The One Thing Holding the Mets Back is Their Bullpen

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Ай бұрын

The New York Mets have finally won a series, taking each of the first two games against the Washington Nationals.
While they won both games, ninth-inning scares still make it hard to completely buy into the Mets playing better ball.
Host Ryan Finkelstein breaks down the emotions of watching it all unfold in the ballpark and where the Mets are at with their bullpen moving forward.
Also, is Pete Alonso clutch? And can this lineup find some consistency with the group that is on the roster right now?
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@kenip9800 Ай бұрын

The bullpen was a strength for a while, but too many starts that only went 4 or 5 innings forced it to take too much of the load.

@LockedOnMets Ай бұрын

If this team was clicking on all cylinders, they would have so many more wins. But when the rotation struggles, the bullpen looks good. When the bullpen struggles, the rotation looks good. The Mets never have both working in their favor at the same time.

@jamesbuckley8917 Ай бұрын

Because Luis Rojas Mendoza over-worked them. He pulls the starters too soon, even with a 6-man rotation.

@jamesbuckley8917 Ай бұрын

Nunez is the closer. Luis Rojas, I mean Mendoza just doesn't know yet.

@ericB3444 Ай бұрын

Nunez used to play second for Yankees.

@LockedOnMets Ай бұрын

Would love to see him get more high-leverage opportunities. I’d say he’s definitely deserving of it.

@JumpingJack6 Ай бұрын

There is more than one thing holding this team back. The BP has been the largest black eye recently. It was odd, April was stellar and like a light switch went from great to atrocious over night.

@jamesbuckley8917 Ай бұрын

Because Luis Rojas Mendoza over-worked them. He pulls the starters too soon, even with a 6-man rotation.

@JumpingJack6 Ай бұрын

@@jamesbuckley8917 I do not disagree, the BP has been overworked for the duties BPs are to perform in the modern day mode of baseball. Honestly, I see this entire disaster of a season in the management first and foremost. Mendoza is clearly in over his head in my opinion.

@mattg2071 Ай бұрын

You should listen to the jolly clip. He only talked about this season not his career, and talked about his stats in wins vs losses and Alonso’s stats when the team is up I believe 4 or more runs vs when they aren’t. The stats are massively different from the numbers he read

@SplooshNoonley Ай бұрын

Great point about Pete

@bena4072 Ай бұрын

starters need to go longer - that’s what holding them back. McNeil was partially holding the Mets back and once his a** got benched they started scoring

@jamesbuckley8917 Ай бұрын

Because Luis Rojas Mendoza pulls the starters too soon, even with a 6-man rotation.

@aharonbrand8044 Ай бұрын

They need to sweep because there defense needs to shine 💪 before they play the Red ♥️🍒 hot 🔥🥵🔥🥵 Phillies in the UK UK

@servingjesussinnersavedbyg8456 Ай бұрын

Pete is good at hitting pitcher's mistakes. That said, the eye test tells me, he was CLUTCH in his ROOKIE year. But if you want CLUTCH, see 2016 Yoenis Cespedes and Daniel Murphy - when the Mets needed to be put on their backs, they came thru.

@jamesbuckley8917 Ай бұрын

Option Stewart and bring up Ben Gamel(.962 OPS in AAA). Gamel is a left handed 32 year old who could DH and pinch hit and play OF/1B. Release Taylor, who his not hitting, is a right handed hitter, and an outfielder. Bring back Baty and platoon him at 2B with Iglesias. Bench McNeil. He can play occasionally in RF/LF or 2B.

@lordt78 Ай бұрын

Ben Gamel? Is you insane?

@jamesbuckley8917 Ай бұрын

@@lordt78 .962 OPS

@warriorfan7663 Ай бұрын

Nunez 🔥🔥🔥

@StarCooki3 Ай бұрын

“Low leverage “ homers OMG please stop

@arcadeperfectreviews2653 Ай бұрын

Am I the only one not getting video on these podcasts anymore? I just got the still image yesterday and today

@kenip9800 Ай бұрын

It's audio-only while Ryan is away from home.

@arcadeperfectreviews2653 Ай бұрын

@@kenip9800 thank you

@mikesaje37 Ай бұрын

Deadnail Nunez should get some closing opportunities!!!

