Nightmare on 35th Street

Another game, another loss, ten in a row and counting to a record season of a 121-plus. Mets 2 Sad Sox 0. Garrett Crochet stuck out the first seven batters of the game and still lost. The offense consisted of two walks and two singles, minus a runner picked off of first. With every passing game/defeat, we look to have Mickey Sizemore managing the team. Now, it’s also becoming clear that Chris Hahn is the GM. This guy is going to trade Crochet? Would he even want a player in exchange? Consider the Dylan Cease deal. Hahn-Getz got four players in return. Drew Thorpe, the most promising, will have season-ending elbow surgery to address a bone spur. By promising, I mean a 3-3 record and 5.48 ERA. After Thorpe, it’s a mixed bag at best. Steven Wilson is 1-6 with a 5.71 ERA in relief. Jairo Iriarte went 5-7 with a 3.71 ERA starting for Double-A Birmingham. And outfielder Samuel Zavala is hitting .185 with 35 RBIs for High-A Winston-Salem. And let’s not forget Miguel Vargas, part of the haul of prospects at the trade deadline in July. Since leaving the South Side, Michael Kopech has a 0.63 ERA in 14.1 innings for the Dodgers. Vargas is hitting .114 in 79 at-bats since coming over from LA, and that includes one of those singles yesterday. Did I mention Dominic Fletcher, who came over from the Diamondbacks in the offseason? Fletcher is hitting .222 with zero homeruns and ten RBIs in 153 at-bats. Or Zach DeLoach, another offseason acquisition whose tattooing the ball at a .130 clip (3-for-23)? If not, my bad. DeLoach, Fletcher and Vargas are all slated to start today in Baltimore, along with Jacob Amaya, a seven-year minor league veteran whose 1-for-8 with the Sad Sox and 3-for-18 in his big-league career. No one in today’s lineup is hitting higher than Gavin Sheets’ .241. Mercy.