{"id":325307,"date":"2021-08-16T07:13:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T04:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mets-starting-to-look-like-a-lost-cause-after-loss-to-dodgers\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T07:13:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T04:13:09","slug":"mets-starting-to-look-like-a-lost-cause-after-loss-to-dodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mets-starting-to-look-like-a-lost-cause-after-loss-to-dodgers\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mets starting to look like a lost cause after loss to Dodgers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Mets starting to look like a lost cause after loss to Dodgers<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mike-vaccaro.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Mike Vaccaro\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mike-vaccaro.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/mike-vaccaro.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s better this way. Maybe it\u2019s best to get this up-close look at what varsity baseball looks like so the Mets have a clear and unambiguous picture of just how far they need to go before they get to walk shoulder-to-shoulder with the very best teams in baseball.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers provided the lesson this weekend, figuring out ways to win a couple of extra-inning <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s and then delivering the jaw-breaker Sunday night, a game that ended 14-4 but was over within about five minutes of Carlos Carrasco jogging out to the mound. The Giants are up next. That tutorial figures to be even less pleasant.<\/p>\n<p>And after that there\u2019s seven more against L.A. and San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Yes. End the folly now. The Mets have been propped up for months by the sketchy neighborhood in which they reside, an NL East in which everyone is flawed and so everyone believed they had a shot at the trophy. But even that mirage is evaporating now that the Braves are 10-2 for their last 12, with a lot softer schedule awaiting them.<\/p>\n<p>How bad was Sunday night? It was this bad: the Dodgers kicked the ball around like the \u201962 Mets for a good chunk of the night and still had plenty to pulverize the \u201921 Mets, who fell behind early and then fell into the familiar rut of one noncompetitive at-bat after another, complemented by a parade of one uninspiring relief pitcher after another.<\/p>\n<p>It was nothing surprising out of this year\u2019s Mets, who have been laborious to watch from the start even in triumph, who have seen too many of their alleged front-line players \u2013 Michael Conforto, Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil, Dom Smith \u2013 all perform well below basic expectations this year. The sharper Mets fans understand this, which is why Citi Field has become a glee club of boos the last few weeks. They know better than to blame the IL.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/20210815_MetsDodgers_023cs.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mets\" class=\"wp-image-19140903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/20210815_MetsDodgers_023cs.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/20210815_MetsDodgers_023cs.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/20210815_MetsDodgers_023cs.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Pete Alonso walks away from the plate after striking out against the Dodgers on Sunday night. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, those same fans also knew better than to believe the Mets when they talked about the marvelous chemistry they\u2019ve exhibited all year, as if they were some New Age version of the Gashouse Gang. Again: in a division with a legit front-runner, none of this would have even been part of the conversation. They are one game over .500. And lucky to be there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve seen the guys\u2019 attitude, how neutral they stay,\u201d Mets manager Luis Rojas said. \u201cI have no concerns about our energy level. We\u2019ll show up every day with high energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Podcast\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188px\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/amazin-but-true\/keymetssweep-crucialstretchaheadfeat.artshamsky?accentColor=2a2a2a&amp;bgColor=f6f6f6&amp;font-family=proxima%20nova&amp;logo=false&amp;secondaryColor=cc3333\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n        <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s swell. But will they ever show up again understanding how to play winning baseball? For 90 straight days, the standings insisted they were a first-place team even if eyes and common sense insisted otherwise. It is still impossible to officially declare them dead because even as they fly off to what is almost certain to be a slasher-film of a week in California they are only two games behind the Braves in the loss column.<\/p>\n<p>But to expect something different across the last 45 games of the season is to take on faith that five important things are about to h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en as soon as the Mets\u2019 charter touches down at San Francisco International.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>The offense, somnambulant and inept all year, will suddenly receive a burst of oxygen.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> The deGrom-less rotation and the gassed bullpen will rise to a level we haven\u2019t seen out of either in more than a month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3<\/strong>. Rojas will start to understand that there must occasionally be some urgency attached to his thinking, that you can\u2019t always be more interested in tomorrow or next week than right now \u2014 which will likely turn out to be his fatal flaw as a skipper.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. <\/strong>The Braves and Phillies will revert to the charitable way they both played from April through July.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> this West Coast <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>, which sure seems ticketed for 1-6 or 0-7, has a surprise or three lying in wait.<\/p>\n<p>No, if it is impossible to officially declare the Mets dead at this moment simply, allow them to keep doing it for us, to keep playing the mostly lifeless, uninspired baseball we\u2019ve come to expect out of them since they were 35-25 on June 16. The record is 24-33 since. It is 12-18 since the All-Star break. It is 3-14 in the past three weeks against teams that aren\u2019t the stripped-for-parts Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>And now the varsity awaits in California. Maybe it\u2019s better this way. No need to lose any extra sleep over a lost cause.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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