Schweis Mets Notes: Struggling Offense, Another Pitcher Gone And More

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The Mets continue to struggle on their homestand, and after dropping two of three to both the Dodgers and Diamondbacksand losing the opener of their series with the Pirates, the Mets fired hitting coach Dave Hudgens and released reliever Jose Valverde.

The Mets continuing struggles at the plate have spurred conversation about bringing in the fences at Citi Field for a second time in the short history of the Mets new ballpark.

However, the Metsoffense as a team has not been better since the fences were brought in following the 2011 season. This years totals are through Mondays game.

AVG R HR

2009 .274 343 49

2010 .255 374 63

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Schweis Mets Notes: Struggling Offense, Another Pitcher Gone And More