All the good that the Mets have done to get back close to playoff position may be undone by an outmanned, overtaxed, under-experienced bullpen.
This should be a time for unadulterated celebration for the improving Mets. Yet, it’s also a time for worry.that the Mets are playoff bound. I’m grimacing because all the good they’ve done to get back close to playoff position may be undone by an outmanned, overtaxed, under-experienced bullpen.against Houston at Citi Field dropped them a game under .500 at exactly the halfway point. There’s a lot to like about this team.
Good thing the Mets won’t ever need to try such a thing because the Mets can barely piece together a bullpen for three innings, much less a bullpen game. Injuries to, who must sit five more games after being caught with hands so sticky you wonder how he thought he’d ever be able to release the baseball. His memorably losing defense was, that’s the way he always does it.
“Where we’re at bullpen-wise, it’s day-to-day,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “We have Plan A, B and C, and we’ll adjust accordingly.”
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