In their first eight games this season, New York Mets batters combined for two home runs.
Needless to say, that's not what general manager Sandy Alderson had in mind when he retooled his offense this winter. The Mets needed something or someone to break the ice for them fairly soon, and it appears that's happened this weekend in Cleveland.*
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In Friday's series opener, Michael Conforto homered against Indians starter Cody Anderson in the very first inning. From there, the floodgates opened. Over the first two games of the series, which they've split with Cleveland, the Mets have connected for seven homers, including three alone in Friday's fifth inning.
Now they're hoping to ride that power surge into Sunday's series finale, which will be featured as the*MLB Free Game of the Day on Yahoo Sports. You can catch all of the action right here*beginning at 1:10 p.m. ET.
If the Mets bats continue heating up, it will come at the expense of one of baseball's toughest competitors in Corey Kluber. In 2014, Kluber took a giant step from struggling pitcher still finding his way to the very best pitcher in the AL, winning the AL Cy Young award over Felix Hernandez. He followed up with another solid season in 2015, which firmly cemented him as one of baseball's true aces.
To find success against Kluber could do wonders for the Mets confidence. Though to face him could also do a number on their confidence, because many teams have had restless flights and sleepless nights after facing Kluber.
Looking at the big picture, if there's one team that could seemingly overcome extended power outages from its offense, it's the Mets. Their rotation is loaded with talent that can keep them relevant even when they're not scoring runs, just as they did through July last season. But it's difficult to overlook the issues their rotation is already facing this season.
Jacob deGrom has only made one start so far after going down with right lat soreness. Matt Harvey has yet to get on track, starting the season 0-3 with a 5.71 ERA. It goes to show that even the deepest team isn't necessarily deep enough, and that circumstances can change quickly.
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Of course, there's no reason to believe the Mets rotation won't hit its stride soon, but it wouldn't hurt to have the offense clicking on all cylinders right along side it.

The Mets have the offensive talent to make it work. With Yoenis Cespedes, Neil Walker, Lucas Duda, Michael Conforto and a healthy David Wright, the offense has exciting potential.*It's just a matter of putting it together and holding it together consistently. If they figure that out, they'll be an even more dangerous team than when they appeared in the 2015 World Series.
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