Jaime Jaquez Jr.

The pitching is really, really strong, which is, I think, what makes so much of the start just so depressing and enervating in a classic Mets way that they're not able to perform in other aspects of the game, especially given what the narrative was coming out of the end of last season and then the retooling of this team and now where we find ourselves.

You know, I was just telling you I was on vacation over the last few days with my family and couldn't help but steal away moments to watch games away from them, even in a restful moment in my life.

And it just kind of brought down the vibe of an otherwise nice time.

And you're right that it is only six games and I'm not overreacting, but it is a little depressing.

Well, we should probably talk about Bo Bichette because I think a lot of these struggles revolve around him pressing at the beginning of his Mets career.

And he's in this familiar position.

Well, I mean, it's...

We saw this with Carlos Beltran.

We saw this with Francisco Lindor.

We've seen this be unrecoverable for guys like Jason Bay, you know, where someone comes in on a big contract, they feel a lot of pressure.

Bichette is in a particularly unique scenario because he's making $42 million this year.

In what is effectively a one-year deal, if he struggles mightily, he might actually pick up his player option and stick around.

But you can just see that he really, in that first series at home, he wanted to have a big moment.

And he was incredibly undisciplined at the plate, which is weird for him because he's such a skilled and resourceful hitter and such a bat-to-ball hitter.

And so you could see right off the bat, like, oh, he's in his head a little bit.

And since then, I think it has really significantly spiraled.

He did have one RBI single in the Cardinals series, but, you know, he is in the exact same position that Pete Alonzo was in last season, which is not to say that he's going to be a 50 home run bopper.

It's that Francisco Lindor and especially Juan Soto get on base a lot.

And there are going to be a lot of opportunities for him to drive in runs.

And honestly, if he were hitting 300 instead of 100 right now,