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NEW YORK CITY-- Generally manager Billy Eppler's mind, the Mets' 16-16 document via 32 games is far from a reason to panic. " I count on this lineup," Eppler said before Friday's series opener versus the Mountain ranges. "I believe in this group and the players that are here. There's excessive performance history, there's excessive these individuals have accomplished, there's excessive knowledge. " AdvertisementEppler's very first group meeting since Opening Day included the Mets enduring their most difficult regular-season stretch of his period. Adhering to a three-game move in Detroit, New York City is 2-9 in its previous 11 games. Other than a series with Atlanta, that stretch has not included a list of world-beaters: The Mets shed the last two games of their collection in San Francisco and also directly avoided a house move to discussed staying clear of "recency prejudice" and also taking a "10,000-foot sight. " He said Memorial Day offers a much more all-natural time to go back and begin making final thoughts concerning the roster you have, rather than the record it brought right into the so, he is not bothered with the violation: "I have miraculous confidence these people are going to burst out. " He is not fretted about Starling Marte: "This is a special skill. He's going to figure it out. " He is not stressed over a basic absence of power from Daniel Vogelbach: "I believe he's going to have the ability to get that back. " He is not fretted about Max Scherzer: "No, I'm not stressed over Max. " Max Scherzer has a 5. 56 age through 5 starts Kyle Freeland Jersey. Lon Horwedel/ United States Today) Eppler did share the least little concern about New york city's starting turning in general: "That's been the component of our club that most likely hasn't install the numbers they expected or we expected. " He certified that remark by pointing out the Mets have made use of 23 bottles in 32 video games-- linked with Tampa bay Bay for the second most in baseball, behind just Oakland. What an odd trio of teams: The A's are baseball's worst group at 6-26, the Rays are baseball's best team at 26-6, the Mets are ideal between at 16-16. ) Eppler is positive the rotation's efficiency will improve since Justin Verlander is back, now that Scherzer must be back on a more regular schedule and currently that Carlos Carrasco could return following " We want to have a number of areas to go in that turning," he said, "so there's positive outlook obtaining that team back, obtaining the health and wellness, that they'll get to travelling altitude. "