It’s been a rough stretch for the Mets, but they’ll return home winners, having ended their losing streak Sunday in Atlanta. For now it’s just one game, but they do face two of the weaker teams in the league during this six game homestand.
They’ve hopefully put the three games in 24 hours meme to rest, eliminating the need to juggle the roster, shuffle relievers and starters, and try to figure out how to keep everyone rested. T hey can also get back into a normal routine of everyday baseball and hopefully eliminate some of these silly mistakes they’ve been making.
It’s the perfect time to start getting on a hot streak; the weather starts warming up, the starting pitchers arms have been strengthened a little, and Jason Bay may even be back as soon as Tuesday.
The bullpen has started to settle down as well, and has started to build up a sample size that Terry Collins can use when decided how and when to use different relievers to maximize success.
The Mets have played less than 10% of their games so far, and there is plenty of baseball to be played. I could give you a whole list of teams that have had poor Aprils that go on to have successful season as well as mention all sorts of statistics Mets player are posting that will get better. Right now we’re only look at one small sample of mostly under-performing data. Many of those numbers will level out over the months to come, and many players will experience over-performing stretches that lead to more wins than losses. It’s simply unfair to judge the team conclusively on this small sample of games. They need to win games, but right now simply that they’re playing them is joy enough.
They return to Citi Field after an off-day on a one game winning streak with the path laid out in front of them to start making winning the trend, and losing the aberration.