Mets owner Steve Cohen threaded a management needle deftly when he spoke to reporters a few days ago at Citi Field, conveying that he had no intention of firing staffers rashly but also that change is on the horizon if the team doesn't start playing better. If the players don't start playing better, he made perfectly clear. "There's nobody to blame," he said. "It's across the whole team."
The New York Mets finished 7-19 in the month of June, growing their NL East deficit from 3½ games to 18½, and the continued failure of the most expensive roster in baseball history has fueled a lot of macro speculation around the team's direction -- about whether the Mets will be adding or subtracting before the Aug.