Does the front office plan to do anything to make the Mets serious contenders this season, or just toss pennies in the wishing fountain? This is shaping up to be classic Mets headache inducing “strategy”

1. Only partially fix obviously glaring problems in off season

2. Completely mis-manage DL assignments

3. Pay a starting pitcher (lets call him, oh, I don’t know……Ollie) an insane amount of $ despite the fact that no other team in the league is willing to do it.

4. Overplay guys in the minors when they get on a 3 week hot streak

5. Hope like hell that the guy you signed who used to be good but who had 2 or so lousy years in a row somehow finds himself. If he’s pushing or over 40 years old, even better.

6. Fail to have back up plan in place when forseeable injuries happen to your power slugging run producer

I think part of the frustration expressed in the above unfair and excessively broadsided criticisms is the fact that the Mets are still in it, have $ to spend, and are in a stretch of games right now that can have a serious impact on whether they are true contenders down the road, but 2 weeks without winning a series is brutal, and every series feels like “Groundhog Day — The Sequel”. (pun intended).

1. We’re injured as hell, we’re battling, and thankfully the Phillies have been awful.

2. The Phillies just finished a 1-8 homestand and we only gained 2 games. Wasted opportunities.

Either way, it’s clear this team needs some serious help. I think we can make it to the All-Star break still within striking distance. But we need our real team back.

Can we win a series this week? Please? I’m going to the first two games of the subway series. Psyched!