3 overreactions to the first month of the season

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The first month of the season is over and the New York Mets are in first place. This seems to happen every year but this team does actually feel different. They're pitching well even without their best pitcher and they're actually scoring runs at a decent rate.

The Mets schedule was not super difficult but the Mets did what they should have done, beat bad teams.

22 games down, 140 to go. Let's make some weird overreactions to the first month of New York Mets baseball.

NY Mets overreaction: This team will never lose another series again

The Mets have played six series thus far and have won all six they have played. Interestingly enough they haven't swept one yet, but they've won all regardless. Those six straight series win to begin a season set a franchise record. Pretty good.

The Mets have won six straight series and seem poised to win a seventh as they have Max Scherzer on the bump at home against the Phillies tonight. A great start that surely won't last forever.

The Mets have had some fairly easy series' to begin the season like two series' against the Diamondbacks and a four game series in Washington as their first one of the year.

The Mets do have some impressive series wins like taking three of four against the Giants and taking two of three in St. Louis including a very impressive comeback with two outs in the ninth inning of the first game.

While it'd be nice to win every series, no team has ever done that and the Mets won't be the first one to accomplish that feat. It's very likely no team will ever do that.

NY Mets overreaction: The team will have the best rotation the entire time Jacob deGrom is out

The New York Mets have gotten some incredible starting pitching while the best pitcher in baseball has been on the injured list. deGrom figures to be out until at least some point in June, so the Mets hopefully will continue to get that elite starting pitching.

The Mets rotation has pitched to a 2.44 ERA through the first month of the season which is ridiculously good. That's with the Mets using seven different starters including David Peterson and Trevor Williams. Peterson was supposed to begin the season in AAA and Williams is a reliever.

Tylor Megill has a 1.93 ERA through five starts and started the no-hitter. Chris Bassitt has a 2.25 ERA. Max Scherzer has a 1.80 ERA. Even Carlos Carrasco has pitched extremely well despite his hiccup in St. Louis.

The Mets starter has gone at least the first five inning without allowing a run nine times in the teams first 22 games. In 41% of the Mets games thus far the Mets have not allowed a run through five innings. This has given them an incredible chance to score first and build a lead to not surrender. It's been the key to success for the Mets.

It's just not sustainable to be this good without deGrom. Last season the Mets completely folded once he got hurt. They've done remarkably well this season and have way better talent in the rotation, but it still won't sustain until deGrom returns from injury, whenever that may be.

NY Mets overreaction: The bullpen is a disaster

The Mets bullpen is not perfect. If they have dreams of competing they probably should make an upgrade at the trade deadline. However, the bullpen is not nearly as bad as it is made out to be.

The Mets have a 3.46 bullpen ERA through the first month of the season. That's including Sean Reid-Foley, a guy who will almost certainly not be on the MLB team this week. It's also including poor starts from Trevor May and Seth Lugo that will likely not last.

The Mets have gotten nearly perfect pitching from everyone's least favorite closer Edwin Diaz (he's elite.) Drew Smith has not allowed a run in 9.1 innings. The bullpen will look better when he's pitching in the later innings as he should be.

The lefties, Joely Rodriguez and Chasen Shreve have both looked really good. Opposing left handed hitters have a .464 OPS against Shreve and a .350 OPS against Rodriguez. That'll play!

The Mets could use more out of Ottavino, Lugo, and May but their track records all say they will be better than they have been.

Once Buck figures out how to use these guys properly and once they get settled in, this bullpen will be even better than they have been. They've been above average through the first month and should only improve.

A trade deadline acquisition is probably needed for the second half of the season, but this bullpen is more than capable of getting the job done until the deadline.

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