The Frankie Montas experiment must END NOW!

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00:00The time has come, Mets fans.

00:02It is time to move on from Frankie Montas starting games this season.

00:08Saturday night in Milwaukee, Montas followed an opener with three so-so innings, 72 pitches,

00:14three hits, two walks, three runs, only one earned.

00:17And by the time the lineup was about to see him a second time,

00:20Carlos Mendoza, he had to go to the pen.

00:22And look, that's the problem.

00:24When your starters are giving you no length, your bullpen gets gassed.

00:27This isn't just a Montas issue.

00:30This is the third-shortest starter average length in Mets history.

00:34And the only two seasons worse, both in the last few years.

00:38Over the last 48 games, Mets starters have gone six innings just seven times,

00:42all of those by David Peterson.

00:4422 times, they haven't even reached five.

00:46Kodai Senga hasn't completed more than five innings since returning from the IL.

00:51Mania, same story.

00:52Early high-pitch counts, no efficiency.

00:55But Montas is the most galling because this isn't just a one-off.

00:59This is a pattern.

01:00And when you're masking his struggles with openers,

01:03you're playing bullpen roulette every five days.

01:05That's why it's time for a change.

01:08Brandon Sprott, he's been lights out lately.

01:10Nolan McClain, he is a strikeout machine.

01:13You want to limit bullpen wear and tear, right?

01:16So give one of these kids a shot.

01:18Let them take the ball and see if they can give you six innings of competence

01:22instead of three innings of damage control.

01:25David Stearns built a bullpen to dominate October,

01:28not to cover mayday calls in the fourth inning.

01:31If the Mets want to survive the dog days and play meaningful baseball in the fall,

01:35the Montas experiment just simply has to end.

01:38Let's go.

01:39Let's go.

01:45Let's go.

01:47Let's go.