I think we're pretty much all in agreement. This year has been a huge disappointment and I have been following them cursorily the last few weeks, even turning off the alerts on my phone. The 101 win regular season in 2022 was a fun ride but, starting with the playoffs last year and into this season, it's been 'Same old f*cking Mets' ever since. If I were Cohen, I'd be less than thrilled with the front office and the HALF A BILLION dollar turd that Billy 'In-EPP-tler' and his cronies have assembled. It's been encouraging to see Baty, Alvarez, & Vientos but I want to see that type of encouragement on an expected 'also ran' not on an expected World Series contender. I keep telling myself that the Natalies were like 19-31 in 2019 before they went on their run and won the World Series but I just don't see that turnaround happening with this Mets squad. There is talent on the roster, obviously, but they seem more like a mismatched band whose whole is less than the sum of its parts. I hope I'm wrong but I just don't see it happening. The pitching has been beyond horrendous. I told my younger Met fan son the other day, "I'm done with Peterson. I don't care if they demote him to Syracuse, trade him for a roll of tape to a team desperate to try & resurrect a lefty, or outright DFA him but he CANNOT be out there for the big club every 5th day." I have been a Peterson supporter since he was drafted but he has majorly regressed and doesn't seem like he'll ever work out in NY. He needs a change of scenery or an entirely new career. Bye, Felicia.
So, I tuned in last night in the bottom of the 7th when they were down, 2-0, just to check on the tire fire and actually stuck around to see probably their most entertaining win of the season. Senga was already gone and had done an admirable job of holding Tampa Bay to just one run thru six innings. Vientos (7th), Alvarez (9th), & Alonso (10th) all went yard (a true Mets rarity) to overcome three different late inning, multi-run deficits. That was not enough to get me fully invested again but they are on MLB Network this afternoon and last night was at least enough to whet my appetite and see if the bats are finally awakening or if that outburst was just an offensive anomaly.
You can be such a weenie sometimes.
