After the loss of 9-3 on Thursday in the hands of the Washington Nationals on Thursday, the New York Mets clinged half a game lead for the last NL Wild-Card place.
A lot went wrong for the Mets that held the first place in NL East, recently on 2 August after a month -long saw ride with the Philadelphia Phillies. After having lost 12 of their last 16 games, it seems that the sowing ride is over. On 67-60, New York is now seven games back from Philadelphia for the Lead division. If the downward spiral of the Mets continues, the last wildcard spot will soon be among the Cincinnati Reds.
New York has two crucial concerns; And with the trade theadline in the rearview mirror, the chance to further strengthen its unstable schedule through the trade, now disappeared. If the Mets get a chance to keep their Wildcard spot, these two striking concerns must work out themselves:
Outfield -production
The Mets Outfield was already a target of control before the Trade Deadline. To strengthen this weakness, the Mets Cedric Mullins from the Baltimore Orioles acquired. So far, Mullins has not been exhausted. The Mets Centerfielder refers to a OPS (OBP + SLG) of .589 in 17 games with New York.
Apart from Mullins, both Juan Soto and Brandon Nimmo visit respectable figures. However, these respectable numbers do not fully reflect his circumstances for Soto. The biggest problem that the Mets have encountered with their selection framework is consistency.
Soto has a .247/.381/.491 Slash Line on the year. In the last 30 games, however, he has compiled an ugly .191/.323/.418 oblique line. Soto has been pressed for most of the year. A hot series that started at the end of May and lasted until July was enough to support his figures.
Nevertheless, sotos .381 OBP, .872 Ops and 31 home runs the team in all three categories. Although his statine is still all-star caliber, the Mets need their Megastar of $ 765 million to make his price tag to realize and perform like last year. If Soto can be the star who needs his team for the rest of this season, it would give a much needed boost alone.
Pitching
To start the year, the Mets surprisingly had one of the best pitching -staff in the competition. However, it didn’t take too long. Their cumulative era has risen to 3.81, 10th in the game. What went wrong?
Griffin Canning, who started the season in All-Star form, started to go back before he tore his left Achilles, ending his breakout season. Frankie Montas and Sean Manaea, who were both signed as free agents during the low season (Manaea was resigned after a good performance last year), were sidelined with injuries before the opening day. Since the return, both have performed miserably (Manaea has an ERA of 5.15, Montas has an ERA of 6.28). Montas is now exiled to the bullpen.
Clay Holmes, the experimental composite starter of Mets, looked like a brilliant success. But because he has shown the tendency in the past, Holmes began to fall apart against the second half. Holmes finished June with an ERA of 2.97. Since the beginning of July he has been throwing an ERA of 5.02.
Ryan Helsley has also had problems since arrival in Queens. In 6.1 innings to start his term of office, Helsley gave up five earned points.
In their fight to stay in the photo of the late season, the pitching staff of Mets has become a potential fatal mistake. If their pitching does not improve, it would be difficult to imagine that New York is progressing on the play -offs.
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