The Red Sox scored in each of their first six half innings en route to a 12-5 win over the Mets Wednesday night in Boston. The win gave Boston a sweep of this two-game series, to go along with an earlier two-game sweep in New York.
Taijuan Walker gave up 6 ER in 2 IP, including two homers to personal nemesis Kyle Schwarber. At this point, there’s really no reason to have Walker pitch again this season. He appears to be running on fumes and they might as well give his starts to Trevor Williams.
Brandon Nimmo, Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil each had two hits on the night, with Nimmo and McNeil also contributing doubles. Pete Alonso hit his 35th homer of the season, as his late charge to finish the year with 40 homers continues on.
If Luis Rojas deserved credit for the Mets staying afloat when all of the injuries hit in May, does he deserve blame for the completely uninspired ball the team is playing now? The Mets have lost seven of their last eight games and it’s not like they were lighting the world on fire before this recent stretch, either.
I blame the players for playing poorly. They squandered the opportunity to run away with the division after 3 months on top. Yet injuries and lousy play are constant companions with this team, even most teams. Rojas is a bit player in the player management monster.
One thing is that 162 is along long way to go. Performing across that distance is what separates the boys from the men.
How many times can we stomach watching hitter take middle middle first pitch fast balls, then watch them flail wildly at pitches 6″ low, out, and above the strike zone. That failure to have a decent hitting approach, now governed by Alderson’s “whiz kid” (actually yes man) Quattlebum, is glaring. Fire Alderson.
I’m curious, how many fans actually expected the Mets to win? Is Pete Alonso king of the solo homerun?
Few. Yup.
Lucas Duda was amigo!
Lucas Duda: King of the “clutch walk”. LOL
The good news from Boston is that we were spared more one run losses. Heck, Walker even spared me having to watch any of this game thanks to the early spanking, so I am thankful for that. As a bonus, the Mets are sinking lower and lower in the standings and have an actual shot at a top 10 draft pick position. My understanding is that the significance of this is not so much in getting to pick a few spots ahead, but it is in avoiding the loss of a high pick in the even of free agent signings. So, with that in mind, please give Walker his remaining starts, and please keep Jake out of action, and let’s throw as many AAA guys out there as possible. We’ll thank each for “taking one for the team”.
Good points about the draft picks. I, too, have been watching that.
But I would shut down Walker and start a AAA pitcher instead.
The only players I’m pretty happy about are Alonso (who still swings at too many high pitches) and Nimmo. I think they’ll sign the “new” Baez, who might turn out to be a good one for us. We do have lots of 2B options though. But McNeil can play all over the place.
I turned off this horrible bad-hitting, bad-fielding, badly pitched game after 4 innings. Yuk! My novel that I read was so much better and I won a few games of Scrabble online.
So I continue to see parallels between Javy Baez and Yoenis Cespedes. Im not so sure this isnt a 1 month deal. And like Terry Collins said, the 2 months you cant trust any numbers in are September and March.
Baez has the feeling of a September anomaly.
I agree on Baez. Can the Mets really think his recent plate discipline is sustainable or just an anomaly? A few weeks of better discipline wouldn’t be enough for me to overlook a career full of free swinging. I think his price will be get to a point that he won’t be worth it for the Mets anyway.
TJ, they are now in 11th, ans game and a half to catch Colorado. I’ll be rooting hard for the Rockies…
Baez is a good player, but like all players, he thinks he’s great. Perfect comparison to Yoennis.
Steve, I can’t understand why Walker is starting games either, coming off pitching 53 innings last year and a total of 67 innings in the last three years combined.
Mets seem to have no fire whatsoever. Blown out early in this one. But the bench looks listless and disinterested during the games… not much expectation of a win. I’m actually counting their losses so that Rojas is dumped for sure… the last thing I want to hear are some lame reasons for “bringing him back…” no thanks… can’t imagine anyone in the front office or Steve Cohen like what they see from his team down the stretch…. listless, non-competitive, same problems all season… managers are supposed to motivate their teams.