Carlos Mendoza struggles to describe Mets' offensive slump: 'It’s just not a good showing'
After yet another disastrous offensive performance in Game 2 of Sunday’s doubleheader against the Colorado Rockies, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza sat down at the podium for his postgame presser and, looking exhausted, sounded incredulous at what he just witnessed. Not only did his team score one run over the course of 18 innings en route to getting swept by the Colorado Rockies at home, but at hardly any point did the offense look even remotely competitive. “It’s hard to explain when you have that many guys that are going through it at the same time,” said a fed up Mendoza.
“It’s just not a good showing, not good at-bats up and down [the lineup]. “Overall not hitting the ball hard consistently and it’s hard. Like I said, it’s hard to explain because usually you get 3-4 guys that go through it, but you got 4-5 guys that can carry you.
But right now it’s hard to describe. ” Unfortunately, this is what the Mets’ offense is right now – one that’s scored one or fewer runs 10 times in 28 games to start the season and who ranks at or near the bottom in almost every offensive category. From top to bottom, the offense has been struggling basically since that Opening Day game against Paul Skenes and the Pittsburgh Pirates where New York put up 11 runs while getting contributions up and down the lineup in a game that teased fans of what could be but now feels more like an aberration.
Yes, injuries have taken their toll on the Mets who are not fully healthy at the moment, but even when most of the pieces were in place, the offense was still sputtering. Francisco Alvarez , who has three hits in his last 20 at-bats, leads all qualified hitters on the team with a . 240 average and a .
760 OPS. Nobody else has an OPS above . 669 and that belongs to Francisco Lindor who will be out for the foreseeable future with a calf strain.
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