N.Y. Mets: Another Jacob deGrom Gem Down The Drain

From the desk of:  HEAD-BUTTING MR. MET

Amazin Ineptness

New York Mets: Bats Continue Sabotaging Jacob deGrom's Bid for Cy Young Award.

Pittsburgh's Trevor Williams is only the latest National League hurler to seemingly pitch his best game of a burgeoning career against the Mets.  The Pirates 26-year old silences them through six full innings Saturday, allowing a mere five hits, three walks, while fanning five en route to his ninth victory of the season - almost twice as many victories as hard-luck loser Jacob deGrom.  Their bullpen covers the final three innings of this 0-5 whitewashing at PNC Park, allowing but one hit and striking out six.

The Mets ace is now 5-6 this season for which every single bat wielding member of the team should feel shame.  Every deGrom saboteur can be found, one sitting next to the other, within that clubhouse.

Or not ...

Mets fans caught a fleeting glimpse of Yoenis Cespedes last week.  Otherwise, he and Jay Bruce have proven themselves utterly ineffective, insignificant, and inconsequential, in that order.  Otherwise, not Mickey Callaway; not Sandy Alderson or the three-headed monster; not Jeff Wilpon; not Jay Horowitz; nor Cow Bell Man; the Mets position players are collectively to blame.

Jacob deGrom has five victories against six losses, with ten no-decisions in 21 starts this season.  Of those no-decisions, the Mets lose seven.  Overall, the team is 8-13 in games he pitches.  They provide him with four or more runs just seven times this season, with four occurring back during his first four starts, and only three times since.  Opponents are averaging 3.7 runs against the Mets in games he pitches, while the Mets are averaging 3.5 runs.  Jacob's last win comes on June 18, a resounding 12-2 victory over the Rockies at Colorado, no less.  Subtract that singular outburst, and the Mets are averaging just 3.1 runs in games deGrom pitches.

How inept is the Mets offense? 

Mets Offensive Statistics vs. National League Average

• 13th Runs Scored - League Avg. 463; Mets 406
• 15th Hits - League Avg. 881; Mets 780
• 12th Home Runs - League Avg. 115; Mets 104
• 15th Total Bases - League Avg. 1,436;  Mets 1,290
• 15th Team Average - League Avg. .247; Mets .229
• 13th OPS - League Avg. .723;  Mets .688

The numbers tell no lies.

Jacob deGrom leads the major leagues with a 1.82 ERA.  His ERA has not touched two since his last start in April.  Said another way, he's allowing less than two runs per nine innings pitched for the last three months straight.  His 0.98 WHiP and 6.0 WAR are second in the league, and his 164 strikeouts rank third.

Of the Mets six hits Saturday against the Pirates, Jacob deGrom accounts for two.

Position players, negligent, every single one.