The New York Mets were once sitting atop of the NL East with a comfortable lead above the Braves and Nationals. Now their lead over the Nationals is just 1.5 games. This is the same team that started off 15-5 after an 11 game winning streak. Now the Mets are sitting at 20-15, and have dropped 12 out of their last 19.
A couple weeks ago the Mets were the best team in baseball, a couple weeks ago they also had Travis d'Arnaud, David Wright, and Jerry Blevins, who had all gotten off to hot starts.
The offense and defense have been killers. While the Mets pitching staff has been absolutely breezing through the season, the offense is failing to score runs and the defense is failing to get outs. When Matt Harvey is picthing a gem, and all you can get him is a lousy RBI-ground out, you know there is a problem.
Veterans like Michael Cuddyer and Curtis Granderson have got to step up, otherwise they will make Sandy Alderson look like a fool again. Also, when Wilmer Flores is leading your team in home runs, you know there is an issue.
What the Mets need to do is make a splash. Go acquire Tulo or Starlin Castro. It automatically makes your offense and defense a whole lot better. The surplus of starting pitching can only do you so much if you cannot put runs on the scoreboard for them.
After getting swept by the Cubs in a 4 game series, the Mets need a bounce back series at home vs the floundering Brewers. 20-15 is not acceptable after the start they had, and if they keep this up, the Nationals are more than ready to take the reigns of the NL East.
Hopefully dropping a 4 game series vs the Cubs is a wake up call and not an indication of more struggling to come.
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