Amazins’ Crack after Seven Games

First, I’ll give a rundown of the Mets that are sliding after seven-game winning streak.

Then, I’ll talk about a few surprising MLB teams.

Again, I don’t want to chain you to your seat reading this blog, so I’ll try to keep it short.

Batters: Did the firing of the hitting coach help in any way? Or did it cause a completely unnecessary shake-up? Well, I always thought Chili Davis was good but management thought otherwise. Turns out, management was right. After the bats took a beauty sleep in the first two games after Davis’ firing, we went on a 7-game winning streak. And then we lost two at the hands of the 2020 AL pennant winners.  With JD Davis and Brandon Nimmo on the IL, Jonathan Villar and Kevin Pillar stepped in and have been tearing the cover off the ball, fielding well, and have been straight playing amazing. Is there another –illar we could sign, Kevin Millar could get out of retirement and we could have a 49-year-old, slightly chubby utility guy playing with us. But hey, if –illars have been playing amazing, one of the Intentional Talk analysts could also be studs. With Nimmo being a staple in the lineup once he comes back, there’s no question Pillar will walk back to the dugout to be a bench bat, but with JD Davis getting heckled every time he breathes at the hot corner, having Jonathan Villar at third doesn’t seem too bad. James McCann still can’t hit anything, I bet if you give him an oar and throw him a beach ball he’d swing right through it. Francisco Lindor is hitting a superb .193 and he’s playing like he’s worth $1.93 not $341 million. Jeff McNeil is also struggling but if you see what he does to his helmet when he makes an out, you forgive him and you pity the helmet. Someone who is due for a homer is Dominic Smith, he hasn’t hit a homer in a while and everyone really wants him to, hopefully, he does soon because when a big leader of a clubhouse is struggling that lowers the morale of the team considerably. Pete Alonso has been really good, something that he’s added to his game is hitting for contact, and not just 450-ft. homers, but rather getting singles and doubles as well.

Pitchers: What’s new? Jacob DeGrom is the best pitcher in baseball. The starting rotation (without Carlos Carrasco and Noah Syndergaard) is still one of the best in baseball. The bullpen is finally starting to not stinky stink. Aaron Loup is really good and he isn’t even a LOOG (Lefty one out guy), he can retire righties. Trevor May and Edwin Diaz are really solid pitchers and I think (hope) I can trust them. Sean Reid-Foley is amazing, and I love that Robert Gsellman and Reid-Foley are both guys that can eat up innings when the Mets use the opener (which is a bullpen game, a game where there’s no starter, but where the bullpen goes innings 1-9).

AL East: This race just got a lot closer, because at first it was the Red Sox, Yankees, and Rays battling for the top spot, but now, the much better Blue Jays have sprung into the race.

AL Central: This race turned around very fast, the White Sox are in first place and the Twins are in last, and the Twins have a really good team.

AL West: The A’s are really all of a sudden really good and the Angels are in last place, the Rangers and Mariners aren’t in last place? WHAT IS HAPPENING??

NL East: The closest race in baseball? Correct? The best division in baseball? Far from right. There are two teams barely above .500 and all teams are struggling mightily.

NL Central: A very competitive race, the Pirates are actually not HORRIBLE, but they’re still the worst in the Central. But overall, no surprises except for the Cubs not being first or second.

NL West: The Giants (one of the laughing stocks of baseball) are in first place and the Dodgers are struggling? The only normal thing in this division is that the Rockies are in last place.