Mets, Dead in the Water

After getting swept by the first place Nationals, the Mets are floundering. Currently, the Mets are just 3 games above 500 at 40-37 and are 6 games back from first place. You would think getting swept by the worst team in the NL would be enough for this team to start panicking, but somehow that wasn't enough. This team is barely functioning with all their injuries, they can't hit, pitch, manage, run, or field and something has got to change with this team if they don't want to be buried under 500 by the best team in baseball this upcoming weekend. The Mets are so dysfunctional right now, they can't even stop news about a little Noah Syndergaard bone spur from getting out.

As the title of this blog post insinuates, the Mets are dead in the water. They put a solid pitching effort out there every night and just watch their stone-cold offense torture the fan base. It might be impossible for the Mets to get a hit with runners in scoring position or manufacture runs because I sure as hell haven't seen them be able to simply do that. 

When your offense gets mowed down by Bud Norris. Bud Freaking Norris, there is a greater issue at hand with this offense and instead of sitting on their hands, the organization needs to find a viable solution for this issue.

This picture says it all for the Mets season, Alejandro De Aza miserable Mets career in one picture

Now, where does the blame fall? It doesn't fall too far from the tree for me. Personally, I think Terry Collins is way in over his head. He has never ever come into a season as the Mets manager with a legitimate expectation. Now that the team he runs has World Series aspirations, they are cracking under the pressure and the manager is always the first one to go. Granted, when the front office comes into the season with no bench and no depth. And especially no contingency plan for your injury prone players, you shouldn't be surprised with the results happening on the field. Also, when Alejandro De Aza is your best option at "depth", it may be time to monitor Sandy Alderson on his little miserable off-season spending sprees. Obviously, Alderson hasn't handed Collins the best of hands at times, but it is up to Collins to have this team play competitively and they can't even simply do that.

This weekend is make or break for the Mets, if they fall under 500, people should be fired. This is the type of bad play that causes people to lose their jobs and Willie Randolph was let go for much less. It's time for the Mets to "shake things up" like they said they were going to after the debacle vs Atlanta. Make a managerial change, go get Gourriel, go get a 7th inning guy. Just do something before it's too late. This team can not sit on their hands until July 31st, otherwise, it will be the 1987 Mets all over again.