Relax. The Mets still can win 89 games.
The Mets, with their mostly lifeless offense, suffered a 7-2 drilling by the Phillies at Citi Field Saturday for their 73rd defeat of the season. So whether 90 victories represented a goal, a standard, a level to strive for or an illusion, they are not coming this season.
Bartolo Colon (12-11), the Mets' top winner, took the loss after he was roughed up for six of the Phillies' seven hits, all singles, in the sixth inning.
Already clearing waivers, Colon can be traded to any team. But if a team wants him for the playoffs they would need to get something done by Sunday's Aug. 31 deadline. After Sunday, Colon would not be eligible for the playoffs with a new team.
Of course, he always could make the postseason with the Mets …
The Mets could be better off waiting until the offseason if they decide to deal Colon. Given the price tags attached to starting pitchers, some team easily could find Colon, 41, at one year and $11 million not that unreasonable. The rumors have persisted regarding teams that are interested, not interested or innocent bystanders.
"I don't think it bothers him at all, honestly," manager Terry Collins said of the trade talk. "You don't pitch all the years he's pitched at this level and see a lot of things happen around you and to you [without realizing] stuff out of your control, you can't worry about."
The legit worries came in the sixth when the Phillies, who had lost 12 of 17 previous games with the Mets this season, scored five times.
Former Met Marlon Byrd had broken up a scoreless game between Colon and Phillies starter and winner Jerome Williams (3-0) with his career-best 25th homer leading off the fifth. Colon had snuffed 12 of the first 13 Phillies, surrendering a third-inning double to Cody Asche.
But all that became a footnote when six singles, including a two-RBI liner to right by Ryan Howard and a run-scoring effort by Carlos Ruiz that banished Colon, made it 5-0. The end of Colon did not mean an end to Met misery. Asche greeted reliever Buddy Carlyle with an RBI single and Philly led, 6-0.
The Mets, meanwhile, played with their offense on silent mode through six innings. They managed just one hit — Matt den Dekker's one-out, nothing-came-of-it single in the second — and three walks, two by David Wright, against Williams. Wright's fourth-inning walk eventually was negated in a double play that came after a 40-second review overturned a call that had Wright returning safely to first.
The Mets awoke in the seventh, loading bases with three singles, including the first-ever hit by prospect Dilson Herrera. With one out, Wilmer Flores delivered an RBI single off reliever Justin De Fratus. One out later, Juan Lagares walked and it was 6-2. But lefty Antonio Bastardo came on and struck out Granderson with the bases loaded. The Phillies added a run in the ninth off Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Regardless of what the future holds for Colon, Collins made it clear he would prefer keeping the veteran right-hander for his ability and influence on the young Mets pitchers.
"He brings something to the party, there's no doubt," Collins said. "He's got a presence about him. He is very good at sharing information and knowledge. I think it's made a difference on how they've pitched to have him here. So I hope he stays but that stuff is out of my hands."
Collins cited Colon's professionalism during his recent personal issues when his mother passed away following a lengthy illness. Colon flew home to the Dominican Republic, flew back to Los Angeles to pitch (and win) then returned to his homeland for his mother's funeral.
"I'm not sure they realized how hard that was for him, just what he went through with his mother being as sick as she was for the period of time and he just kept pitching with that on his mind all the time," Collins said. "Maybe when it becomes crunch time for them they'll think about what Bartolo had to do."
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