Let's update the board!
Hold ground in next 6 (27-35)Sweep the Pirates at home (30-35)Beat the Mets at home (33-36)- Beat the NL East rivals (PHI 2, MIA 4) away (37-38)
- Survive a brutal pre ASG run (home for NYM(1), TB (2), LA (4) @SD (4) @SF (3)) (43-46)
- Win a homestand vs SD/MIA (47-48)
- Sweep the Orioles away (50-48)
The Nats beat the Mets at home continuing on the path to actual contention as opposed to mere "unable to ignore"ance. They did it in thanks to an incredibly hot Kyle Schwarber who is hitting .400 with 8 homers in his last 8 games AND thanks to an incredibly dumb schedule that is forcing the Mets to play three doubleheaders in the span of 7 days. That's right DHs on Saturday vs the Nats, today vs the Braves and Friday vs the Phillies. Get vaccinated kids! The forced march makes the Mets make choices and of course they make the wrong ones, trying to spread out days off and making their chances to win in each game worse rather than group them all together and give a single game completely up. Baseball is a sport with a thin margin of error and maximizing your chance to win any single game is pretty important. In the situation the Mets are in they can't do it for every game but they should do it for as many games as possible. Right now they did it for... exactly zero of the Nats games. Keep this up and they could be in for a big fall and that'd play right into the Nats hands.
Now comes beating the Phillies and Marlins in a set of six games (2 and 4) which means going 4-2. Another call for a win but you have to win sometimes! More than sometimes, you have to win often!
As for the other story of the day - the Parra return. Don't care. That's for you - not me.
One thought on the Mets lineup decisions: It might be an advantage of sucking as opposed to Mets stupidity! Given where teams were coming into the series, wouldn't you have planned to do a lot of resting against the Nats (as opposed to the Braves/Phillies)?
ReplyDeleteMatt - maybe? I think they are going to have to rest a lot against the Braves too (they haven't had a day off in a while). But they weren't really close to any team.
ReplyDeleteInteresting article on Soto’s hitting:
ReplyDeletehttps://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-complicated-mix-thats-hurting-juan-soto/
Really interesting post G - from the comments there: "...simply looking at his splits, it appears he is simply having a problem during day games for some reason. His nighttime stats are outstanding: a .339 batting average, .449 OBP, .574 SLG, with 8 HRs and 22 RBI in 115 AB. During 26 day games, though, he is hitting a pitiful .190 with a .349 OBP and .238 (!!!) SLG. ZERO–that’s right–ZERO–HR and just 7 RBI in those 84 AB..."
ReplyDeleteThat is insanity...I get somewhat SSS, but at some point has to be a topic of conversation, no?
Maybe what Soto does the night before a day game is the issue.
ReplyDelete@Sheldon, wow that's actually a pretty remarkable split. I wonder if Soto should be trying the red-orange tinted glasses at the plate or something to help him see the ball? You'd think day games when its generally warmer and the ball should carry, we'd be seeing a bit more power
ReplyDeleteThe get vaccinated kids is comical considering it was the Nats that contributed to the Mets predicament by not getting vaccinated and causing the COVID cancellations at the start of the season which they are now benefitting from. If MLB had any balls they would have forced the Nats to play short handed the first series like they eventually made them do in the second series.
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