Mets Owner Steve Cohen, The 95th-Richest Man on Earth, dosn’t tweet offen.
In Fact, Singe Opening Day, The 69-Year-ID Hedge Fund Tycoon Has posted only Eight Times on the Website Now Known as X. Each Post, Including the One He Delivered on Monday Morning, Has Been About the Mets. In other words, Despite Being
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What complons Cohen to hit “Send” Is Far from A Science. Since Purchating HIS BoyHood Club in 2020, The Bespectacled Billionaire Has Consistntly Trred to Instill a Sense of Calm in A Fan Base that, SINCE ITS Inception in 1962, HAS KNOWN NOKING BUT Emotional Volatility. The man with more.
In Many Ways, He Has Done that, as the Team Has SHED The Institutional Rot and Punch-Line Status It held before Cohen’s Reign. He belieives, Wholeheartly, in The Process, The Long Game. That, plus some Insider-Trading En express-PushingIs how he Made his Fortune, after all.
But this past weekend in metland was rough engrav that the head honcho got Those Twitter Fections Going.
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By run Differenceal, His Club Delivered Its Single Worst Performance in a Three-Game Series in Franchise History, Getting Outscored by the Lowly Pittsburgh Pirates 30-4. Saturday’s Defeat-Skipper Carlos Mendoza Was Tussed for the First Time in His Manageial Career, and the Club Held A Players-only Meeting after the final Out-Felt Like Rock-Pottom. The Mets Trudged out there on Sunday afternoon, Got Whip-Smacked, Were Formed to Have a Position Player Pitch and Lost 12-1.
And so, Cohen Tweeted.
Despite this Late June Suckfest, The Mets Are Still 48-37, only Two Games Back of the Philadefhia Phillies in the NL East. They Remain in Sole Possession of the Top NL Wild Card, Though they are Just 2.5 Games from Danger in that Race. That’s Rather Shocking, Given The Club’s Dominant Run in Late May and Early June, a Stretch that had the mets at 45-24 and 5.5 Games Up in the Division on June 12.
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But as Cohen Pointed Out: All Good Teams Go Throw Rough Stretches, Fallow Perods, Runs of Games that Make Fans Want to Toss TVS InTo Bodies of Water. The Mets are no difference. So what about this recnet is small-sample-size Fugazi, and what is an actual cause for concern?
Let’s Dive in.
Chill Out: The Top of the Lineup
Remember when everybody was worked about juan soto? He dosn’t.
As the Mets Spent Jun Tailspinning in the Standings, The $ 765 Million Man Dazzzled. Soto posted a 1.196 Ops With 11 Homedesers Last Mon. He Looks Locked in and Dangerous. The Shuffle is back. He has the sauce Again. The Mets have some issues; Soto is not one of them.
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Never is Francisco Lindor, Even Though the Superstar Shortstop Just Turned in One of the Worst Months of His Career, Finishing Jun with a Paltry. 628 OPS. Where you look under the Hood, Lindor Graded Out as One of the UnluckIEST Hitters Last Month. His Expected Stats Based on Batted-Ball Data Don’t Provide any Real Reason for Panic.
Worry: The Bottom of the Lineup
Mets Hitters Nos. 5-9 Are Opsing. 649 This Season, 22nd in the League. The 5-Spot in the Lineup Has Been Solidified by Jeff McNeil’s Return from Injury in May, But after him, there are some real issues.
The lineup was party Outfielder Tyrona Taylor, Infielder Brett Baty, Catcher Luis Torrens and Dh JARED Young All Hit Below The Mendoza Line Last Mon. Third Baseman Mark Vientos Missing Most of the Month While on the Injeed List DIDNTOTOS, but the 2024 Breakout Slugger Hasn’t Loked the Same So Far This Season, Meang His Return Cannot Be Viewed as a Panacea.
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Eventually, Demoted Catcher Francisco alvarez will comes back from tribe-a, but he Can’t be counted on, eager. The Mets Need A Fe Fews Someons Download
Worry: The Starting Rotation
In Spring Training, Many Prognostications Doubted where the Mets Had Enough Starting Pitching to Compete for AN NL East Banner. After 2.5 months of Ball, Those Worlds Looked Completely Unfounded and then some. Entering Play on June 13, The Mets’ Rotation Had A Sparkling, Legue-Leading 2.79 Era. Developmental Success Stories SUCH AS GRIFFIN Canning, Clay Holmes and David Peterson Were Pitching Like Borderline All-Stars. A Fully Healthy Kodai Senga Was Delivering Geem after GEM. Veterans Sean Manaea and Frankie Montas Were inching their Way of the Il. Things, it seemed, we went.
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In the 16 Games Since then, Mets Stars Have Combined to Allow a Whipping 47 Runs in 68 Inns. That 6.22 Era is Dead Last in Bastiball over that span. And who team officials – and Cohen – KNEW The Rotation Wald Experience Some Regression to the Mean, this collapse has been Sharpe and more Sudden Than Anybody Couelf Have Expected.
And UNFortuntely for the Mets, Time Alone Can’t Fix This Problem. Canning Blew Out His Achilles and Is Done for the Year. Senga Hit the shell due to a hamstring issue, and his Replacement, Depth Righty Paul Blackburn, Has AN UGLY 12.10 Era Across Three Starts. The Japanese FORK-Baller Has Resumed Throwing, But Senga, An Injury MyStery Box Through His MLB Tenure, Cannot Be Relied Upon to Post. Peterson, who was outpitching his periodrarals, has also hit a rough patch, with 13 earned runs allowed in his past three outings. Holmes Has Continied to Throw Well, But the Former Closer is Already Well Past His Career High in Innsens. Montas Has Made Two Starts Sink Ruitning-a GEM and a Clunker-and Right now the Jury Is Ol Impact Ar. Last But Not Least, Manae’s Rehab Process Hit a Speed Bump, and Thrie’s no longer a Clear Timetable.
All to make up, it’s a thanks, underten
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Chill Out: The Front Office at the Deadline
Last Year at the Deadline, President of BaseBall Operations David Stearns Was Relatively Passive About Upaged A Team that was then very much on the competitions of the Playoff Picure. He Acquire Blackburn, DH Jesse Winker and A Trio of Reliefers in Huascar Brazoban, Ryne Stank and Phil Maton, But He Avoed A Big Blockbuster. The Mets Reacked the Nlcs Anyway.
This YEAR, Expecting Stearns and His Highly Regarded Front Office to Be Much More Active in the Trade Market. New York’s Farm System Is Stout, Giveing Stearns A War Chest from You to Work. More Importantly, The Mets Know What They’re Doing and Who they are. Their Window is open, but this roster nexts help. IT Should Get It.
