Good morning, Mets fans! If nothing else, Luke Weaver cares.
The Mets finished a 3-6 homestand with a 5-4 loss to the Nationals and Weaver, who gave up the go-ahead home run to CJ Abrams in the eighth inning, had a lot to say.
“I’ve been sitting here trying to think about honestly what to even say to you guys and what you’re even going to ask and trying to come up with something,” he told reporters. “And I think at the end of the day, this pursuit of perfection is an ultimate pressurized failure mindset.
“Everybody wants to be the hero because we care and we want to win really, really bad. And I just don’t think success lives in that realm. It truly doesn’t. And I think the freedom with which we play with day-to-day is kind of being suffocated a little bit. I want to just do my job, it’s that simple, there’s moments that feel really close, and then there’s just mistakes that magnify our situation.
“Of course I sit there and feel the weight of the world, and feel like I let the team down … we sit there and we just tell you guys, ‘It’ll come. This is the game. This is the law of averages.’ And all these things. But at the end of the day those words just don’t hold the same weight when you continue to (lose) day after day.
“The encouragement, the motivation to pursue just being the best person you can be and the best baseball player you can be is the only answer. Until we prove that, I understand the grievances from the outsiders.”
The Mets (10-21) have lost 17 of 20 and have the worst record in baseball. There are loads of negatives to focus on. It’s a small thing, but I like that Weaver shared his heartfelt thoughts on the season.
Christian Scott (0-0, 6.75 ERA) will make his 11th try at his first big-league victory Friday in Anaheim against rookie RHP Walbert Urena, (0-3, 4.76 ERA) who is also looking for his first MLB win. Game time is 9:38 p.m. ET and it will air on WPIX. The Mets will visit Anaheim, Colorado and Arizona on a nine-game road trip.
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On This Date in Mets History
2011: Ronny Paulino collected five hits, including the game-winning double in the 14th inning of a 2-1 victory over the Phillies. Chants of “USA” broke out in the ninth inning when news reports spread throughout Citizens Bank Park of the death of Osama bin Laden.
1984: Dwight Gooden struck out 10 Cubs to become the first teenager to fan double digits in a game since Bert Blyleven in 1970. He hurled seven innings of one-run ball and added a sacrifice fly in the 8-1 win. Keith Hernandez homered. Gooden would go on to lead the major leagues in strikeouts with 276, which also set the rookie record, and reach double-digit Ks 15 times for the season.
1974: Tom Seaver fanned 16 Dodgers over 12 innings, but the Mets lost 2-1 in 14. Andy Messersmith threw 11 innings of one-run ball. Wayne Garrett homered. Steve Garvey homered off Seaver and connected for the walk-off single off Harry Parker.
Born on This Date: Marcus Stroman (1991), Manny Acosta (1981), Joe Hietpas (1979), Armando Reynoso (1966), Charlie O’Brien (1960), Ray Searage (1955), Roy Lee Jackson (1954), M. Donald Grant (1904).
