The Main(no 'e') Problem

Regrettably ignored by me thus far, but still ridiculously true, the Mets defense is bad. Today, the Mets had the embarrassing total of 3 errors: 1 each for Maine, Castillo, and Wright. That is just an atrocius number.

The Mets can't hope to play for too long (i.e. October) if they don't get over this sloppy spell. It's just not going to happen. They have good fielders in center, right (now that Church is back) and behind the plate. Left is not that good, unless it's the great Endy Chavez. The entire infield, however, is remarkably inconsistent. It's not that Reyes or Wright is terrible - they both make a lot of good plays. But, they make a ridiculous amount of misplays that just don't add up to a winning situation.

John Maine had a rare bad outing today, giving up 5 runs (3 earned) in just 4 innings. The offense had another day off, and it led to another blowout.

The Mets, at 40-42 and playing remarkably inconsistent baseball, are still just 3.5 games behind the division-leading Phillies. It's still June, and this thing is far from over.