Abby Mastrocco

And the same for Brandon Nimmo, especially because those two guys meant so much to this team, meant a ton to the clubhouse, and without them, the clubhouse leadership is a bit in flux right now.

I think guys are still trying to kind of figure out their place and where they fall in sort of the clubhouse leadership hierarchy or the various groups, because this is baseball.

There's not just one leadership group.

There's usually a couple.

And the thing about Pete was that he was very durable.

He was...

was a 162-game guy.

Without him, Polanco has been hurt.

He's got the bursitis issue in his heel that he's dealing with.

They're trying to figure out how to cover first base, whether it's Mark Bientos, who's a little defensively shaky at times, or Brett Beatty.

He's not hitting well right now.

So yeah, I think Pete Alonzo's presence is missed among the fan base for sure.

Yeah, the pitchers are sort of, you know, they're walking a tight wire right now.

It's tough for them because they don't have any run support.

The key there is like, you know, cliche, but you really just have to take it pitch by pitch and not worry about the score.

But it's tough when it when.

You know, the Mets aren't giving them long offensive innings where they can sort of like sit in the bullpen or sit in the dugout.

These are short innings with these guys swinging at kind of everything right now.

Where's the amount of time, especially if you end up getting traffic on the base pass for the pitchers?

There's a lot of pressure on Senga, but there's been pressure on Senga for a while now because he hasn't pitched a whole lot these last two seasons.