Hva ligger bak Bad?

This would be bad if the Mets were a spendthrift team composed of journeymen and rookies, but under multibillionaire owner Steve Cohen – who fans hoped would turn the team into serial winners when he bought the club in 2020 – they have the second-highest payroll in baseball, at around $380m. Bad vokser denne lørdag frem som et av temaene som tiltrekker seg oppmerksomhet i Norway.

Fakta

• This would be bad if the Mets were a spendthrift team composed of journeymen and rookies, but under multibillionaire owner Steve Cohen – who fans hoped would turn the team into serial winners when he bought the club in 2020 – they have the second-highest payroll in baseball, at around $380m.
• Some of the start is bad luck, but some of it is a calculated plan going poorly in ways that lots of people could have predicted: for example, center fielder Luis Robert, who has hit and fielded his position decently, just hit the injured list for the 10th time in seven big league seasons.
• The Mets have the second-highest payroll in baseball.
• They also own the worst record in the major leagues.
• Aside from a few moments of inept defense, the Mets are boring as well as bad.

Det vi vet

I detalj, some of the start is bad luck, but some of it is a calculated plan going poorly in ways that lots of people could have predicted: for example, center fielder Luis Robert, who has hit and fielded his position decently, just hit the injured list for the 10th time in seven big league seasons.

Konkret, the Mets have the second-highest payroll in baseball.

I tillegg they also own the worst record in the major leagues.

Det er verdt å merke seg at Aside from a few moments of inept defense, the Mets are boring as well as bad.

På dette stadiet Almost nobody who has struggled in this lineup will stay this bad for another month, let alone another five.

Tallene

I detalj, the Mets will (probably) not play at their current 52-win pace all year but their sordid first month has done immense damage to their postseason hopes.

Konkret, their chances at October baseball were 87% on Opening Day, according to the analytics site FanGraphs.

I tillegg they are now less than 3-in-10 to make the playoffs, and that projection seems pretty generous for a team who have lost 17 of their last 20 games.

Det er verdt å merke seg at Last season on 2 August, the Mets led the NL East by half a game and had a 62-47 record.

Hva som sies

“Not good enough,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said after Thursday’s loss. “Obviously not a secret.

Bakgrunnen

Det er verdt å merke seg at they finished on a 21-32 run to miss the postseason and are now an extraordinary 31-53 over their last 84 games.

På dette stadiet That’s more than half a season’s worth of games at a 102-loss clip.

I detalj, a wide variety of pricey veteran acquisitions have so far failed to launch: third baseman Bo Bichette, second baseman Marcus Semien and injured first baseman Jorge Polanco are earning a combined $85m.

Konkret, Not one of them has an on-base percentage north of.275.

I tillegg that approach can work – just look at the baseball god Soto, who is still just 27 and playing on the largest contract ever signed – but most elite talents don’t reach free agency or get traded away until they’re exiting their prime.

Oppsummering

• Some of the start is bad luck, but some of it is a calculated plan going poorly in ways that lots of people could have predicted: for example, center fielder Luis Robert, who has hit and fielded his position decently, just hit the injured list for the 10th time in seven big league seasons.
• The Mets have the second-highest payroll in baseball.
• They also own the worst record in the major leagues.