The hopeless, hapless Mets are back
While the Knicks are bringing life to an entire city, the Mets are doing the complete opposite...
What’s Up with the Mets? ⚾️
The Mets got beat up in their own backyard for the second straight night, losing 9-2 to the Cardinals at Citi Field on Wednesday night (box)
RHP Austin Warren started the game as the opener and allowed two earned runs on two hits and two walks with just one strikeout over one inning
LHP David Peterson didn’t do any better as the bulk reliever, being shelled for six earned runs on seven hits with two walks and a pair of homers over 3.2 innings
LHP Cionel Pérez and RHP Jonathan Pintaro combined to allow just one run over the final 4.1 innings, with Pintaro allowing a solo home run in the ninth in what was an otherwise solid three innings outing
C Francisco Alvarez, in just his second game back from the IL, provided the only offense for the Mets with a two-run blast in the bottom of the fourth
The Mets recorded just three hits all night and also went 0-for-6 with RISP, leaving five runners stranded on base
Roster Moves 📰
RHP Jonathan Pintaro recalled from Triple-A Syracuse
RHP Joey Gerber optioned to Triple-A
Injury Updates 🩺
RHP Kodai Senga (ulnar nerve irritation) will resume his rehab assignment for Double-A Binghamton on Thursday
OF Luis Robert Jr. (lumbar spine disc herniation) was seen throwing the ball in the outfield at Citi Field on Wednesday
SS Ronny Mauricio (right thumb fracture) has resumed baseball activities and is now throwing, running, and hitting
Play of the Game 😢
The Mets looked doomed from the start of Wednesday’s game, but this moment without a doubt sealed their fate.
Already struggling, David Peterson faced the Cardinals’ Jordan Walker with two runners on and two outs. There was an opportunity for Peterson to get out of the jam he created and keep his team alive.
Instead, he gave up a back-breaking, soul-crushing three-run homer to Walker as St. Louis made it a 7-0 game. And with the offense struggling to get anything going, Walker’s fatal stab to the heart proved to be too much to overcome.
Just Mets Podcast 🎙️
ICYMI: Andrew and Rich reflected on the Mets going .500 over their final West Coast trip of the regular season, celebrated the young psychopaths, and tried to forecast a way forward for this year’s club.
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Down on the Farm 🌾
RHP Xzavion Curry (Triple-A): 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
DH Andy Ibáñez (Triple-A): 1-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB
2B Colin Houck (High-A): 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B
LF JT Benson (High-A): 2-for-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 3B, 1 HR
BOX SCORES
Single-A STL | High-A BRK | Double-A BNG | Triple-A SYR
Today’s Game 🗓
Match-up: Mets (29-38) vs. Cardinals (37-28)
Where: Citi Field - Flushing, NY
Starters: RHP Christian Scott (2-0, 2.50 ERA) vs. RHP Hunter Dobbins (1-0, 2.77 ERA)
When: 1:10 PM EDT
Where to Watch: SNY
All hope is now probably lost with this hapless Mets team ✍️
There was a cruel kind of symmetry at play in New York City on Wednesday night.
As the New York Knicks pulled off a historic comeback never seen before to move to within just one game of winning the NBA championship, the Mets got their butts handed to them for the second consecutive night.
As the Knicks set an entire city alight thanks to yet another memorable, heroic effort, the Mets reminded everyone of who they truly are in 2026.
And as the Knicks gave their fans another healthy dose of hope, excitement, and belief, the Mets sent their fans heading home for a stiff drink and a dark room in order to try and forget what they had just witnessed.
In other words, as the Knicks electrify an entire city and move an almighty step closer to bringing New York a major title, the Mets are hurtling in the opposite direction at light speed.
As of right now, there is no hope or excitement when it comes to this Mets team. And any hopes of seeing a World Series parade go through Queens feel a million miles away.
Sure, the likes of Nolan McLean, Carson Benge, and A.J. Ewing offer at least a slice of promise that the future could look bright for this franchise. But, then again, if the same people are running the baseball operations and the same people are in the dugout, is that really reason enough to believe that things will get better?
And, granted, the Knicks were a dysfunctional mess for decades before finally hiring the right people over the last few years, which has led to the magic we’re witnessing right now. Furthermore, it was only a couple of years ago that the Mets authored a miracle run of their own.
With all of that said, though, it doesn’t matter what’s come before or that the Knicks are living proof that New York teams can actually build a winning product in the modern day. My point is that the Mets and the Knicks may as well belong in different stratospheres right now.
There is no tangible reason to believe in the Mets right now. While the Knicks show heart, grit, and a steely will to win every time they step on the court, we don’t see any of that with this Mets team. And, before anyone argues otherwise in the comments section, I do strongly believe that all of those qualities still matter in baseball, and we’re seeing what happens with the Mets when they aren’t there.
After finishing the road trip on a fairly positive note, this team returned home to only crap the bed. I mean, to be outscored 16-2 over two games by the Cardinals just isn’t good enough. It’s not even nearly good enough. Sure, St. Louis has played above expectations so far this year and currently holds the first Wild Card in the NL. But that’s no excuse for what we’ve seen from this Mets team over the last two nights.
And that’s exactly why I just think there’s no hope left now in 2026, if there was any before this point.
The rotation is an absolute mess and I have no faith that it will get corrected during the season.
The offense is what it is at this point and I don’t think that will change anytime soon, either. I mean, if the lineup has been unable to adjust and adapt up until this point, what makes you think that they will suddenly find religion now? And I don’t believe the return of certain players from injury will lead to a sudden cure-all. It may help, but it isn’t going to correct all the fatal flaws.
More importantly, I just don’t believe this organization as it is currently constituted is geared towards putting a consistent winning product on the field. We’ve seen damming evidence of that over the last few years.
Watching the Knicks throughout this magical postseason run has made me incredibly envious of what winning at a high level in New York feels and looks like. Even though I’m a Knicks fan myself, I feel jealous of all the joy sports fans are feeling in this city right now.
Where’s our joy?
Where’s our hope?
Thank God for the New York Knicks right now, because I’m not sure we can rely on the 2026 Mets to deliver anything but crushing disappointment.
Around the League 🚩
1B Bryce Eldridge became the youngest player in MLB history to hit a walk-off grand slam, helping the Giants to wipe out an eight-run deficit in a wild 11-10 win over the Nationals
The White Sox took sole possession of first place in the AL Central after beating the Braves, 2-1
RHP Shohei Ohtani homered, but also allowed a season-high four runs as the Dodgers lost to the Pirates, 9-8
RHP Drew Rasmussen recorded a career-high 13 strikeouts to help the Rays overcome the Red Sox by a score of 7-5
2B Jazz Chisholm Jr. drove in three runs to help the Yankees beat the Guardians, 8-4
Why isn’t there more light put on the hitting coaches and strategist? Isn’t it there job to put a game plan together and figure out how to get out of these slumps? It’s the same strategy every game, swing at anything and everything. Situational hitting is non existing.
BTW, I'm rooting for the ffirst-place White Sox, though I think it is a bit unfair to have special support from the pope.