3 NY Mets players with a bad June whom the team desperately needs more from in July

It wasn’t quite a June swoon for the New York Mets. Let’s consider it a bad finish to the month rather than a whole 30 days of desperation. The team is still very much alive in the playoff hunt. To dismiss them after a poor stretch would signal you didn’t pay attention to the 2024 season.

Are the Mets in trouble? Eh, right now it feels that way. The pitching has fallen back down to earth. The offense no-shows way too often. The team doesn’t have much depth beyond a handful of bats and arms.

Putting our final blood-soaked bow on June, it’s these three Mets players who struggled in June that the team desperately needs more from in July.

1) Francisco Lindor

Francisco Lindor wasn’t even close to the worst play on the Mets roster in June. However, it was not a very good month for the reigning NL MVP runner-up in comparison to what the Mets needed from him. Lindor batted .204/.259/.369 for the month. He had 4 home runs, 10 RBI, and a rough pitch to conclude June. In the final 7 games of the month, Lindor was 4 for 29. Only slightly better in the final 15 games of the month at 10 for 60, his struggles best represent an explanation as to why the team couldn’t outscore the opponent.

How Lindor performs seems to declare how the Mets perform. His streak of hitting a home run equaling a victory came to an end in June with a whimper. Lindor looked like he was on the outskirts of the MVP conversation when June began. Lately, he’s looking like he did at the start of the 2024 season when he looked headed toward a lost campaign.

For as bad a month as it was for multiple Mets hitters, they received exceptional performances out of Juan Soto, Pete Alonso, and Brandon Nimmo. Even Jeff McNeil continued to keep them afloat. For the most part, it was Lindor and the bottom of the order leaving the offense to appear rudderless.

Streaky patches like this have been a regularity for Lindor throughout his time with the Mets. It’s a shame it had to happen against several teams the Mets should have either easily beaten (the Pittsburgh Pirates) or needed wins against (Philadelphia Phillies) or even ball clubs we’d like to see him tatter for the sake of it (Atlanta Braves).

It’s crucial Lindor gets back to his best. Otherwise the team will depend on too many unqualified bats to accomplish the mission.