Even with things looking bleak for the Mets after dropping both games of Sunday’s doubleheader and getting swept by the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field, the team is still fighting for one another and will continue to do so until the very end.
Make no mistake, it’s not good for New York who dropped to 10 games below .500 and whose offense continues to reel. However, instead of pointing fingers the players on the team say they’re all on the same page and are pulling on the same rope while acknowledging they must be better.
“It’s not great. We gotta be better,” said Brett Baty who went 0-for-7 on the day, including three strikeouts in Game 1. “We’re putting in the work, all the guys are working really hard. Personally, I’ve been taking a bunch of swings and trying to get going. At the end of the day we just gotta be better.”
Everyone from the manager to the batboy knows the Mets have to be better. How they plan on doing that and turning their season around before things truly get out of hand is the real question.
The good news is New York does still have time.
Thanks to their abysmal stretch coming at the beginning of the season as opposed to the middle or the end of the season, the Mets have all summer to right the ship. They may never, but they’re at least afforded the chance to try.
“I was just raised like you gotta put your head down and keep working hard,” Baty said. “A lot of ball left to play. Our goal remains the same so put our head down and keep working hard.”
It won’t always be pretty, but the hope for New York is the players on the roster eventually play up to their capabilities — some even up to their potential.
Sooner or later, perhaps when the weather gets warmer as its been an unseasonably cold spring in Queens, results will come.
“They’re good hitters,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “They’ve done it for a long time.”
As for if the Mets, who saw a few long-time players leave town during the offseason, need a new voice in the clubhouse for guidance or leadership, Baty doesn’t think so and believes the team has everything it needs to be successful right here already.
“I think we all have each other’s backs here and I think we all understand that we’re gonna keep working hard and we’re gonna have each other’s backs til the last day,” he said.
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