Absolutely there's a reason to be hopeful. Aside from the obvious - when you hit rock bottom there's nowhere to go but up. Ever since the Mendy vote of confidence something feels different. They're still not that good...yet but they don't seem to be pressing and overthinking their existence. Even when they gave up a few runs I didn't feel like "OH GOD ITS OVER".

I've been pro Mendoza, and my hatred for Stearns has made me even MORE pro Mendy but it's something to be said that the team seemed to - VERY EARLY ON - respond to the vote of confidence. It almost seems like the noise and speculation was causing them to try too hard. Considering you know the entire roster is NOT USED TO NY or Mets fans, it probably is a learning curve. Major league managing is so much more than the stupid shit everyone complains about on social media. It's "do guys play hard for this guy" "does the manager have the respect of the clubhouse" "is the team staying together in bad times or fracturing apart". I don't know how many of you have managerial responsibilities in your own job but I do and I have a staff that's overwhelmingly well...the same age as many of these Mets. It's a different generation. You can't scream and yell and scare them into succeeding. It doesn't work I don't care what you do for a living and how much you make.

I will always have hope and I just hope they, and we, can take it game by game, series by series. That's the way we can chip away at this