Mets Place Taijuan Walker On The IL Because Why The Fuck Not?
You know what? I'm not even going to get mad about the Final Destination taking place in Queens anymore, which make no mistake, is exactly what's happening.
Somehow, some way the Mets are not only persevering through these injuries but they are getting stronger. Any other season when the Mets throw out a lineup like the one last night in Atlanta, they get their shit absolutely pushed in to go along with multiple Freddie Freeman dingers. I mean imagine going back in time to Opening Day and telling yourself that this is who the Mets would be starting in their 37th game.
But this team is different. We have the Bench Mob. We have the AAA Mob, which probably isn't a thing but I like saying it anyway. And of all things, we have a nails bullpen that is covering our asses as the starters drop like flies. This is truly a weird time to be a Mets fan but in all the best ways (except for our players falling like the Starks once they leave Winterfell). I don't even bother looking up the probable starter anymore because it's either some dude I've never heard or a reliever that is just opening for an inning or two. Yet I always feel like whatever 25 guys wearing a Mets uniform that night will pull out a W.
It's absolutely BANANAS that people can actually complain about this team as they sit in first place with an 11-5 record in May despite this absolute outrageous list of calamities that doesn't even include their big offseason acquisition not hitting the first 1.5 months (even though his swings looked gooooood last night).
So rest up Taijuan, because we all want you to finish with better stats than Trevor Bauer for a fraction of the price. And when you do come back, it'll probably be with a bunch of other guys since most of these injuries are minor, which means we are going to fuck things up with the strongest returning squad since some wizards created a bunch of sparkly circles behind Captain America at his lowest moment.
