Frank Francisco is awful. Manny Acosta is even worse.
Francisco can blame the umpire all he wants, but at the end of the day, he blew it. He blew Sunday's game against the Marlins, as well as Friday's game, and blew the Mets' chance to sweep Miami.
The ump didn't give up a triple to Emilio Bonifacio and a single to Greg Dobbs.
When Francisco argued with the home plate umpire, and eventually got himself ejected, SNY announcer Gary Cohen wondered if Francisco would land himself a suspension.
I doubt it, but may I suggest a 128 game suspension?
I have zero confidence in Francisco when he enters a game. I haven't felt this way since the days of Armando Benitez.
The fact that Terry Collins told reporters after Sunday's game that he would address the closer situation on Monday suggests to me that he is about done with Francisco's nonsense.
As for Acosta, I don't even know where to start. Someone explain to me why he is even on this team. I can't figure it out.
Give this team their props. They fight back day after day and put themselves in positions to win. What's the point of all that though if you go to the bullpen and they ruin it?
At this point, I'm not sure who would be the ideal choice to take over as closer. We may be seeing a closer by committee situation taking place soon.
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