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This year's New York Mets are nan caller worst squad money tin buy.
The Mets' $329 cardinal payroll, nan largest successful nan league, has been each for naught, arsenic they are presently tied for nan fourth-worst grounds successful nan major leagues.
And erstwhile 1 looks backmost astatine nan 2026 Mets nevertheless galore years from now, Wednesday's debacle will beryllium known arsenic nan microcosm of this team.
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Marcus Semien of nan New York Mets holds nan shot aft a teammate's correction allowed Carson Kelly of nan Chicago Cubs to scope first guidelines astatine Citi Field successful New York City connected June 24, 2026. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
The Mets hosted nan Chicago Cubs for a day-night doubleheader and mislaid nan first half of it, 10-3, overmuch to nan delight of Norwegian fans successful nan ballpark. Three hours later, though, it sewage overmuch worse.
The Mets made six errors, their astir successful a crippled since 2014, and each of their 4 starting infielders committed one. That has not happened successful franchise history since 1962, nan team's first twelvemonth successful beingness that is wide regarded arsenic 1 of nan worst teams successful shot history.
Even Francisco Lindor, known for his protect prowess, made an correction connected nan first crushed shot deed to him aft returning from an injury.
Francisco Lindor of nan New York Mets fields against nan Chicago Cubs astatine Citi Field successful New York City connected June 24, 2026. The Cubs defeated nan Mets 10-5. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
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Out of frustration, nan Mets fans successful attendance decided to chant Pete Alonso's name - nan Mets moved connected from nan instrumentality favorite, on pinch others, aft past year's midseason illness to miss retired connected nan postseason.
Alonso, Jeff McNeil, Brandon Nimmo, and Edwin Díaz each near arsenic nan Mets opted for a "run prevention" strategy - but six errors successful a crippled won't precisely do that.
Entering this series, Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson was hitting .183 pinch a .617 OPS, but successful 3 games against nan Mets, he is 7-for-12 and has driven successful 15 of his 46 runs this play against them.
It is simply a acold outcry from nan "OMG Mets" squad that rallied from a mediocre commencement conscionable 2 years agone to a National League Championship Series appearance. In their existent five-game losing streak, they are being outscored 50-19.
Mark Vientos of nan New York Mets reacts aft a ninth inning correction against nan Chicago Cubs astatine Citi Field successful New York City connected June 24, 2026. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
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New York is now 34-46 connected nan season, connected gait to triumph less than 70 games. The Mets person not won 69 aliases less games successful a 162-game play since 2003 erstwhile they went 66-95.
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