The dream of the Mets hitting their ceiling is still out there
It was back in April, when the best player in the National League was Pete Alonso, when Luisangel Acuña looked like a .300 hitter, when questions persisted about a slow-starting Juan Soto and when the Mets' pitching was the envy of baseball.
'We're not even close to hitting on all cylinders,' co-hitting coach Eric Chavez said then about his offense. 'Right now we're still kind of feeling through some things to get to where we need to be.
'… We're not even near where we need to be. But thank God the pitchers are doing their job.'
In many respects, this is what a team hopes for: When one player or one group sinks, another usually has been there to buoy the Mets this season.
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