The whole damn team needs to be better. Soto shouldn't always be the guy to produce for the Mets.at least Soto is closer to earning his money compared to the rest. It seems like the others are stealing money from Cohen.
OT: Mets 2026 Season Thread
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Soto will be around .280 100+ runs 35+ HR 85-100 RBI and 25 SB.The whole damn team needs to be better. Soto shouldn't always be the guy to produce for the Mets.at least Soto is closer to earning his money compared to the rest. It seems like the others are stealing money from Cohen.
dude earns every penny.
It is, and don't want to be Debbie Downer, but Mets are 2 games behind the Marlins in last place.
I have a mini rant coming.
Am I wrong but don't you bemoan the Rutgers fan that is so whoa is me? You do the same with the Mets at times and I don't get it. You're a good fan so I don't know why you need to harp on certain stuff. The LOLMets and whining needs to stop with the supposed fans that populate the board here and in general. When the going gets tough they're all here to whine any cry but once some positives occur you don't hear a peep. I hate how negative this fan base gets. I know this isn't where we want to be but this is not even close to being over.
Team is 5 games out of a playoff spot which is nothing with 4 months left and there are a lot of positives. We do need Lindor back and soon though to add one of the best players in the game.
Where the Mets stand in the divisional race is irrelevant. The divisional race is governed by the Ricky Bobby philosophy of "If you ain't first, you're last!" The Mets ain't first, and they ain't gonna be first. So we can put that aside.
What matters to the Mets is the wild card race. The Mets stand 13th in that race, out of 15. They need to get to 6th. They are five games out of 6th, which as Zak said is nothing. However, to get there they need to pass seven teams, which is not nothing
Over the last five years, to get to that coveted 6th spot (the final wild card) required win totals of 83, 87, 83, 89, and 83. Let's arbitrarily say that this year, the target number will be 86.
So... The Mets are currently 29-36, and need to get to 86-76. To do that, they would need to go 57-40 over the remainder of the season, a .588 pace. Extended over a 162 game season, that's a 95 win pace.
Is this Mets team good enough to play the remainder of the season at a 95 win pace? I don't think so, but my opinion doesn't matter. The only opinion that matters is that of David Stearns. He has eight weeks to answer that question. This in turn will answer the buy/sell/hold question that every franchise faces as July becomes August.
What matters to the Mets is the wild card race. The Mets stand 13th in that race, out of 15. They need to get to 6th. They are five games out of 6th, which as Zak said is nothing. However, to get there they need to pass seven teams, which is not nothing
Over the last five years, to get to that coveted 6th spot (the final wild card) required win totals of 83, 87, 83, 89, and 83. Let's arbitrarily say that this year, the target number will be 86.
So... The Mets are currently 29-36, and need to get to 86-76. To do that, they would need to go 57-40 over the remainder of the season, a .588 pace. Extended over a 162 game season, that's a 95 win pace.
Is this Mets team good enough to play the remainder of the season at a 95 win pace? I don't think so, but my opinion doesn't matter. The only opinion that matters is that of David Stearns. He has eight weeks to answer that question. This in turn will answer the buy/sell/hold question that every franchise faces as July becomes August.
San Diego has lost 11 of their last 13 games.
Maybe the Mets just caught them at the right time.
The amount of teams above them do not matter. They will all play each other. Every season is different so we'll have no idea what win total they will need.
May 18,19 and 20 the Padres played a three game series with the Dodgers. Each game of the three was played with first place on the line. Today they are 8 games behind. I know every team has injuries but they've lost 60% of their rotation and two of their nine everyday players.
Preller is so obsessed with having baseballs best bullpen that he seems to forget that you have to be ahead in the 7th inning to use it.
I bemoan the reveling in misery of things past. For example, the fans that will not let go that men's basketball had Dylan Harper and Ace Bailey and didn't do well. It's been discussed to death-there were no other players to fill out that roster, and Pikiell had no NIL money bc the AD was doing yoga and other things with this gymnastics coach. As far as football, it's do or die this year. You can see the Poll thread and my comments there.
Sorry my post upset you, but the fact is the team is in last place by 2 games with an astronomical payroll.
I post positives too. I made the mistake of checking the standings after the win today. Shoot me for sharing.
I almost stopped reading when you said they were 13th out of 15th.
Passing seven teams is a high hill to climb. And I agree with you that this team is too poorly constructed and hobbled with injuries to play the remainder of the season at a 95 win pace. I'll happily eat crow if we are wrong.