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The
\nNew York Mets, a so-called super team filled with big-name players and even
\nbigger contacts, have not gotten off to the start many envisioned.<\/p>\n
The Mets
\nbegan the year 3-3, but some of the underlying issues have raised concerns.<\/p>\n
It started in the spring when pitcher Jose Quintana went down with an injury. It raised questions about the starting staff\u2019s health \u2013 something Yardbarker first warned about<\/a> \u2013 given their pitchers\u2019 ages. Justin Verlander, a prize free-agent acquisition, is 40 years old, and fellow ace Max Scherzer only started 23 games last year.<\/p>\n Then That \u201cI\u2019ve just got to pitch better, that\u2019s it. There\u2019s no other quote. There\u2019s no other way to do it,\u201d Scherzer said, according to the New York Post<\/a>. Post writer Jon Heyman noted the The season is young, and the Mets could easily turn on the jets after working The For \u201cI\u2019m really
\ncloser Edwin Diaz was lost during the World Baseball Classic with a
\nseason-ending knee injury.<\/p>\n
\ncreated bad mojo heading into the year, and the team with the league\u2019s highest
\npayroll hasn\u2019t gotten off to a hot start. Scherzer was roughed up in a 9-0 loss
\non April 4 to the Milwaukee Brewers when he allowed three straight home runs.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI\u2019ve got to pitch better and get outs when I need to get outs, especially with
\ntwo strikes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nconcerns with the team, including the fact the offense hasn\u2019t scored a run in
\ntwo straight games. That is a far cry from the team that started 3-0 in Miami.<\/p>\n
\nout the starting kinks. The Mets could easily run away with the National League
\nEast. However, right now, there are concerns for the team coasting early in the
\nseason.<\/p>\n
\nMets might have to call up top prospect Brett Baty to provide a spark and replace
\nauto-out Eduardo Escobar in the lineup, as Heyman noted. Baty has a thumb
\ninjury but lit up spring training and is considered one of the game\u2019s best
\nprospects. His youthful excitement and energy could spark the more veteran Mets
\nto play with more urgency and return to winning ways.<\/p>\n
\nnow, though, fans in Queens are waiting for the super team to just play better.<\/p>\n
\nhappy to go with what I got,\u201d manager Buck Showalter told the Post about his team.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n