{"id":87441,"date":"2025-08-09T09:02:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T09:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=87441"},"modified":"2025-08-09T09:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T09:03:07","slug":"mets-stearns-backs-hitting-coaches-amid-slump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=87441","title":{"rendered":"Mets&#8217; Executive Stearns Offers Support to Hitting Coaches Amid Slump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-08-16T000000Z_444385677_MT1NURPHO000R6AH17_RTRMADP_3_SPORTS-BASEBALL-MLB-MARLINS-METS.jpg?quality=51\" alt=\"David Stearns' Future with Mets Questioned Amid Struggles\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Associated Press<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aug 8, 2025, 07:38 PM ET<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>MILWAUKEE &#8212; New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns acknowledged feeling frustrated by the team&#8217;s recent hitting struggles but expressed confidence the slump won&#8217;t last long.<\/p>\n<p>Stearns spoke before the Mets fell 3-2 to the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night for their ninth loss in their last 10 games. The skid has caused New York to drop 3 1\/2 games behind first-place Philadelphia in the NL East, though the Mets are 3 1\/2 games ahead of Cincinnati for the last National League wild card.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Clearly everyone&#8217;s frustrated,&#8221; Stearns said before Friday&#8217;s game. &#8220;Players are frustrated. At times, I&#8217;ve been frustrated. But I believe that this is a good offensive team. I believe in the offense that we have in place, and I&#8217;m confident we&#8217;re going to see that going forward.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Mets have failed to exceed three runs in six of their last nine games. They have totaled 10 hits over their past three games, all losses.<\/p>\n<p>Stearns expressed support for hitting coaches Eric Chavez and Jeremy Barnes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have confidence in our hitting coaches,&#8221; Stearns said. &#8220;I think we have good hitting coaches. They have track records of helping to lead and put together really quality offenses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Mets arrived in Milwaukee after getting just one hit Wednesday &#8212; a ninth-inning homer by Juan Soto &#8212; in a 4-1 loss to Gavin Williams and the Cleveland Guardians.<\/p>\n<p>Soto homered again Friday in the first inning off Milwaukee starter Brandon Woodruff. Starling Marte added a solo shot against Woodruff in the second to give New York a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>But the Mets got just three more hits the rest of the night, and two of them came with two outs in the ninth. Marte doubled to right-center off Trevor Megill and then was thrown out at the plate trying to score the tying run on Jeff McNeil&#8217;s single to center fielder Blake Perkins.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Overall, in those middle innings, we had a hard time creating traffic,&#8221; Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. &#8220;(Woodruff) gave them seven innings, and we know how that bullpen&#8217;s going to be. But I thought we had some good at-bats against Megill there, especially the last two guys. Turn the page.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Mets entered Friday ranked 15th in the majors in runs (501), 23rd in batting average (.239), 15th in on-base percentage (.318), 14th in slugging percentage (.404) and 13th in OPS (.722). Those weren&#8217;t the results expected of a lineup that features 2024 NL MVP runner-up Francisco Lindor, Soto and five-time All-Star Pete Alonso.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Mets were seventh in runs (768), 12th in batting average (.246), eighth in on-base percentage (.319), 10th in slugging percentage (.415) and ninth in OPS (.734) as they earned a wild-card playoff berth and ended up in the National League Championship Series.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We haven&#8217;t been hitting the last few games, but this is a team that continues to work hard, that has a great amount of talent,&#8221; Marte said through an interpeter after the game. &#8220;Right now, we&#8217;re hitting a low point in the season, but I know and I&#8217;m confident that this team&#8217;s going to be able to turn it around because we work hard, we give our 100% day in and day out, and we show up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right now, it&#8217;s not going the way that we want it to, but eventually it&#8217;s going to turn, and it&#8217;s going to turn quickly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stearns and Mendoza cited the track record of the Mets&#8217; hitters as reason to believe things will turn around soon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re really good players and they&#8217;ve done it before,&#8221; Mendoza said before Friday&#8217;s game. &#8220;It&#8217;s just, when you&#8217;re going through it, it gets noisy, you know? 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