You know what’s worse than having a reliever with a sky-high ERA on your 25-man roster? Using said reliever in high-leverage situations. Sadly for Mets fans, skipper Terry Collins apparently subscribes to that losing philosophy as he allowed Hansel Robles and his mid-5 ERA to meltdown in epic fashion against the Rockies this afternoon.
To Robles’ credit, he did pitch a clean eighth inning before his choke job in the ninth, which featured a HBP, intentional walk, walk, and, you guessed it, walk! But this was no ordinary base on balls as Robles airmailed his 3-2 pitch to Nolan Arenado to clinch the L:
Hansel Robles just walked 3 straight batters including a walk-off. The #Mets once again find new ways to lose games. #MLB #Rockies pic.twitter.com/6lS4oQQzx8
— Tater Talk: A Baseball Podcast (@TaterTalkPod) August 3, 2017
That right there is the very definition of pooping your pants.
Again, in GIF form!
Bases loaded, tie game, full count, bottom of the ninth, heeeeere's the pitch…..😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/fPePbdkMcc
— Coronamania (@MetsKevin11) August 3, 2017
Stay strong, Mets fans… only 56 games to go.
