Get Above The Ordóñez Line NOW!!!!

[Edgy MD]

With some bad starts normalizing a bit toward the mean, and slumping players finding something like a footing.  A recent outburst of productivity (and creativity!) has launched wayward Marcus Semien above The Ordóñez Line, as he has today reached the lofty peak of a .615 OPS.  While a figure in the low .600's is hardly a shiny figure, his double-play partner is not so fortunate.

The following 2026 Mets still need to get with the program and get their OPSes above .600:

• Austin Slater: .586 (and presumably done with the 2026 Mets)
• Bo Bichette: .583
• Luis Torrens: .567
• Hayden Senger: .539
• Ronny Mauricio: .532 (and IL-ing it)
• Jorge Polanco: .532 (and rehabbing with Binghamton)
• Tyrone Taylor:  .530 (and chilling on the IL as well)
• Vidal Bruján: .347 (and flying out against a position player today)
• Nick Morabito: .083 (back in Syracuse, acting all embittered and short with his teammates)
• Tommy Pham: .071 (last seen in the minors with Baltimore, wondering if his tenure on the 2026 Mets even actually happened)
• Andy Ibáñez: .000 (Syracusing it and dreaming of any kind of second chance)

[Centerfield]

Bichette being this bad is crazy. It’s June 1. 

[seawolf17]

I mean, at least he's stopped striking out all the time, so there's that, but he's actually been worse in May than he was in April. And that's play his natural position every day, too. But he's been worse at short than he was at third.

Split	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
April/March	31	31	136	126	15	29	5	0	2	14	1	0	8	27	.230	.272	.317	.590	40	5	0	0	2	0	0	.273	102	65
May	28	28	122	111	13	23	1	0	3	14	0	0	11	15	.207	.279	.297	.576	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	.215	98	65

[Edgy MD]

He was chasing balls up at his chin level all weekend.  After swinging at two of those with the bases loaded, he finally let ball four pass, took his walk and his RBI, and let Soto bring them all home.

I'm hoping that might be the beginning of his chase-mania calming down.  In the meantime, it's been kind of dis-spiriting seeing the top of the order come up as I feel initial encouragement before realizing he's batting between Benge and Soto.

It's part of a pattern of not really having any good righthanded options, but I'd sorta rather see Semien in there.

[smg58]

Bichette is hitting like he did two years ago when he was banged up all season.  He looks like he's playing hurt, but unlike our other players with major league experience at shortstop, he's at least well enough to take the field.  It was never about the position change -- remember the Jays introduced him to a completely unfamiliar position during the World Series last year, and I don't remember anybody questioning it like it was questioned here.

[Edgy MD]

Who questioned it here?

If someone did, and didn't make a big deal out of him playing second in The World Series, I would imagine that would be due in part to folks here not having a big stake in The Blue Jays.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think by "here" he meant that Bichette's move to third base by the Mets was questioned.

[seawolf17]

There was definitely some "everyone's playing out of position and that's part of why they suck" at the beginning of this year.

[Centerfield]

I think the position most affecting Bichette is his bat position.  I heard one of the announcers talking about how Bo is wrapping the bat more than he did in the past. 
 

I don’t know why he would tinker and take on a new swing. Go back to what got you here. 

[The Hot Corner]

Throughout March and April, I kept saying I wasn't worried about Bichette.  I firmly believed he would start hitting, as he has done virtually his entire career.  I no longer have that confidence in his bat,  If he can't get going hitting in front of Soto, the one guy in our line up that opponents don't want to face in a crucial situation, then he is definitely is out of sync.

[smg58]

On 6/1/2026 at 3:02 PM, Edgy MD said:

Who questioned it here?

I guess I meant questioned in New York in general more than I meant questioned on this site in particular.

[Edgy MD]

Post-Seattle updates!

• Austin Slater: .586 (and presumably done with the 2026 Mets)
• Bo Bichette: .583
  • Update One: Now at .591 after closing the Seattle series with a 4-for-4 game.
• Luis Torrens: .583
  • Update One: Now at .578 after closing the Seattle series with a 2-for-4 game with a double, but going 0-for-3 in the previous game.
• Hayden Senger: .539
  • Update One: Went 0-for-2 in the Seattle series after launching his first career homer in the sweep over Miami.  Now at .467.
• Ronny Mauricio: .532 (and IL-ing it)
• Jorge Polanco: .532 (and rehabbing with Binghamton)
• Tyrone Taylor:  .530 (and chilling on the IL as well)
• Vidal Bruján: .347 (and flying out against a position player today)
• Nick Morabito: .083 (back in Syracuse, acting all embittered and short with his teammates)
• Tommy Pham: .071 (last seen in the minors with Baltimore, wondering if his tenure on the 2026 Mets even actually happened)
• Andy Ibáñez: .000 (Syracusing it and dreaming of any kind of second chance)

[Edgy MD]

A post-Atlanta update is in order after Brett Baty had been well careening toward the Ordóñez Line for several weeks before putting in his best game in the series finale.

• Bo Bichette: .583 .591 .646
  • Update One: Now at .591 after closing the Seattle series with a 4-for-4 game.
  • Update Two: Six hits in the Atlanta series, including homers in his first two trips to the plate in the set, has bumped him all the way up to .646, and so he hopefully has left The Line behind, and won't have to be included in future updates, but he is still swinging at pitches way upstairs.
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• Luis Torrens: .583 .578 .592
  • Update One: Now at .578 after closing the Seattle series with a 2-for-4 game with a double, but going 0-for-3 in the previous game.
  • Update Two: Has been hitting consistently enough (getting his first homer on the season since the last update) that (along with his hotchamalotcha defense), the team is still finding plenty of PT for him after the return of Francisco Alvarez.  Still below water, though.
• Austin Slater: .586 (and presumably done with the 2026 Mets)
  • Update Two: Austin may be done with the 2026 Mets, but he has a .713 OPS in 15 trips to the plate with Tampa Bay.  This still leaves him at .586 (and below the line) for the purposes of our observations, and anyway, his .460 OPS with Miami at the start of the season more than offsets those Tampa numbers, and leaves him even lower overall.
• Hayden Senger: .539
  • Update One: Went 0-for-2 in the Seattle series after launching his first career homer in the sweep over Miami.  Now at .467.
  • Update Two: Returned to Syracuse at .466.
• Ronny Mauricio: .532 (and IL-ing it)
• Jorge Polanco: .532 (and rehabbing with Binghamton)
• Tyrone Taylor:  .530 (and chilling on the IL as well)
• Vidal Bruján: .347 (and flying out against a position player today)
• Nick Morabito: .083 (back in Syracuse, acting all embittered and short with his teammates)
• Tommy Pham: .071 (last seen in the minors with Baltimore, wondering if his tenure on the 2026 Mets even actually happened)
• Andy Ibáñez: .000 (Syracusing it and dreaming of any kind of second chance)

Pretty much the only relevant guy below the line right now, then, is Torrens, so root like hell for him in the Cincy series.