“For whatever it’s worth, ZiPS now projects Mateo’s final OPS at .768, which includes his 1.062 to date, and .711 for the rest of the season“
He had OPS’d ~.650 for his career up to 2023. I don’t think anyone could have reasonably expected him to be historically bad AND continue to get ABs.
If I remember correctly, I thought he’d fall off significantly but stop getting ABs before his OPS dropped below .700. Pretty incredible how terrible he was after the hot start and that they kept giving him ABs.