As Mets fans we’re all accustomed to disappointment, however it comes in unexpected ways. One example being our dominant ace pitcher Noah Syndergaard picking the biggest game of the season to have his first clunker of an outing. With a golden opportunity to gain ground against the NL East leading Nationals, Syndergaard was gifted a rare four-run early lead, as the Mets scored runs in each of the first three innings. However, the big righty promptly got pounded by the Nationals lineup, giving up five earned runs in the third inning. Syndergaard exited after just three innings, but the Mets were down just 5-4 at that point. Some solid relief pitching and a few timely hits could have made this a great game, but Sean Gilmartin brought a gas can out to the hill surrendering five more runs in just two innings of work. Meanwhile, the Mets went silent the rest of the game.
Syndergaard partly got rattled by base runners. The Nationals managed five stolen bases against Syndergaard and his battery mate, Travis d’Arnaud. In all the Nationals stole six bases in six attempts in this ugly game. On the bright side, the Mets bats woke out of their collective coma, with 14 hits. Even d’Arnaud’s bat seemed to finally wake up as he contributed three singles at the plate. In his second big league game, Brandon Nimmo got two hits.
Tomorrow’s game pits Matt Harvey against pitching phenom Lucas Giolito in his highly anticipated major league debut. Perhaps Harvey can step back into the ace role that was once his.
same comment as yesterday:
!@@%#%#*($^$&@$$% pathetic
Three things:
1. On Rendon’s single with two outs, Loney was not in good fielding position. If he is and gobbles that up, it’s 4-2 Mets and Syndergaard is out of the inning. He wouldn’t have been so worn out from the following hitters and would have continued. Possibly a different final result.
2. The Nationals are a good team and the Mets better recognize that sleep walking is not bother nod to work again.
3. Felt bad for TDA, as they were getting four steps off the Noah’s stretch. Darling said about a month ago that he saw what Syndergaard is doing to tip off his going to the plate but didn’t want to say it on live tv and give the secret to everyone. At this point, they must have it – at least the Nationals do. Whatever it is, this is too good a pitcher to be harassed like this. Let’s fix it!
The Mets are now in third place and 1/2 game behind the Marlins and Dodgers for a wild card spot. They are closer to first place than any other divisions second place team in baseball. It is not the end of the world. It can easily be “fixed” with a win today. The Division Title is the goal but the only other competitive team is the Cards. Yes, the next two weeks could get ugly (see Pirates) and that must be avoided. Last night was a terrible start to these pre all star games but with only four teams competing for two playoff spots, I like the position they are still in. LGM
As I “told” somebody on Twitter last night, it’s June and they’re 4 games out. Frustrating, yes, but not fatal. Frankly, they were in worse shape last year at this time.
My guess at the start of the year was that the team would be “identified” by now, for it’s “Haves and Needs”. The hope was that they could tweek in Juuly…have a realistic assessment on Wright and the possible in-house/outside additions.
Injury and performance show large holes in the baseline of the team…i don’t believe the inventory of what you have versus what you need is at all clear…… Your #3 hitter has failed. Your RH OF Bat is on dl with a surgical issue….. This seems like a more complicated fix because so few of the “givens” seem to remain set.
As odd as it sounds, right now I’m more worried about the pitching than I am the hitting.
There are enough guys hitting right now that at some point, they’re going to string enough hits together to be potent, especially if they go back to hitting homers on a regular basis.
I’m holding my breath each time Syndergaard and Matz go to the mound and losing both would be devastating. If you told me those two along with Harvey and JDG would each make 30+ starts, I’d feel a whole lot better about things.
I only like to talk about the problems that can be fixed…the collapse of the pitching would un-addressable. That would shatter the entire model.
The positional players are a tricky fix, but there may be a few ways to do it.