Usually in weeks where the position player meter is ugly, the pitching meter swoops in to save the day. This week, the position player meter was not all that ugly, but the pitching meter is not saving the day. The Mets have relied on lights out pitching all season long, but this week, there were some poor performances to discuss. Sometimes, the Mets overcame them. But other times, they did not.
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Given the injuries to starters Joey Lucchesi and David Peterson (and the team still awaiting the returns of Carlos Carrasco and Noah Syndergaard) and injuries to long men/fill-in starters like Robert Gsellman, Sean Reid-Foley, and now Corey Oswalt, the Mets have had to cobble together innings at the back end of their rotation and in long relief.