Welcome, Mets fans, to the 9th installment of the Mets 10-Game Report. Things could be worse, folks. We could be Nationals fans instead
And the latest:
Volume 9:
Games 81-90
Record: 3-6
@ PHI L 2-0
vs LAD L 8-0
vs LAD W 5-4
vs LAD L 11-2
vs CIN L 3-0
vs CIN W 4-0
vs CIN W 9-7
@ ATL L 5-3
@ ATL L 11-0
@ ATL W 5-1
Runs Scored: 28 (Yeah, that's 2.8 runs per game)
Runs Allowed: 52
Team BA: 64/318 = .201
Team BA w. RISP: 20/78 = .256
Team BA w. RISP & 2 outs: 5/28 = .178
HRs: 2 (Two. Two homeruns. In 10 games.)
Team ERA: 78IP, 50ER = 5.76
Starter ERA: 49.1IP, 34ER = 6.23
Bullpen ERA: 28IP, 16ER = 5.14
Team BAA: 100/344 = .290
HRs Allowed: 10
Errors: 2 (At least they haven't been making many errors.)
GIDP: 7
Fielding DP: 4
SB: 5
Volume 9 MVPs:
Starter: Johan seems to have returned to form. He pitched a gem in Atlanta a couple days ago.
Reliever: I suppose K-Rod should get this.
Hitter: There aren't even any hitters on this team, let alone MVP hitters.
Volume 9 "Just Shoot Me in the Face":
Starter: Mike Pelfrey has been simply abysmal lately and is seriously underachieving this year. He is currently arguably the biggest disappointment on the staff.
Reliever: Bobby Parnell hasn't been the same since late May.
Hitter: One through Nine.
Analysis: The numbers speak for themselves. Before Beltran went down 40 games ago, the Mets could still hang in there. But look at the last 40 games - the last four volumes... The numbers speak for themselves. This isn't rocket science. When you hit .201, score less than 3 runs per game, and pitch to an ERA over 5.00, you're going to do a lot of losing. And that's what the Mets do - they lose a lot. The lineup has nothing. It simply stinks. It's not that the lineup is underachieving. This is simply what they are with no Reyes, Beltran, and Delgado to compliment guys like Wright, Castillo, and Francoeur.
The starting pitching, on the other hand, is underachieving. For example, Mike Pelfrey and Oliver Perez. For example, Johan Santana's horrible month of June (though he seems to have been better lately.). Add to that the injuries that the rotation has suffered as well, and it only exacerbates the problem. The bullpen has flaws too - with no Putz, and with Parnell struggling. K-Rod is all we really have. Him and Pedro Feliciano. It's funny how the pitching really didn't go into the tank until the offense started to fumble, but I guess when it rains it pours.
There is not much else to play. The Mets stink and simply cannot win with this current lineup. The players deserve blame of course, but the organization deserves more. If I have to hear one more time about a guy who has a slight strain all of the sudden needing surgery...
I said it in the last volume - this team, from top to bottom - organization to the players - is one big joke. And the joke is really on us, since we're the ones who really give a damn and since we're the ones who pay the $$$.
If the Mets can actually get Beltran, Delgado, and Reyes all back and all healthy and all productive by the end of August, and if they are still within 10 games of the WC at that point, then maybe there is a slight chance that they can make a run and get the WC. But now re-read exactly what I just said in that last sentence. Yeah.
Up next for the Mets is a 3 game set in Washington, D.C., followed by a 3 game set in Houston, followed by 4 against the Rockies at home. 10 games against bad teams. 5-5 would be a miracle.
Phillies: 4-6, 7-3, 5-5, 7-3, 7-3, 5-5, 2-8, 6-4, 7-2
Braves: 5-5, 5-5, 4-6, 6-4, 5-5, 5-5, 4-6, 5-5, 6-4, 1-1
Marlins: 9-1, 3-7, 4-6, 3-7, 4-6, 6-4, 5-5, 7-3, 5-5, 0-3
The Phillies are on fire. It all started with their sweep of the Mets 4th of July weekend. Since then, they haven't looked back. Leave it to the Mets to make the Braves actually look good. The Marlins are starting to falter yet again, and they are not playing the Mets any time soon, so they could be in trouble for a while.
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