Baseball What’s Wrong with the Mets’ Offense? Nothing by Jayson Love May 22, 2016 Citi Field/Daily News Mets fans were ready to jump ship again this week after losing 2 of 3 to the Nationals on the heels of being swept in Colorado. The strike-outs piled up, the losses piled up and the team managed just 2 runs in its one win over the Nationals before the weekend and of course, Matt Harvey was bombed again. The football mentality took over within the social media contingent of the Mets’ fan-base, and once again the season was ‘on the brink’ in May. Similar to Yankees’ teams of years past, the complaint now is “too much reliance on the home run” and an inability to “manufacture runs”. The fans obsess over bunts and sacrifice flies. They managed just 3 runs in a series opening win against the Brewers, and had to come from behind on Saturday to win 5-4 on a walk off hit by the previously maligned David Wright. And while that all sounds good, if you delve into the last week of Mets’ baseball, there are several truisms: First, good pitching beats good hitting; any Mets fan knows that from watching the Mets’ staff. The same Washington Nationals team that ran up 9 runs against Matt Harvey, who is not a good pitcher at the moment, was shut out by Noah Syndergaard the night before. The Mets didn’t score much in Colorado as they ran into Colorado’s number 1 pitching prospect in Jon Gray, Eddie Butler who is currently pitching to a sub-4 ERA, and Tyler Chatwood who while not a household name, is pitching well to start 2016 with an ERA just above 3. The Mets were shutdown by Stephen Strasburg who has shut down a lot of teams, and Gio Gonzalez who remains one of baseball’s better left handed starters. What got the Mets’ bats going again? The Milwaukee Brewers. Though they scored just 3 runs Friday night, Michael Conforto homered, and yesterday, the previously struggling Curtis Granderson homered along with a dramatic game-tying tw0-run homerun by Yoenis Cespedes in the 6th inning. Is David Wright going to hit .325 with 25 homeruns and 95 RBIs? No. He just isn’t that kind of player anymore. However, he can still be productive. What the Mets ran into was good pitching and good pitching will always beat good hitting when good pitching is on its game, and that was the case last week. When the Mets face poor pitching, they will hammer it for homeruns, extra base hits, and yes, the occasional manufactured run. Post Views: 1,077 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Jayson Love Jayson is a Staff Writer for DoubleGSports.com Latest posts by Jayson Love (see all) Red Bulls Forced to Go with Make Shift Lineup Due to International Callups and Injury, Win 3-0 - March 25, 2018 The United States National Team Doesn’t Develop Young Talent? Don’t blame the Red Bulls - March 21, 2018 Red Bulls Make History with Champions League Win at Tijuana, Bradley Wright-Phillips Scores a Brace - March 7, 2018 New York Red Bulls Are New Look Red Bulls as 2018 Season Approaches - February 21, 2018 Related TopicsChatwoodDavid WrightStephen Strasburg Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Newsletter Subscription Can't Miss Posts! Women in Sports: NHL Network Host, Jackie Redmond by Nicholas Durst | posted on March 4, 2019 Lochte, Dressel and Ledecky all Chasing Gold at 2021 Tokyo Olympics by Anthony Paradiso | posted on April 18, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 19, 2021 Michael Jordan Could Change the Future of Nascar for the Better by Inesh Chari | posted on March 30, 2021 WNBA Rolling Out Red Carpet For Upcoming 25th Anniversary Season by Jason Cordner | posted on March 16, 2021 More in Baseball You Know I’m Right, Episode 112: New York Jets’ Insider Brian Costello (Audio/Video) On the 112th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) On the 109th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 108: WFAN’s Sweeny Murti (Audio/Video) On the 108th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 107: New York Post’s Columnist Mike Vaccaro (Audio/Video) On the 107th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... Jets’ Brass Seem Happy with Hackenberg, Competing for Starting QB Role Patriots Avoid Sweep And Ducks Comeback For 4-3 Win