This is how you fall into the abyss after two straight seasons of postseason baseball.
The Mets have managed to pull off the daily double of pitching disgrace. Both their starters and relievers went into action on Tuesday night with ERAs over 5.00.
On cue, Mets starter Tommy Milone promptly gave up five runs in a 5-4 loss to the Diamondbacks at Chase Field, the Mets’ sixth straight loss. They have lost all five games on this trip.
The trip comes full circle with Matt Harvey on the mound Wednesday afternoon, his second start
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Manager Terry Collins desperately needs the struggling Harvey (2-3, 5.63) to come through. It’s Mayday in more ways than one.
“The critical part is getting Matt Harvey back, make no mistake about it,’’ Collins said after this latest defeat. “That’s the most
http://www.officialavalancheauthentic.com/Jarome_Iginla_Jersey important thing. If we come out of [Wednesday’s] game and we are excited about what we see out of Matt Harvey, we’ll take it.’’
They will take any positive performance from a starter.
No team in baseball can lay claim to such pitching slop. Everywhere the Mets turn there is arm trouble, starter or reliever. There are no answers right now. Only losses.
The Diamondbacks winning run came on a solo home run by Mets-killer Yasmany Tomas into the pool in right-center in the sixth, one night after Tomas delivered the key three-run blast in Arizona’s 7-3 win.
Before the game The Post asked Collins what his conversations are like with pitching coach Dan Warthen regarding all these pitching issues, Collins responded quickly, “ugly. They’re ugly conversations.
“I got a great relationship with my pitching coaches [Warthen and Ricky Bones], they do a great job, we throw out a lot of stuff and ultimately the pitchers have got to make pitches,’’ Collins said. “That’s what it is all about.’’
Pitches are not being made. Sometimes even instructions are not followed in exact form.
“We’ve had situations where we try to hand out instructions of how to go about things and it’s just got to get executed because I will tell you, Dan has a good game plan,’’ Collins said. “You’ve got to go out and make pitches and they haven’t been making them.’’
Mets starters came into the night with a 5.05 ERA, 29th in baseball, only the Reds were worse at 5.15. Mets relievers came in with a 5.26 ERA, 27th in the majors.
Overall, the Mets’ 5.15 ERA is dead last. No one else is close. The Braves are 29th with a 4.75 ERA. The Mets also
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All the bad throws didn’t come from the mound. On this night the Mets allowed Paul Goldschmidt to steal home on a double steal in the third inning when Lucas Duda’s throw home was off the mark, World Series deja boo.
“It was a terrible throw,’’ Duda said.
But the bigger problem is the daily pitching disaster. This all can’t be blamed on injuries. General manager Sandy Alderson didn’t upgrade the bullpen over the offseason and the Mets are paying the price with Jeurys Familia out after suffering a blood clot in his pitching arm.
Losing Noah Syndergaard was crushing, and no one has stepped into the void since Thor went packing with a torn lat. Robert Gsellman has fallen flat on his face. Harvey can’t get out of his own way. Jacob deGrom is searching for command. Only the returning
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In five games on this trip, Mets pitchers have managed to give up a stunning 41 runs. The Mets knew they were heading to two ballparks known to be hitters’ paradise but this is ridiculous.
All this bad pitching is putting some good hitting to waste. The Mets lead the majors with a .318 (83-261) average with runners in scoring position and they own a .406 on-base percentage with RISP, the highest mark in the majors.
The pitiful pitching has been too much to overcome.
