There's a difference between Viantos taking a step back, which I did honestly expect versus Viantos falling off a cliff and then being on the injured list.

You know what I mean?

Yeah.

That's a far fall off.

And I remember saying this back in March about both the Mets and the Yankees, which was, hey, when you think back to 2024 and why they had success, a big part of why they had success is there were young players who stepped up in a big way.

100%. In the Yankees case, it was Austin Wells and Louise Heel. And in the Mets case, it wasn't just a veteran like Iglesias having a great year. It was Mark Vientos.

Well, as we sit here in late June of 2025, specifically looking at the New York Mets, they have gotten nothing out of their young players.

And that is a massive disappointment.

It starts with Viantos going backwards.

It continues with Beatty, who gives us a little bit of a sign of life, but mostly has underperformed.

It continues with Ronnie Maricio has done nothing.

It continued before that with Luis Anhelecuna, who, and given the opportunity, didn't hit.icio has done nothing. It continued before that with Luis Anilucunya, who when given the opportunity, he didn't hit.

They have gotten nothing out of their young players.

Yeah, Alvarez, too.

You didn't mention.

Thank you.

That's a big one.

In fact, that may be the biggest one.

Of course it is.

Francisco Alvarez.

He thought he was a cog.

You're right. So when you add all that together, is we diagnose why this offense hasn't been what I thought, maybe some MET fans thought. That's your answer. But now that we've diagnosed it, you sit here on June 24th and say, okay, how's it going to change? Because the one thing that's tough to rely on is winning games 3 to 2 and 4 to 3. Because while the pitching can stabilize, and I think it will,

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