Jorge Polanco and the fabulous Mets

[bileever]

Some baseball Schadenfreude to make us feel better about how the Mariners season has started. Jorge Polanco is on the injured list again, with a wrist contusion (and Achilles bursitis). He's hitting .179 with 1 HR.

The Mets, with MLB's highest payroll of $357 million, are 8-16 and recently lost 11 in a row. This is after signing Bo Bichette and Polanco to add to their already large payroll.

What are the main causes of the Mets’ messy start to the season?

The Mets have a lot of things going wrong at the moment, but some areas appear more fixable than others.

www.nytimes.com

 

[MontanaHawk05]

I liked Jorge, so this doesn't exactly make me feel better.

 

[Crizilla]

Geno on the other hand having a solid season. Definitely wish we kept Geno

 

[Hawk-Lock]

Baseball is the weirdest sport. It’s the only sport where a player can go from great to crap.

Could you imagine if Stafford just forgot how to throw a football all of a sudden in his prime? Or if Klay Thompson couldn’t shoot the ball?

I think the Mets will eventually get going, but it shows you can’t buy your way to wins.

 

[Ruminator]

Illustrates what a shame it is when a deserving team barely misses making the WS due, in large part, to certain exasperating nuances of the sport.