This week, the inconsistent Mets offense reverted back to its rather annoying habit of not hitting—and especially not hitting with runners in scoring position. The exception was Saturday’s victory, in which the bats broke out for double digit runs. Saturday was also the only game the Mets won this week. Monday’s game certainly can’t be laid at the feet of the offense, but they combined for one run the rest of the Padres series. The Mets did add a bat at the trading deadline in Cedric Mullins, who is unquestionably an upgrade over Tyrone Taylor offensively, but he has yet to make a major impact thus far.

It’s hard to have a good offensive week when Juan Soto puts up a poop emoji. But the reality is that Soto is slumping right now and this week it got even worse. He hit just .158 with a

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