June Swoon or June Boon? Could be June Doom!

[Centerfield]

I mentioned this in the other thread.  June has the potential to be a brutal month for our Mets.  They entered June with a record of 26-33.  7 games below .500.

In the month of June into early July, they will face:

@Seattle - 3 games
@San Diego - 3 games
St. Louis - 3 games
Atlanta - 3 games
@Cincinnati - 3 games
@Philadelphia - 3 games
Chicago Cubs - 4 games
Philadelphia - 3 games
@Toronto - 3 games
@Atlanta - 4 games

10 series, 32 games against good competition.  We've already started 0-2.  

18-14 is probably as good as we can possibly hope for.  That would put us 3 games under .500, and maybe gives us a puncher's chance the rest of the season.  Our chances are still fairly slim, and I won't mention our first four series coming out of the All-Star Break, but I think if we hit this mark, we're still holding on to some sort of hope.  I think we have no chance of getting anywhere close to this.

16-16 would mean we remain 7 games under, with a month ticked off the calendar.  Our chances to get to a mid-80s win total and grab that third WC is probably not realistic at that point.

Anything worse than that, and I think we can agree that our season is basically over.

For me, I think this is the month we are all put out of our misery.  I think the only reason we have any faint hope is that the schedule has been incredibly kind to us (in terms of competition, not travel).  I think when we face these good teams we'll see how outclassed we are.  I guess the potential mitigating factor could be guys coming back from injury, but I don't think it will be enough to make a difference.

I think we do no better than 13-19.  I think there will be series where we feel lucky to steal a game (like this current one).  We will clearly be sellers going into the All-Star Break.  

[Cowtipper]

Why it could be a summer bummer or a summer stunner, we just can't tell!

[MFS62]

22 minutes ago, Cowtipper said:

Why it could be a summer bummer or a summer stunner, we just can't tell!

Heading into the August Angst and the inevitable September Splat!

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm hopeful, but not optimistic.

[seawolf17]

So you're saying there's a chance!