Not even a day after WFAN’s Mike Francesa blasted everyone on the New York Mets from the players to Mickey Callaway to Brodie Van Wagenen in an epic take-down, the Mets skipper braved an appearance with Francesa this afternoon.
Francesa pulled no punches after closer Edwin Diaz allowed a three-run walkoff homerun to the Phillies’ Jean Segura.
“Segura hits a shot. Home run. UNBELIEVABLE! So this guy comes in and gives up five runs. That sums it up. Fire all of ’em. Don’t even bring him back to New York. Let the bus go the other way. Please. Tomorrow night let the ’69 Mets take the field. They do a better job against the Braves. This is unbelievable. ”
“This is a disgrace. I can’t even believe it! You can’t lose this game! They stink so bad, you can’t even make it up. 37-45. You got to be kidding me. Get rid of all of them. They’re a bunch of jokers.”
You can listen to the entire rant here.
During Callaway’s appearance on Mike’s Up, Francesa asked him to assess where the team is right now as they begin a weekend series with the first place Atlanta Braves.
“We’re in a tough spot. It’s gonna take a miracle,” Callaway said. ‘But I’ve seen miracles before.”
“We understand we’re in a very tough situation. It may take a miracle to get out of it. That’s happened before in Mets land. They’re celebrating the 50-year anniversary of it , and we’re hoping that that can happen again. We’re optimistic we can get this thing going.”
The Mets are 37-45 and 11 games back in the NL East, but they’ll need a lot more than a miracle to earn a playoff spot with the team 6.5 games out of the second wild card spot.
The bullpen has a 7.96 ERA in June, the worst mark in the major leagues, and they are the only team in the majors with more blown saves (20) than saves (18).
Edwin Diaz, who allowed just 17 runs in 73.1 innings last year, has already allowed 17 runs in 31 innings this year. He is 1-5 with a 4.94 ERA, a 1.42 WHIP and 16 saves in 20 chances.
