When Sunday started the New York Mets occupied a playoff place within the Nationwide League, one thing that they had executed since April 5, actually nearly all the season. When Sunday ended, they not held a type of spots.
Because of their 3-2 loss to the Washington Nationals, together with the Cincinnati Reds‘ 1-0 over the Chicago Cubs, the 2 groups are actually tied for the ultimate wild-card spot within the Nationwide League. However with the Reds proudly owning the tiebreaker in that playoff race, meaning the Reds have jumped forward of the Mets.
After occupying a playoff spot nearly all season, the Mets now not management their very own path to the playoffs. They not solely want to start out successful extra video games. They need assistance.
An unbelievable second-half meltdown for the Mets
It’s not simply that the Mets have been in a playoff place for many of the season, it’s that they’ve been comfortably in a playoff place for many of the season.
Return to July 27 when the Mets had simply received their seventh sport in a row to enhance to 62-44. They have been 18 video games over .500, had the third-best document within the Nationwide League and have been on prime of the NL East standings. They have been six video games away from the non-playoff groups and have been combating for a division crown.
They have been additionally extraordinarily lively on the commerce deadline, getting outfielder Cedric Mullins from the Baltimore Orioles and aid pitchers Ryan Helsley (St. Louis Cardinals) and Tylor Rogers (San Francisco Giants).
Just about every little thing has gone incorrect since then.
All of their massive commerce deadline acquisitions have badly flopped and performed important roles within the second-half meltdown, whereas the workforce’s general document has been simply 18-32 within the 50 video games over that stretch.
It’s a full 180 from the second half of the 2024 season when the Mets have been one of many hottest groups in baseball to snag an surprising playoff spot.
The Mets invested large cash into this roster, together with the $750M contract for Juan Soto. Soto has performed at a professional MVP degree this season and has an opportunity to be a uncommon 40-40 (40 dwelling runs, 40 stolen bases) participant in MLB historical past. However every little thing else has gone horribly incorrect. In the event that they do really proceed this and miss the playoffs it is perhaps the kind of second-half efficiency that prices folks their jobs.
