There are plenty of grumbles to go around. You don't bat Nimmo 8th, you bat him first. Yeah, it's a lefty, but it wasn't Steve Freaking Carlton out there. Dom should have started. DeGrom had barely broken a sweat and could have gone another inning. Apparently the pre-game 'plan' was 6 innings (or 'ups'), but you adjust plans based on game situations. At least that's what competent, confident managers are supposed to do. Memo to Sandy: the bullpen still sucks. If this is any indication of what's coming, it'll be a long summer in Flushing. Yes, one game, long season, yada, yada, yada. But this game was a microcosm of what's always been wrong with the Mets- losing winnable games.