The most vile four-letter word in the Mets’ vocabulary should be “June.”
For the second straight year, manager Terry Collins’ crew stopped hitting in June — particularly with runners in scoring position — and watched the equity they built up over the previous two months disappear.
July arrives with the Mets hopeful there are answers in the lineup forthcoming — whether it’s Michael Conforto returning from Triple-A Las Vegas ready to produce again, Jose Reyes arriving to inject life from the leadoff spot or general manager Sandy Alderson finding a trade that makes sense.
Last year, Alderson waited until the trade deadline to make the deal that brought Yoenis Cespedes to Citi Field.