MILWAUKEE — Such is life with the Mets nowadays — most days? — that they can’t even win the battles they lose. And now their greatest weakness, their pitching depth, appears poised to face its biggest test yet.
Look, if Mickey Callaway’s guys had simply suffered a 3-2 loss to the Brewers on Sunday afternoon, as did occur, and walked out of Miller Park sound in body if not in spirit, that’s an outcome they could have stomached.
In the wake of Saturday night’s gut-wrenching, 18-inning, 4-3 loss that fried their bullpen to a crisp, some guys (Robinson Cano, Michael Conforto and Jeff McNeil) rested and one guy (Amed Rosario) rebounded from a brutal defensive performance with three clean plays and three hits, and with the resurgent duo of Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard set to open the next series starting Monday night in San Diego, the Mets could lick their wounds and reload.