The Mets are very much a team in limbo right now and they played like it in their 6-2 loss to the Marlins.
Zac Thornton got the start and had his first shaky outing. He wasn’t helped by Francisco Lindor in the first whose error led to an unearned run. Then in the second Thornton gave up two earned runs off the bat of Javier Sanoja to put the Mets in a 3-0 deficit. In the bottom of the inning Tyrone Taylor helped his trade value with a two-run blast to get the Mets back into the game.
Thornton didn’t
allow any more runs in his outing but he couldn’t make it out of the fifth inning and the team turned to the combination of Daniel Duarte, Jonathan Pintaro, and Kevin Herget to finish the game. Duarte had a mess of a fifth inning where he gave up two runs, with one of them coming by way of a solo home run by Griffin Conine. Get used to those names because these might be bullpen mainstays after the trade deadline. It’s going to be a loooooong final two months of the season.
As for the offense they had another pathetic showing which is just par for the course with them. They went 2-for-11 with RISP and left ten men on base. If they play well its more of shock now more than when they do not. Francisco Lindor did get two hits but this is a team playing for the shoe to drop and it shows.
On a day they honored the 1986 champions, the difference between the two teams was stark. This team made it glaringly obvious how far away they are from winning a championship themselves and the drought will continue for yet another year. Mabye 2027 will finally be our year. Ya Gotta Believe.
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Big Mets winner: Tyrone Taylor, +13% WPA
Big Mets loser: Zac Thornton, -22% WPA
Mets pitchers: -30% WPA
Mets hitters: -21% WPA
Teh aw3s0mest play: Tyrone Taylor home run in second, +16.9% WPA
Teh sux0rest play: Javier Sanoja home run in second, -14.8% WPA
