The Mets were swept by the Brewers on Wednesday in just their second series of the season, after not being swept by an opposing team in 2022 until September.
For Sal, Wednesday’s walk-off loss was another reminder that 2023 is just not going to be the Mets’ year, even after coming into spring training with World Series aspirations.
“It’s very, very early, but look at this team and tell me how you see the way out,” Sal said. “Sometimes you just know it’s not your year. The [Edwin] Diaz thing, those were flares being sent off. Sometimes, when something like that happens, you have to suck it up, take the loss, and wait until next year. It sucks to say that at this point…and they have the resources to go out there and add, but to what extent? Are they gonna give up guys in the farm? Probably not.”
Injuries, like the season-ending knee surgery to Diaz, have certainly not helped, but Sal also believes the Mets may have doomed themselves this past winter by focusing the majority of their offseason spending on pitching, when the offense clearly needed more help.
“There were flaws in the philosophy of the construction of this team,” Sal said. “Do you go again all in on pitching in the offseason as opposed to trying to build a better, stronger lineup? The reason I wanted the Mets to build a better, stronger lineup was because I saw it fail last year.
“If they’re built on the starting pitching and they’re not getting it done, and you think the lineup can carry them for a bit…you look at the lineup for answers, and they’re just not there.”
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