MILWAUKEE — The Mets returned to baseball prominence thanks to the talent and dominance of their starting rotation. A fearsome stable of starters helped them reach the 2015 World Series and weather injuries to reach the playoffs last season. Their starters gave them swagger.
It took six weeks of the 2017 season for that once-vaunted group to deteriorate into the worst in the major leagues.
“It’s been shocking to me,” Manager Terry Collins said after the struggling rookie Robert Gsellman turned in another rough start in a 11-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday.