Buck Showalter felt it was important for the Mets’ relievers to meet. The season was 24 hours away from beginning. But questions of how the Mets would end games this season were on the manager’s mi…
and Max Scherzer has shown signs he might be down a grade. The offense has failed to hit much, particularly with runners in scoring position.
The Mets scored five runs Wednesday, but that felt like the least possible considering San Diego walked seven and committed two costly defensive miscues, the Mets stole three bases and Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso homered. Thus, the Mets could never fully shake the Padres. Tylor Megill, as he did last April when Jacob deGrom was lost, has valuably stepped in. He gave up a 453-foot, two-run homer to Juan Soto three batters into the game, but nothing more through five innings. But that left 12 outs for the pen.Brooks Raley, the Mets’ first reliever Wednesday, continues to be shaky . Showalter theorized that between the WBC and a March injury, the lefty is still in spring training mode.
Showalter had deployed Robertson in the eighth inning in the series opener for the same reason: that was the save without the actual designation. The Padres had the top of the order due, which included two lefties, notably Soto, plus Manny Machado.
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