Spin? What spin? The Mets played horribly on this homestand. At least there is nowhere to go but up! All teams play with a long season with peaks and valleys. The Mets have started out in the valley, but I’m not, and neither is anyone else, going to be able to give them a fair evaluation until they’ve had a peak to compliment it. If they counter the 4-9 start with a 10-2 stretch, it puts them in a completely different stage than if their pinnacle is a 8-4 stretch. The adage is you’re never as bad as you look when you’re losing and never as good as you look when you’re winning. It might be smart to give them more than 8% of the season before we go insane trying to quantify the team.
So take solace that any ten, or 13, game stretch does not make or break a season, and definitely not one in April.
The Mets cannot play this badly all season, the pitchers will get better, will settle in.
The offense has actually looked pretty good for the most part. Willie Harris mostly stinks, and Brad Emaus hasn’t really shown much, but Daniel Murphy has and Jason Bay will be back in a couple of weeks.
It’s a long season, with many ups and downs. So we started on a bit of a downer, but that doesn’t mean their aren’t peaks ahead. What’s that quote from Fight Club?
“It’s only after you‘ve lost everything that you‘re free to do anything.”
Now hopefully the Mets can stop playing like they’re sleepwalking through the game and generate some wins.
