team? Is it possible that there is just no helping any squad that plays in Queens, because this has been a running theme for season after season now with no end in sight. For all the statistics available, and all the video tape, you’d figure someone, somehow would figure something out and get some action going. As things stand now, 2015 is turning out to be just another year of wishing thinking and little fulfillment. Hang your heads, Mets fans, the way only you know how.
These guys should be embarrassed.
They are putrid. Can’t believe they accept their pay checks. The pitchers should shun them.
Fire TC.
Let’s get Wally in here to save the day.
The team is unwatchable.I gave up.TC must go at the very least,it may light a fire under some people.
Conclusion: I am wasting my time and my energy (and, I guess, my life?) by investing this much into this stupid baseball team.
Need to miss more games.
BTW, only crazy people thought that Kevin Freaking Long would make the least bit of difference.
Sandy and his statisticians (“Walks are good!”) are still driving the philosophy, which let’s call “The Allan Dykstra Way!” or “Josh Satin’s Method of Success.” Since those two are the biggest proponents of the approach.
After five years of brutal failure, maybe the Mets GM will back off the belief that he knows best in this area.
The good news is that while he’s making around $4 million a year, banking it, buying a 3rd home, Sandy — as the oldest GM in baseball — is nearing retirement. He’s that old guy down the hall putting in his last few years before heading out the door. We all know that guy. He doesn’t work very hard. And one day, mercifully, he’ll be gone.
Ain’t it true.
By the way. Flores absolutely is a brutal defender. Not only is the glove shady. As I’ve been talking about endlessly, he cannot throw the ball at all. He has the worst arm slot, which makes his throws weak, and as we see nightly, unable to reach Duda withouth bouncing it. He has a terrible arm. It’s marginally passable from 2B where distances are shorter, but make the full throw from the 2B bag to first is a challenge. It cost the game last night. Can’t blame Duda for failing on that DP in the 11th which cost the game.
The Mets starting pitching has been sensational. The two”weak” links have just pitched strong games. Too bad they can’t generate an offense.
The two earlier season 1-0 losses to the Nats and these recent two to the Cubs are a four game swing in the playoff standings.
If Flores had turned that double play instead of bouncing the throw they could still be playing now. These are the small things that seperate the average teams from the good teams in the standings.