{"id":2493300,"date":"2026-07-08T12:53:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2493300"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:53:45","slug":"yesterdays-ny-mets-loss-vs-kc-royals-was-managed-like-a-punt-on-first-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/yesterdays-ny-mets-loss-vs-kc-royals-was-managed-like-a-punt-on-first-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Yesterday\u2019s NY Mets loss vs. KC Royals was managed like a punt on first down"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A 16-12 loss made some New York Mets. It\u2019s only the second time in franchise history they\u2019ve crossed the plate a dozen times and been on the wrong side. It happens. In 2026, it\u2019s happening a lot more.<\/p>\n

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The Mets are now 200-2 in their franchise history when scoring 12 or more runs pic.twitter.com\/VZI58HiHdE<\/a><\/p>\n

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The loss was, at least for management, deserved. Whether the calls were coming from the front office exclusively or as much on Andy Green, the Mets were set up to fail. If the intention was to fall behind one of MLB\u2019s worst teams, the Kansas City Royals, and ensure themselves a top 6 draft pick next year, the Mets played themselves a game of 3D Chess.<\/p>\n

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But that\u2019s probably not what this was. A shorthanded bullpen on a day when you were going to need arms, the Mets planned this out out poorly. It\u2019s like trying to eat the middle of a Reese\u2019s Peanut Butter Cup before biting around the side. You\u2019re going to create a mess.<\/p>\n

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The Mets were asking to lose yesterday\u2019s game vs. the Royals<\/h2>\n

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Cionel Perez started and as an opener, didn\u2019t factor into the game very much. It was the continued choice of calling upon Kodai Senga for bulk work that lit the dynamite. While Seth Lugo stayed on the mound to take a whipping from the Mets hitters, Senga was carefully removed and Austin Warren came in. No better and unable to retire a single batter he faced, the Mets then needed to have Huascar Brazoban throw almost 40 pitches across two innings.<\/p>\n

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Things were already a mess. Then came Matt Seelinger, a local kid recently acquired via trade with the Detroit Tigers. No storm rolled in, only Murphy\u2019s Law. His first inning was a 7-run drubbing and he was asked to go at it again in the 8th. A.J. Minter finished it off because no one else was fresh enough\/he was the freshest.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s a cause and effect while continuing to do the same things over and over again that leaves us frustrated. We understand the brutality of the schedule right now for this team and how you won\u2019t always have all of your bullpen arms available. It\u2019s the way this one was set from the beginning with continued faith in Senga that irritates.<\/p>\n

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The usage of a bulk guy only works when he does well. Senga hasn\u2019t. It seems to be an excuse just to yank him out of games a little quicker. Good for maybe two innings at most thus far through this experiment, Senga didn\u2019t wait and let Kansas City get on the board immediately.<\/p>\n

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A powderkeg of destruction was created with all of the poor decision making. Seelinger\u2019s rough debut was a flip of the coin. Lifetime minor leaguers in their 30s tend to have a game to remember with one extreme or the other. It looked like a Make-A-Wish kid getting tackled. Able to get through his second inning of work undamaged with a lone double charged to him, this was completely preventable had the Mets actually had real intentions of winning the game.<\/p>\n

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Getting upset about the Mets losing games at this point is like getting upset about a woodpecker who pecks wood. It\u2019s the how. Shorthanded again for Wednesday, it all began by setting unrealistic exceptions for Senga. It\u2019s not happening. The bulk reliever premise with him might have netted a better 5.91 ERA vs. the 9.00 as a starter. The cost remains the same.<\/p>\n

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