Count Steve Cohen among the loyal New York Mets fans who are put off by the team’s spin.
Cohen, in his first year as Mets owner, drew attention to the team’s “unproductive” offense in a tweet Wednesday morning, hours after New York fell further out of postseason contention with a fifth loss. consecutive.
The Mets (59-60) have lost 14 of their last 19 games and, after holding a four-game lead atop the NL East on July 28, are now 4½ games behind first-place Atlanta. Braves coming to Wednesday’s games.
New York has struggled offensively all season, scoring just 450 runs (the third-lowest number in MLB) despite a lineup that features multiple former All-Stars. The Mets enter Wednesday 26th in the majors in home runs (125), 26th in slugging percentage (.380), 19th in on-base percentage (.313) and 24th in OPS (.693).
Those numbers are clearly not lost on Cohen, who cited a “more disciplined approach” from other teams and said “the numbers don’t lie.”
It’s hard to understand how professional hitters can be this unproductive.The best teams have a more disciplined approach.The slugging and OPS numbers don’t lie.
– Steven Cohen (@ StevenACohen2) August 18, 2021
Cohen, who has been active on social media since acquiring the majority of the Mets stock in November, tweeted his criticism less than 24 hours after New York struck out 10 times and only walked one in loss 3. -2 against the San Francisco Giants.
It was the first time the Mets fell below .500 since May 5.
“It was a really difficult stretch,” said first baseman. Pete alonso he told reporters. “We want to win. We want to be the best. That is why we are all here.”
Alonso represented the Mets’ two runs with a two-run homer Tuesday night and has been one of their only offensive bright spots this season with 26 home runs and 69 RBIs.
“I think it’s frustrating at the moment, but I think we will be in a very good place by the end of the year,” he said. “I know that will be our goal, and just because we are not now does not mean we are not there at the end of the year.”
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