From JOEL SHERMAN

Here’s another storyline that should have been ignored: The Mets’ concentration on fundamentals in spring training. Remember Jerry Manuel‘s drills in which the Mets speed-hit curveball after curveball to the opposite field, for example? Well, the season actually began and it turns out that the Mets are a bad fundamental team again. And this is not just about Daniel Murphy‘s inability to properly judge a fly ball or throw to the right base or look anything like a competent left fielder.

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