Last week’s losing streak had a little bit of everything—not enough run support from the offense (reflected in the hitting meter), bad starting pitching performances (including the only true meltdown from any of the young rookie starters as of yet), and bullpen blowups (Saturday’s game, yikes). Right now, Nolan McLean is just about the only consistent performer on the entire pitching staff. And he has only started six big league games.

Because Saturday’s game was such a heartbreaker, not enough will be said about Brandon Sproat’s performance, which was excellent. He gave the Mets exactly what they needed, trying to stop the losing streak in its tracks with six shutout innings. He scattered six hits and struck out three batters without walking any.

But the bullpen blew the game and Saturd

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