3 changes the Mets should make after blowing the series against the Reds

Remember the 2022 New York Mets and all of the consistent joy they brought us? It took them forever to lose a series. This hasn’t been the case in 2023.

We now have to go back to the San Francisco Giants series for the last time the Mets didn’t lose a series. That was a split in four. They did manage to take two out of three from the Los Angeles Dodgers prior to playing the Giants. It was a high point of the season to beat Noah Syndergaard even if it was the same day Max Scherzer was ejected.

So much has happened since. In their last 9 games, the Mets have lost to three of MLB’s most miserable teams 7 times. Their lone wins were a 1-0 victory against the Colorado Rockies and a 2-1 win versus the Cincinnati Reds. It’s time for a change. Before opening up their series against the Washington Nationals on Friday, the Mets need to make these three changes.

1) The NY Mets need to promote Ronny Mauricio immediately

Heck, they can bring up Mark Vientos, too. Ronny Mauricio is just a slightly better fit with an obvious role he could have on the team. Sit Mark Canha and move Jeff McNeil to left field. Let Mauricio play second base as much as possible. With Vientos, he could be the right-handed DH and even get a couple of reps in as the left fielder simply to get his bat into the lineup.

The important thing is for the Mets to get a hot bat into the lineup. Calling up Brett Baty and Francisco Alvarez has clearly been a good decision. It’s time to stop holding the kids back and make another wise choice.

To clear the roster spot, Luis Guillorme would be the unfortunate scapegoat. He hasn’t played all that well this year and because he is one of only a small number of players the team can demote, he’d have to lose his roster spot.

Something has to change. A spark in the lineup from one of the youngsters can do the trick.

2) The NY Mets need to completely shake up the lineup

We’re already seeing the Mets make some changes to the starting lineup. Baty is hitting higher, Starling Marte is hitting lower, and the top of the order has been put in a can then shaken. 

How about this; get as unorthodox as needed. Bat Pete Alonso second. Put Alvarez right in the center of the order. Place Brandon Nimmo third. Drop Francisco Lindor. Get whacky. Use a dartboard if you need.

Buck Showalter already put together a starting lineup in the spring that went alphabetically. Could something as preposterous as this actually get the Mets to start hitting better?

This isn’t a matter of players struggling to see the ball or everyone dealing with a nagging injury. They just aren’t showing off the talent we know they have in them.

Try it once. So far, all of the changes Showalter has made have failed to get the message across. At this point it couldn’t hurt to try anything. Put them in order by height. Have Buck actually rank which players he genuinely likes and which ones get on his nerves and assemble the batting order that way. Whatever it takes, try something different.

Oh, and of course, do it with Mauricio or Vientos in the lineup, too. That’s a given.