Day 1,478, Quasi-Quarantine: The Most Metsiest Of Starts To A Brand-New Season

Expectations surrounding the New York Mets are tempered this year, but even a four-game losing streak to start the campaign feels beyond the pale.

New York has posted just eight runs and 25 hits in the four games, and that includes a six-run, 12-hit eruption in the second contest of the year. If my math is correct (and boy, does it hurt), that means the Metsies have two runs and 13 hits in the other three games.

Compounding matters, three of NY's top four players -- and often the top three in the batting order -- are hitting under .100 for the year. Brandon Nimmo, Francisco Lindor, and Jeff McNeill have combined for three hits in 44 at bats, and none of the trio has a run, RBI, or extra-base hit.

Read that again. Fucking unreal.

The rookie "leader" presiding over this -- Carlos Mendoza -- hasn't won a game in his managerial career while finding time to throw one of his top players (McNeill) under the boss in a beef with Milwaukee's Rhys Hoskins.

Sure, it's early. But it's still pretty goddam problematic.

Wake up, Queens.