@johncummings5350 Ай бұрын

Lindor is obviously coming around..... unfortunately it took two months and one third of the season to accomplish finding his swing. This isn't the first time he's struggled mightily for extended months in Queens. So what happens now?? Well....if its like the past.....he will finish with good numbers overall and everyone will forget how many games he could have helped win if his bat was reasonable early in the season. Im not trying to bash Lindor. Hes very talented but i can't accept his inability to add to the offense for the first 60 games of the season. He needs to figure out before the season begins why he can't find his swing until he steps up to the plate 200 times.

@christineg7888 Ай бұрын

Perhaps the "sleep expert" who zeroed in on Severino's sleep pattern may help Jeff McNeil. If I remember correctly, McNeil started his slide around the time of the birth of his first child. Maybe it is a sleep issue. Just saying. 🤷‍♀️

@jamesbuckley8917 Ай бұрын

This year, Pete's RISP AVG is .222 That is way down from his previous years. Pete's OPS with RISP: 2024 .690 2023 .918 2022 1.099 2021 .824 2020 .891 2019 .946

@fr2ncm9 Ай бұрын

If you keep this core, you will go through the same thing next season.

@servingjesussinnersavedbyg8456 Ай бұрын

a healthy Peterson is a good Peterson. He is still not all the way back, wait till we see the strikeouts tick up, he is capable of 10 most times out.

@luisdiego22002 Ай бұрын

Uncanny how this team has not been able to align all it’s facets.

@SplooshNoonley Ай бұрын

No it's not, this happens more often than it doesn't

@BruceRichwineJr Ай бұрын

Put your foot on the breaks. We’re playing terrible teams at the moment. You can’t make an assessment after playing the D-Back and Nats. We could go on another huge slide after this series again. But the positive is Lindor looks better. He needs to be the lead off guy permanently.

@StarCooki3 Ай бұрын

“Low leverage “!homers ?? Are we trying to run Alonso out of town … we did that with Straw how did that work out for us?

@alpascarella8794 Ай бұрын

Strawberry had one good year with the Dodgers, then tapered off.

@lordt78 Ай бұрын

He can't hit elite pitching. What you gonna do, damn Pete fanboy!

@lordt78 Ай бұрын

Straw won a world series with the Mets.Pete's done shit!

@Unconsciouzone Ай бұрын

I'm no defender of advance metrics, but if the argument for keeping a.220 hitter in the four hole is RBI ops then this statistic is damning.Certainly aligns with the eye test. Only time I ever see this guy walking off is back to the dugout.

@mikesaje37 Ай бұрын

And the main reason we signed Martinez was to hit behind Alonso forcing the pitchers to pitch to Pete and he's not hitting behind him!!! Tell me why

@jamesbuckley8917 Ай бұрын

Luis Rojas Mendoza

@mikesaje37 Ай бұрын

@@jamesbuckley8917 🤣🤣 that's funny

@Marcus-jb1cp Ай бұрын

Could Lopez possibly be forgiven? Can Mets hep him get the treatment(s) he needs? Seems like bullpen is missing an arm.

@fr2ncm9 Ай бұрын

I know that some Mets fans will have hope if the team gets to 4 games out of the wildcard, but they still need to clean house. Trade Alonso, Marte, Martinez, Bader, Sevi and Manaea. Stock the farm system with good, young talent and play the kids next year.

@jeffteyrosado9966 Ай бұрын

The bullpen is overworked ppl cause the rotation can go over six innings

@mamalannightshyaman Ай бұрын

Pete Alonso has the most game winning rbi in mets team history in 5 years. Come on

@lordt78 Ай бұрын

False.

@mamalannightshyaman Ай бұрын

@@lordt78who is it then…he set the record in 2022

@jamesbuckley8917 Ай бұрын

Not this year

@aharonbrand8044 Ай бұрын

They need to Bett up 😲😞😞😔😬😳😬 the bad 😞😔 teams

@michaelw6193 Ай бұрын

So if Pete is only valuable and good in low leverage situations then he can't get a big contract..

