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Peterson threw 5 acceptable innings, allowing 3 runs on 85 pitches. First time back, yadda-yadda.
Mets rallied to tie it in the bottom of the 5th, helped by Starting Catcher Tomas Nido hitting his first HR with a man on base since 2021.
6th and 7th went fine. Ottavi-NO came in to start the 8th, and left after allowing 4 runs and recording exactly one out. (The defense sucked, too.)
Mets are now 10-25 since the 12-8 start. If they continue this .286 pace for the rest of the season, they will finish 53-109.
If you project them on the basis of their season as a whole (albeit I find it hard to envision any more 12-3 stretches in their future), they are playing .400 ball. Which translates to 65-97 for the full year.
I really can't recall a greater disgrace. This is the Most Expensive Team, Suckers!, recall. I'm not saying that Uncle Stevie's checkbook should be able to guarantee a pennant…
…but it should be able to buy mediocrity. This is utterly pathetic in ways that other failures were not.
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