Tag: New York Mets

Mets RISP Woes Continue

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What the team needs is a solution. They have two hitting coaches, only one of four teams doing that, but two seems to be either too many or too few.

What’s your take on the problem? Can you suggest something that might help them?

Mets team batting overall

  • BA: 15th in MLB
  • OBP: 8th
  • SLG: 10th

Mets team batting with runners in scoring position

  • BA: 29th in MLB
  • OBP: 23rd
  • SLG: 22nd

The team’s .212 batting average with runners in scoring position is its third-lowest (in a season) in its history, and it hasn’t been below .220 since 1981. That 44 years!

In 2024, the Mets hit .268 with runners in scoring position.

Its OBP of .310 isn’t as bad. The last time the Mets finished a season at or below .310 was in 2016, and they ended that season with an 87-75 record.

Top Mets Starters Since 2020: Senga Rising

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Since 2020, only three Mets starters have recorded 20 or more starts in which they allowed two or fewer runs over six or more innings.

David Peterson leads the way with 93 starts since debuting in 2020. He remains with the team and has been a consistent presence in the rotation.

In second is Max Scherzer, who made 42 starts for the Mets across the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

Third is Jacob deGrom, whose nine-year Mets career (2014–2022) included 38 starts from 2020 to 2022.

Now sitting just behind deGrom in fourth is Kodai Senga, who debuted in 2023 and has also made 38 starts over his first three seasons. As of the third month of his third season, he needs just three more starts of six-plus innings with two or fewer runs allowed to pass deGrom on this list.

Nine Has Not Been the Mets Lucky Number in 2025

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It appears that the Mets have been struggling when facing the other team’s ninth-inning pitcher, often likely their closer, so far in 2025. As a group, they are batting just .176 in that situation with Mark Vientos having the most trouble getting on base.

Juan Soto has a .600 OBP despite not getting a single hit. Tyrone Taylor is their hits’ leader in the table with three though he’s hitting just .239 overall.

Despite the ninth-inning struggles, the Mets are tied with the Dodgers for the most wins, 27.

In the same ninth-inning scenario, the Dodgers are hitting .216 with eight hits in 37 at-bats. While better than the Mets, it is not close to the Diamondbacks’ average of .344.

Overall, the MLB average is .125.

The Mets were much better in 2024.

Meet PickleMet

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I’m PickleMet, a die-hard Mets fan sporting the Retro 1920s Rubber Hose look—always ready to rock and roll the bases or run wild on the pickleball court. I may look like a cartoon from the ’20s, but I play like it’s game seven.