@aharonbrand8044 Ай бұрын

The Mets need to sweep there defense is unbelievable 🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀🙀

@walterbison Ай бұрын

The "ONE" thing huh. Perhaps you haven't been watching the erratic starting pitching and offense that goes stone cold on any given night.

@jayboegs6268 Ай бұрын

starting pitchers killed the bullpen

@jamesbuckley8917 Ай бұрын

Luis Rojas Mendoza is why

@JoelTurrell Ай бұрын

Fix the pitching and you've only got a .500 team; that is not enough for the postseason. Address the field: you have one decent outfielder, one decent infielder, and one catcher. Retain those guys and rebuild. It will take some time, and in the meantime, do the Bill Veeck thing.

@SplooshNoonley Ай бұрын

Bad take. They'd be over .500 with just a closer that didn't set the game on fire. If you fixed the rest of the BP and starters went deeper they'd be way over .500

@wilwhite8557 Ай бұрын

Not at all, this freaking offense isn't fixed 🫣🤮

@madwax1360 Ай бұрын

They'll have to pull off a 20 win month in order for me to believe in them. These guys are notoriously known for getting red hot for 3 days, then ice cold for weeks or months.

@LockedOnMets Ай бұрын

The Mets have a prime opportunity to make up some ground in June. We’ll have to see if they can take advantage.

@aharonbrand8044 Ай бұрын

They need to sweep away the marlins the marlins suck ass this year

@jamesbuckley8917 Ай бұрын

The Mets cannot beat RHP because their left handed batters stink (Stewart, McNeil, Baty, Nimmo). They do well against LHP. June 4 LHP W June 3 LHP W June 2 RHP L June 1 RHP L May 31 LHP W

@robpatrone2145 Ай бұрын

Well the bullpen and then there’s the defense.

@omairchaudhry4936 Ай бұрын

Pete Alonso and Francisco Lindor are not clutch. J.D. Martinez is far more dependable.

@jayboegs6268 Ай бұрын

I’ll probably never believe in Lindor. 👎👎

@frontier6937 Ай бұрын

there are a gazillion things wrong with this team of which the bullpen is the least - they can't hit, field, run or last the full season. What a pathetic $302M payroll. Cohen ruined this team.

@tonyd1308 Ай бұрын

Ace? Severino is not an Ace, he can't even pitch 5 innings! He's a failure

@joselopezmoya9786 Ай бұрын

The METS' bullpen is not the problem. The problem lies with starters that hardly ever go past the 5th or 6th innings thus you have an overworked bullpen.

@LockedOnMets Ай бұрын

It would be great to have the starters go 6-7 innings every time. But regardless of how long the starters go, you can’t enter the ninth inning up 3 and have that lead threatened every single time. That’s a bullpen issue and someone is going to have to step up and force themselves into the closer role.

@SplooshNoonley Ай бұрын

No, the bullpen is the issue.

@jamesbuckley8917 Ай бұрын

The issue is Luis Rojas Mendoza

@SplooshNoonley Ай бұрын

@@jamesbuckley8917 that's not his name.

@jayboegs6268 Ай бұрын

Lindor is good not great. Over hyped and over paid. Lindor and Alonso BOTH only perform in low leverage situations

@jamesbuckley8917 Ай бұрын

True for Lindor, but only this year for Pete: Pete's OPS with RISP: 2024 .690 2023 .918 2022 1.099 2021 .824 2020 .891 2019 .946

@ericB3444 Ай бұрын

The Mets mostly suffer from the loss of Jeff Wilpon. Steve should have let him run the club for five years.

@michaelcassara2880 Ай бұрын

WtF u talking about SMH

@ericB3444 Ай бұрын

@@michaelcassara2880 is YOUS scratching YOUS head. I’d hate to see how confused you get when cooking an egg.

@michaelcassara2880 Ай бұрын

No I'm a chef I cook very well but again WTF u talking about SMH

@michaelcassara2880 Ай бұрын

@@ericB3444 is I confused no I thk it's you bro lol 😂

@ericB3444 Ай бұрын

@@michaelcassara2880 I can make a good egg. You should be proud.

@jayboegs6268 Ай бұрын

Get rid of the times Lindor is terrible and look he’s a slight lily above average hitter.