One massive figure makes Mets struggles against Brewers even more embarrassing

The start to the New York Mets season has been filled with highs and lows. Against the Brewers, they’ve reached a new low point.

The Milwaukee Brewers are a good baseball team. This article is by no means a shot at them.

But Milwaukee is a team with postseason aspirations. The New York Mets, based on Steve Cohen’s lofty payroll, is a team with World Series aspirations.

The Mets have had a tough start to the season, despite winning their first series against the Miami Marlins. Injuries to their pitching staff — namely Justin Verlander — have made the Mets shorthanded. It’s showing against Milwaukee.

Through two games, New York has been outscored 19-0 against a team with $200 million less in payroll.

There’s no shame in losing to the Brew Crew. There is shame in getting dominated by a team playing far greater than the sum of its parts, especially considering how much money Cohen has invested in his team from Queens.

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With their ace Max Scherzer on the mound, the Mets took another thumping. They’ve scored zero runs against Wade Miley and Freddy Paralta. This isn’t Corbin Burnes and Brandon Woodruff.

Scherzer is baseball’s highest-paid player per AAV, but he’s not playing like it. The ace even acknowledged that postgame.

“I’ve just got to pitch better, that’s it. There’s no other quote. There’s no other way to do it,” Scherzer said. “I’ve got to pitch better and get outs when I need to get outs, especially with two strikes.”

Money only goes so far when allocated to the wrong sources. Scherzer will likely figure things out eventually, but the rest of this Mets roster is filled with potholes. New York isn’t as scary as we thought they’d be, and that’s a concern moving forward.