Mets Losing Streak Worsens

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Playoff Chances Fading Fast

Keeping fingers crossed that season’s not over

The Mets have had a tough season, and it seems like they’re still figuring things out. The changes they made in the off-season seem to have thrown them off, especially in the infield and at the plate. Someone needs to rally the team and get everyone pumped up enough to defeat their foes.

Can Mets be the first? Hope so.

Since 2000, teams have lost 12 games 17 times. Four teams have done it twice, the Mets one of them, last doing it in 2002. That season, they finished in last place, 26.5 games behind the Atlanta Braves.

The Mets are struggling to end their losing streak.

The “quicksand” imagery encapsulates the current mood of the 2026 season for a fanbase that has traded high expectations for high anxiety. Watching a roster that should be dominant—led by Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto bolstered by the addition of Bo Bichette and Freddy Peralta—struggle to stay afloat during this April slide feels like another nightmare.

The presence of Pete Alonso in the mud, despite his actual departure to Baltimore, highlights the lingering feeling that the team is still searching for its power identity. The man in the suit shouting that he “can’t find a rope” symbolizes the Mets’ leadership.

It’s a biting commentary that, despite all the data and resources at their disposal, the Mets are once again finding creative ways to get stuck.

Bichette-Led Mets Struggling at Plate

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With the their New York rivals, the Yankees, off to a great start batting with runners in scoring position — they are #7 with a .289 batting average, the New York Mets have resumed their old ways. They are ranked 27th with a .193 average. That’s below the Mendoza line.

Last night they wasted a strong pitching effort by Kodai Senga, who gave up two runs and four hits in six-innings. In comparison, in nine innings the Mets scored zero runs on three hits.

Among the Mets’ bats that have yet to awaken are Lindor’s, who’s hitting .176, Bichette’s, who’s struggling at .091, and Semien’s at .125.

Can you even name their current hitting coach?

Bo Bichette was hitting so poorly in the opening series at CitiField it seemed like the fans renamed him Boo Bichette.

While I’m waiting for Carlos Mendoza to do something to ignite the Mets’ bats, I’m still hoping the 70’s temperatures in St. Louis today might heat up the Mets’ plate struggles, but then, it’s April Fools Day.

Mets fans at Citi Field booing Bo Bichette’s slow start

Mets Making Pen Younger

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If the age of your relievers directly relates to the quality of your bullpen, the Mets are on the right path.

When Opening Day arrives, Anthony DiComo predicts that these seven players will be in the Mets pen: Devin Williams (31), Luke Weaver (32), Brooks Raley (37), Luis García (39), Tobias Myers (27), Huascar Brazobán (36), Craig Kimbrel (39).

The average age is 34.4 years. That’s more than two years younger than the Mets 2025 pen. Its average age was just under 37.

The Mets got the youngest member of the projected 2026 pen, Tobias Myers, in January along with RHP Freddy Peralta in exchange for RHP Brandon Sproat and SS Jett Williams.

Given that in 2025 three of the top four bullpens in baseball all averaged under 36 years in age, this coming season’s Mets group should allow even fewer runs than last year’s, which allowed the seventh fewest with a 3.55 ERA.