Jaime Jaquez Jr.

Every team feels this way about their team with runners in scoring position because you are more likely to remember the moments in which your team did not come through than the moments in which they did come through last.

But this is very... It's situational.

It's managing.

It's preparation.

It's all these things.

I understand that it's a noisy stat, but I have felt this as a concern for a very long time, especially over the last five years with the team.

And it's really weird to watch guys like Bichette, like Jorge Polanco, whose name we haven't mentioned yet...

like Beatty like increasingly you know professional hitters many guys who were brought in because of their statistics with runners in scoring position

just look a little lost or a little stymied Anthony Decomo from MLB this morning shared the chase rate stats for with runners in scoring position and they were alarming for the Mets and it just seems like a very over anxious team right now and I'm sure it'll change we've said this like five times already but it just sucks to sit through

This experience of seeing a team that kind of can't get out of its own head in the first week of the season.

So you mentioned chase rate.

I love all these new stats.

I mean, the answer is no.

I think he does have maybe the most pop on the entire team short of Juan Soto.

If you look at that home run he hit in the first game, I mean, that was an absolute tank.

That was thrilling.

And honestly, him pimping a home run is one of the best things about the Mets.

Yeah, he's got star-like qualities, even though he's been inconsistent.

The reason he can't play 150 games is because he's prone to get hurt.

And catchers obviously absorb more small injuries over the course of a season.