John Maine being hurt for half the year and unavailable for the last 2 months is HUGE. He’s our 2nd starter, despite the recent successes of Ollie and Pelf.

Wagner is HUGE squared.

Alou, had he been able to play 80 games instead of Marlon Anderson and Endy Chavez, would have us in 1st place by himself, even if everything else was the same. (Of course, we might not have discovered–and indeed might have traded–Dan Murphy if he had stayed healthy.) But we were starting Pagan, Chavez, and Anderson in the corner outfield spots for half the year before Tatis went out of his mind and Murphy exploded onto the scene.

You could not have predicted that Heilman and Feliciano, both historically excellent setup men, would have historically bad years–Heilman’s number of homers with men on base is, I believe, a record for relievers.

You could not have predicted that out of Kunz, Muñiz, Collazo, and Parnell, 4 legit relief prospects, 3 out of 4 would be terrible, and one as yet untested.

Wagner has had a history of minor injuries, but you could not have predicted the end of his career.

Smith has performed as expected. That’s it. Omar could have done better, but this level of ineptitude is not his fault.

This means if the Bullpen’s ERA is 18.00 instead of 22.50, Delgado’s homer is meaningful. Regardless of when the runs are scored, you an ERA of 18.00 is not too much to ask from 6 specialists.

Show is not even a good LOOGY. His ERA is misleading. Almost every critical situation in which he’s asked to get out a lefty, he fails. That’s been the case for the last two years. He’s not a ML reliever in my book.

Yes, Feliciano is a ML reliever. It’s on Omar for counting on guys who lack either the talent, health, or mental makeup to do the job.

It’s on Omar.

The Mets are up against a wall right now but the bullpen did hold up for three straight wins, so one loss shouldn’t punch us in the stomach. We need to hold up strong. We need to be committed to winning and it has to start with tonight. We can’t lose 3 in a row. It will linger. They need to take three or at least two in this series. The Brewers play the Pirates at home. The Mets have to win there own games. It’ll take 4 or 5. Win and you’ll get in. Unfortunately, the NL East is out of their hands but if you aim for that the wild card will be easier to obtain.

It is the managers job to keep his players mentally prepared. Everyone in the Pen looks scared sh_tless.

Aaron Heilman..How can you keep bringing this guy in? He should not make another appearance in a Mets uniform.

Lack of fundamental baseball. Cant lay down sac bunts. Continue to try to lay down a bunt with 2 strikes.

The manager is the motivator..and this team looks any but motivated.

This is on Omar, sure, but it’s also on players not doing their jobs.