The Yankees rallied from a three-run deficit to claim a 4-3 win over the Mets Saturday night. It was the 10th straight home loss for the Mets, a Citi Field first.
The game was tied 3-3 after six innings and the Mets went to their pen. While usually Mickey Callaway might come under fire for going to his bullpen earlier than necessary, this time it was the right move. Where he screwed up was not doing a double switch. He brought in Robert Gsellman, who’s likely his best reliever with Seth Lugo back in the rotation, Jeurys Familia on the DL and Anthony Swarzak still working his way back into game shape. So, he needed multiple innings from Gsellman but made it so that he would be batting third in the bottom of the seventh.
Gsellman gave up a leadoff walk but got a double play and a pop up to end the inning. Adrian Gonzalez led off the bottom of the seventh with a hustle double and the Mets looked in great shape to go back ahead. Kevin Plawecki struck out and Callaway went to his bench and put up Luis Guillorme to hit for Gsellman. Guillorme made solid contact but Aaron Hicks ran down his line drive and Gonzalez didn’t tag up. Not that it mattered, as Amed Rosario grounded out to end the inning.
Swarzak came out of the pen and gave up a homer to Aaron Judge, the first batter he faced.
The Mets went down meekly in the eighth but Jerry Blevins kept it a one-run game. The first two hitters due up for the Mets in the ninth were Jay Bruce and Michael Conforto – one of whom should have been switched out of the game when Gsellman came in. Bruce drew a walk against Aroldis Chapman and Callaway went ahead and pinch hit for both Conforto and Gonzalez. Both pinch-hitters struck out. After Plawecki drew a walk to push the tying run to scoring position, Jose Reyes came off the bench to line out and end the game.
Steven Matz battled but hung a breaking ball in the middle of the plate that Miguel Andujar homered on to turn a 3-1 lead into a tie game. The Mets scored three runs in the first inning, thanks to a solo homer from Todd Frazier and a two-run blast by Asdrubal Cabrera. But after that promising start, the offense went into hibernation yet again.
They were completely overmatched by Betances and Chapman.
Gonzalez
Bruce
Bautista
Plawecki
Reyes
Lobaton
Vargas
These guys are just not good ballplayers. Kind of players you find on a flailing last place team.
Reyes and Lobaton I can agree with, need to be gone. Pointless to keep them here, we would be better off carrying relief pitchers.
Vargas has been doing OK
Plawecki is a decent backup catcher.
Bautista / Gonzalez are fine as bench pieces.
Bruce is what it is, nobody could have seen this coming, hindsight is 20/20.
Bautista vs Robertson in a big spot? Nah let’s save him for a spot that might not come up let’s send Guillerme up, who doesn’t look like he can handle major league pitching at this juncture of his career. Give Conforto a shot vs a wild Chapman? Nah but Reyes sure! I mean the front office may be even dumber breaking their back to keep Reyes and AGon on the roster and mulling sending Conforto down(https://nypost.com/2018/06/09/why-mets-are-mulling-minor-league-stint-for-michael-conforto/) and the Jay Bruce love and hey thanks Jay for taking German off the ropes, geez. Oh and Mickeys a hell of a pitching coach so that seems to be his calling because his in game managing is brutal.
Not enough talent. Period.
Owners? No
FO? No
On field management? No
Between the lines? No
Wonder if Keith Law will let me trademark #LOLMets, and how many shirts would I sell?