It's early but the Mets are in the basement and they are not that same cohesive team of 2016. Right now the Mets look awful, they don't know how to run the bases and they look like a team that is playing scared and does not know what to do despite this being a veteran team. And now come the injuries.
Like snow in the winter it never fails when it comes to the Mets and injuries, they come in bunches and this week several more Mets hit the DL. I don't know what it is with this team but it's like the Mets staff and doctors have been cursed for like 10 years now.
Now you have Yeonis Cespedes going to the DL and now you here the rumors about Noah Syndergaard who I will be checking out tightly in his next start, as Noah's status may be up in the air as well.
It's only 1 month into the season but right now the Mets are far from being a championship team.
Cabrera and Walker have both looked old, especially Cabrera who looks like an injury waiting to happen, and defensively the Mets look like the 1962 Mets. Reyes has not looked good, Cabrera who last season surprised me the most with his defense has taken 2 steps back this season, at 1B you have Jay Bruce who is out of position and at CF the Mets don't have a true CF.
The Mets need a win and lately the starting pitching has been unable to come through, Robert Gsellman gave up 5, 1st inning runs in his last start and yesterday we saw Matt Harvey struggle and fall behind 2-0 early but the Mets tied in the 4th giving Harvey another chance, instead he gave it up the very next inning as the Braves tack on 4 more runs in the 5th to take back full control of the game as the Mets went on to lose their 6th in a row to fall to the basement of the NL East.
It was another badly played game by the Mets as you saw Cespedes leave the game early pulling his hammy again, and Harvey not deliver again when the team needed him. I know it's early but right now this team feels like an old team that is a year too late.
The Mets are 7.5 games back of the Nationals who are clearly the much better team right now and get ready tonight for 3 more vs. the 1st place Nationals, in Washington. Hopefully the Mets won't find themselves 10 games back after this series.
As for the Yankees...
In baseball anything can happen and right now it is happening for the Yanks, right now you have to feel good about the Yankees and the way they are playing. Tonight Didi Gregorious joins the team and Gary Sanchez will be back soon. Things are looking positive as the Yanks continue to play with house money early on.
I think the starting pitching has been a surprise so far, especially what I've have seen from Severino, Tanaka is Tanaka but if Severino can continue to play at the level he has shown so far, than the Yanks may have taken it to the next level.
That's all I got for now.
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Well, like you I'll start with the Mets. Things were looking up after winning the first 2 games of the series and then it all came crashing down today when they got basically mercy ruled by the Nationals. It's not every day that you lose by 18 but those things happen, the more concerning thing is the whole thing with Noah's injury and his refusal to get an MRI done when he first was feeling discomfort. Goes back to what I had said before about this Mets team and a point that you dismissed, that with the Mets the inmates are running the asylum. So all of this and the clubhouse incident where Noah went off on Jay Horowitz who's been the Mets PR guy since the 80s in front of the media...not a good optic and not a good week for the struggling Metropolitans.
On to the Bronx Bombers. They pull of a crazy comeback on the Orioles, after being down by 8 they manage to come back and win it on a walk off HR by Matt Holliday then beat up on the O's again on Saturday and then almost pull off another come back victory today before losing in extras. The Yankees finish the month of April tied for 1st with a 15-8 record. Things are looking good as Didi has come back and looking like he hasn't missed a step and Sanchez is due back this weekend in Chicago. We'll see how this week plays out in NY baseball.
The whole Noah and Jay Horowitz thing is news to me, not good at all, I don't know about the whole (inmates running the asylum) reference because this team has been mostly a very cohesive team and I just don't think guys are running around doing what they want, I do know there a problem when it comes to injuries and medical staff. I just think Noah just took it on himself to not get that done because of fear, or, maybe because lots of players today are beginning to fear the outcome of these MRI's and exams, and in this case Noah wanted to be a tough guy. Look at Tanaka he was supposed to have surgery 2 years ago and choose not too and has not broken down yet. Anyways the Mets needed the mercy rule from the WBC yesterday.
As for the Yanks... they keep playing with house money.
I'm anxiously awaiting your next blog post.
HEHE, so much to say, where do I start?
Gonna have to light one up and put something together. LOL
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