Just enough spackle can create a beautiful illusion. Too much spackle, though? Eventually, those cracks prevail.
So told the tale of your Mets, whose four-game winning streak came to a jarring end Friday night with a roller-coaster, 9-8 loss at Citi Field to the terrible Tigers — who halted a nine-game losing streak by beating up (primarily) on Noah Syndergaard and Drew Gagnon. Their veteran subs, all acquired by beleaguered general manager Brodie Van Wagenen, performed brilliantly … until Gagnon, one of ex-GM Sandy Alderson’s finds, couldn’t follow the others’ leads.
When outfielder Aaron Altherr, acquired Thursday via waiver claim, started his Mets career with a sixth-inning, pinch-hit, tiebreaking homer — two days after Rajai Davis kicked off his Mets career by going deep, and a day after returnee Carlos Gomez slammed a game-winning, three-run homer — you started to feel the Mets Magic here.