With their loss Thursday night, the New York Mets are 7- 1/2 video games back in the National Organization East and also 8 video games rear of the wild card as well as the team's postseason chances are looking extra insurmountable daily. They are 61-66 this period.
The Mets have actually gone 6-18 in August and lost 11 of 13 over an intense stretch against the San Francisco Giants as well as Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB's leading 2 teams. They had a four-game lead in the division on July 31 and invested 90 successive days in top place prior to being surpassed on Aug. 6.
The season-killing month is a gut-punch for a club that entered into 2021 with high assumptions induced by brand-new proprietor Steve Cohen after trading for Francisco Lindor and also expanding the shortstop for $341 million over 10 years on the eve of opening up day.
Ace Jacob deGrom, who was having one of the best analytical seasons of all time (in spite of a number of injury scares), hasn't pitched given that July 7.
The team has had its problems all year, yet injuries have actually accumulated every which way. Everybody in the opening day schedule has actually been on the damaged list this year, as well as the Mets have utilized 62 various players, damaging the franchise business record of 56.
Below's a consider a few of the things that have gone wrong for the Mets in the 2nd fifty percent:
Underperforming hitters
Players as well as followers alike were confident that the crime would turn around at some time as well as placed the first-place Mets over the top. Yet April ended up being June and also by the All-Star break it was clear that the team just may not ever get hot.
In the 2nd fifty percent, the team has handled just 146 runs in 41 video games (3.56 rpg) and also its.388 slugging portion is 27th in baseball-- albeit without Lindor for a month and also profession due date purchase Javy Baez sidelined for a week in August.
Close as well as late
The Mets have shed their last seven one-run video games-- all of them throughout the 2-11 stretch against the Dodgers and also Giants over the past few weeks. Definitely, much of that includes the competitors, yet clutch hitting has actually been a significant trouble for the Mets all year, especially since late. In August, New York's.170 standard with runners in racking up position is the worst mark in the NL.
The best pitcher in the universe hasn't pitched
Beginning pitching actually hasn't been the issue for the Mets over the previous few weeks as well as they have actually had opportunities to win games, however the absence of deGrom can not be overemphasized. Before the injury that has had him sidelined considering that very early July, deGrom had a 1.08 PERIOD and also 146 strikeouts in 92 innings and also was having the type of year we haven't seen in a generation. This Mets group feeds off his power and opponents are bastardized by his extremely visibility on the pile.
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