Lord Ashby
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Mets pitchers and catchers do a horrible job holding on baserunners. If I'm the Cardinals (or any other team) I would be running on them all day.
The Mets really confuse me... they have had issues holding runners on base and they have had trouble with a pretty pathetic batting line up for what seems like years now because they are so bipolar. The confusing part is that these issues span ownership groups, GMs, managers, coaches and players. They have had half a season in the last half dozen or so where their offense could be called good. I can't ever remember their pitchers being able to hold people on base, but before it didn't matter as much because they limited the guys that got on base with very good control.Mets pitchers and catchers do a horrible job holding on baserunners. If I'm the Cardinals (or any other team) I would be running on them all day.
Severino pitched a one hitter through 8... and the Mets lost.Another poor outing from Adrian Houser casts concern over Mets' starting rotation
Houser has yet to go longer than 5 1/3 innings in a start and his ERA rose to 8.37 after a subpar outing against the Cardinals.theathletic.com
It's even worse looking at what Quintana and Severino did in the next two games. Senga and Magill can't get back too soon.
Severino pitched a one hitter through 8... and the Mets lost.
The pitching is not the main problem given how good the team ERA is... the problem is the same problem this team has had for years: the bats can't bat with any consistency.
The ump blew a call on a strike with the leadoff batter in the eighth that should have struck him out. He later was walked.Severino pitched a one hitter through 8... and the Mets lost.
The pitching is not the main problem given how good the team ERA is... the problem is the same problem this team has had for years: the bats can't bat with any consistency.
But the top tier teams or contenders seem to have at least two or three reliable hitters at the heart of our lineup. The issue with the Mets is that heart of their line up is too inconsistent... looking at you Peter, Lindor, and McNeil. Those three have proven, at least to me, that they can't combined to form the heart of a lineup.It's hard to be consistent when you are a hitting a moving round ball with a round bat but you aren't going to win too many games with 1 run. I wonder how much Alvarez's injury hurt them - and how much Martinez has left.