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Mets Are Not Getting Starling Marte
I would’ve loved having Marte in our lineup, but all the talking of us possibly giving up too much (namely, Brandon Nimmo) for him led me to believe that it was never going to happen.
Brandon Nimmo Has Been Looking Awful
The most positive player in the Mets’ clubhouse is trying to stay that way.
But Brandon Nimmo doesn’t want to wait much longer to break out of his season-opening slump, which sunk to 2-for-23 at the plate after going 0-for-3 with a walk in Thursday’s 4-0 loss to the Nationals at Citi Field.
“I don’t want to overdo it, because it is just seven games in and I do have a lot of confidence that this is going to turn around, but obviously I look at the next game and I’m like, this is the game I want it to turn around,” Nimmo said. “I don’t want to wait for two weeks or whatever and be like, ‘Ah, it’s just a thing.’ The competitor in me wants it to happen now. I’m going to work as hard as I can for that right now.”
The Mets’ leadoff batter in six of their seven games — he got the night off Monday in Miami — Nimmo has struck out 14 times, the latest coming in the first inning Thursday against Stephen Strasburg. He wasn’t alone, as his teammates only picked up three hits off Strasburg and struck out 14 times as a team.
I know that it’s only been 7 games, but all those strikeouts Nimmo’s been racking up are really concerning and frankly speaking I don’t know if the Mets really have anyone else who can bat leadoff (Lagares?).
Having The Diamondbacks Number Doesn’t Mean The Mets Still Don’t Suck
After the miraculous comeback today, my first thought was on which team did we last beat in a series? And it was the Diamondbacks, of course. Considering the pitiful losing streak we’ve been on and the horrible offensive numbers we’ve been compiling of late, I’d say that having Arizona’s number doesn’t amount to jack.