A listless 6-1 loss completed a desultory 3-game sweep of the Mets at the hands of the up-and-coming Cubs.
While hope was pinned on young Jacob deGrom to deliver the Mets from the doldrums, he wasn’t up to the task on an overcast afternoon. deGrom surrendered four runs and seven hits in a bare five-and-a-third innings pitched. For this Mets team, if the pitching isn’t up to snuff, there’s very little hope of the offense bailing it out: a loss is nearly guaranteed. The Mets could manage only five hits off Cubs’ ace Jake Arietta, their lone tally coming in the fifth, courtesy of back-to-back doubles by deGrom and Curtis Granderson — who continues to be the only Met worth anything at the plate. That run actually tied the game, a rare occurrence in a series that saw Mets outscored 9-1.
Chew on this one for a moment… The Mets are 29-14 at home. Seven of those losses were shutouts. That means that when the Mets score one run — one. run. — at home, they are 29-7. Today, it wasn’t enough.
The New Yorkers now head into the jaws of death. Their next six games are on the West Coast vs. the Dodgers and Giants.
At least we had April.
Perfect excuse for Sandy to fire TC.I’d show them both the door if I was in charge.
Amen.
The present roster is the responsibility of Alderson. Grade: D
The play we see in the field, or lack of play perhaps is the responsibility of Collins. Grade D
Together, its a systemic failure. I dont care what state of make believe the farm is. The FO has not been nimble enough to respond to opportunities like a bad Nats, Braves, Phillies, and Marlins, and worse, did not make a plan for the big league club capable of complementing the pitching staff which has been years in the making. Having said that, its not clear that we have a field crew capable of properly managing or using the players effectively and efficiently.
A must read on the status of the FO and ownership.
http://nypost.com/2015/07/02/its-disgusting-how-jokester-gm-cheap-owners-watch-mets-burn/
Adam Rubin in response to Alderson avoiding being interviewed and a comment on the above article:
“I think five years of mistreatment finally bubbling over.”
Yes, sent that article to several friends. A lot of great stuff in there. People are slowly catching on.
If I open an article in the Post, I first check the writer. If it’s Vaccaro, look out! I rub my hands with glee.
He is relentless in saying it like it is. He is more fanatical and emotional about his teams than any writer I have ever seen. Joel Sherman in the Post is critical in a way that tries not to rock the boat too much. For instance, he will knock Alderson but not the Wilpons. That’s because they are owners and his gig on the MLB Netwotk is important to him; can’t piss off owners.
Mike Vaccaro on the other hand doesn’t have that mindset. He brings the ax and keeps it sharp. I fell in love with Mike’s writing style last year when he laid into Collins for among other things not playing the youngsters, because all writers immediately blame the players while no one may consider how management’s treatment effects these players’ mindset. Vaccaro does, and boy he’s brutal. This year he is going after the ring leaders too, not just the clown. I love him.
Overall pretty good article but he still throws in a bit of TC apologia.
Wow, things are getting intense.
Read all the links in the Mets Blog Espn under Adam Rubin’s morning briefing.
Much of it has been touched on by posters of this site. At least we are batting near 1000. Great articles and topped off with Justin Turner’s quote, which pretty much damns the whole hitting system. The wolves are circulating but the picture tweet at the end is very appropo.
Indeed Metsense, we are ahead of what is being written! The photo of Citi Field in flames with SA playing a violin is priceless. Made me think of two things. One, Over at MMO, Joe D had a great article yesterday entitled “Nero continues to fiddle as Rome burns” – an open letter to ask what SA will do to solve the problem (I suppose the title says it all!). Two, many times we’ve stated that the moves we see made by this team are the equivalent of shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic…the juxtaposition of the violin playing SA against Citi Field Armageddon couldn’t be more apropos.
I think another thing oft commented here, but really wedged into our collective conscience by Pete is that Alderson has done his job. He was tasked to keep the team in the grissled clutches of Montgomery C. Burns. He was tasked to raise the status of the farm. He was tasked to reduce payroll. He was tasked to find a “don’t Rock the boat” office staff. On all fronts those are successes, and for ownership, all that clearly matters. He was never tasked with (nor had the skills set required) building a competition-ready big league club; at face value we can see year later he hasn’t. We as fans put that on his and the owners shoulders. There is where the obvious discord lies. We have no say in what Alderson’s job entails. Compare the situation in Houston where ownership made moves to win, and win they have done, in a time less than what it will take the Mets to equally accomplish.
BTW, over at “2 Guys” we were calling Sandy Alderson “Nero” 3 years ago.
None of this is new or unexpected.