After going to the playoffs in Major League, every expected the Indians to repeat and possibly win the World Series.  The same goes for this year’s Mets team.  Last year, the Mets dealt with injuries, which hampered their ability to score enough runs to support a young pitching staff.  The Major League II Indians had the same problems:

The parallels don’t just end with the repeated problems.  They go much further.

The once cheap Indians spent money in the offseason to help improve the club.  For the Indians, it was Parkman.  For the Mets, it was bringing back Yoenis Cespedes.

Both Terry Collins and Lou Brown had to spend time in the hospital.  It makes you question which British show Collins was watching in a Milwaukee hospital.

Matt Harvey is having Wild Thing Rick Vaughn type of struggles during the season.

Both Willie Mays Hayes and Michael Conforto went from bursting on the scene to having sophomore slumps.

Instead of going out and making a huge transaction to fix the teams’ need, they went outside the majors to help the team.  The Mets acquired James Loney for cash considerations, and the Indians acquired Tanaka.

Speaking of Tanaka, he was at Citi Field visiting the Mets right before David Wright went on the DL:

photo  Andrew Beaton‘s Twitter Account.

So far, he hasn’t helped these Mets find their marbles. Perhaps, it’s because Juan Uribe took them to Cleveland of all places. 

There are only two more steps remaining for the Mets to truly become the Major League II Indians:

1. They need to bring back Michael Cuddyer the way the Indians brought back Dorn; and
2. The Mets need to win one more series than they did the prior year.

Hopefully, this is the point in the season when we can cue the Mets going on an insane winning streak allowing them to take control of the NL East and get to the World Series.