3 Mets players testing the fans' patience as they cling to stay above .500

2) Omar Narvaez

Fans were already sick of Omar Narvaez after the little he offered the team in 2024. Brace for an even more agonizing year with him behind the plate. The recent injury to Francisco Alvarez secures we’ll see Narvaez a whole bunch more.

Now slashing .188/.235/.250 in 35 trips to the plate, Narvaez has at least shown an early spell where he can produce. That seemed to be short-lived. A double on Tuesday was his first hit in a couple of games. Getting paid $7 million to be arguably no better than Tomas Nido will wear on fans over the next two months as the pair share the catcher duties.

The biggest grind of all will be how many stolen bases Narvaez allows. Runners are 18 for 18 in attempts this year. It wasn’t until Nido gunned down a runner over the weekend that any Mets catcher was successful in this situation. The lack of ability to throw out runners has gone from frustration to sad.

When a team loses their starting catcher there's almost always a drop off in talent. It's a bit bigger for the Mets who had plans of their young rising star becoming a big part of the offense. Any solution you can think of to get through the next few weeks probably isn't good enough.