David Stearns Confident in Mets’ Offensive Recovery
The New York Mets’ president of baseball operations, David Stearns, has expressed his frustration with the team’s recent offensive struggles, but remains confident in a quick recovery. The Mets, who were 2.5 games behind first place in the National League East, began a three-game series against the Milwaukee Brewers, leaders of the Central League. The New York team arrived in Milwaukee after being swept at home by Cleveland, accumulating only five hits in the last two games of that series. In the last game against Cleveland, the Mets failed to get a hit until the ninth inning.Stearns also showed his support for batting coaches Eric Chavez and Jeremy Barnes.Clearly, everyone is frustrated. The players are frustrated. Sometimes, I have been too. But I think this is a good offensive team. I trust the offense we have and I am sure we will see it in the future.
David Stearns
The Mets, before Friday’s game, had not surpassed three runs in five of their last eight games. So far this season, the Mets ranked 15th in runs scored, 23rd in batting average, 15th in on-base percentage, 14th in slugging percentage, and 13th in OPS. These results do not meet expectations for a lineup that features players like Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, and Pete Alonso. Last year, the Mets ranked seventh in runs scored, 12th in batting average, eighth in on-base percentage, 10th in slugging percentage, and ninth in OPS, which allowed them to reach the playoffs. Both Stearns and manager Carlos Mendoza pointed to the Mets’ hitters’ history as a reason to believe in a quick improvement.I have confidence in our hitting coaches. I believe we have good hitting coaches. They have a track record of helping to lead and put together very good quality offenses.
David Stearns
Stearns also highlighted the Mets hitters’ response to recent adversity.They’re really good players and they’ve done it before. It’s just that, when you’re going through this, it gets noisy, you know? But when you look at our players, when you look at that locker room, there’s a lot of talent there. They’ll come out of this.
Carlos Mendoza
I think if you go to our clubhouse, my assumption is that you’ll feel frustration, but you probably won’t feel panic and you’ll probably also see a level of preparation and focus that is really good. When I see those things, it gives me confidence that we’ll get out of this.
David Stearns
