Mendoza is pulling the starters too early. After Diaz got suspended, he should have leaned on the starters more, but he pulled them as follows: Jun 26 Manaea pulled at 77 pitches, gave up 0 ER Jun 28 Quintana pulled at 93 pitches, gave up 2 ER Jun 30 Severino pulled after 79 pitches, gave up 4 ER Jul 1 Peterson pulled after 86 pitches, gave up 2 ER
The Mets just need to boot McNeil and bring up Baty. Give Baty major experience for the late season/next year instead of just withering away at the 8/9 spot with a big fat 0.