The 2026 season for the New York Mets marches on! New York returns to Citi Field to host the Kansas City Royals, one of their last series before the All-Star break. Both teams are on the skids, and with the Mets currently 11 games out of a playoff spot, playoff aspirations are probably off the table. They’ll face a couple of old friends in Seth Lugo and Michael Wacha, as well as Starling...
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Well, things escalated quickly for the New York Mets, didn’t they? At one point in June, New York, despite its slow start to the 2026 season, was only five games out of a playoff spot. In the blink of an eye, the Mets are nearly 10 games out of a playoff spot. They were easily dispatched by the Chicago Cubs, getting swept over the course of a four-game series. After committing eight...
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The Mets return home once more, and things are not on the upswing. After building some positive momentum, New York faltered against the Phillies and lost two of three games in Philadelphia. The starting pitching was not up to task, and despite some offensive flashes, the lineup was shut down by Cristopher Sánchez and Zach Wheeler. New York now arrives back at Citi Field, welcoming the Chicago...
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Sports, and specifically baseball, can have patterns to them. As a season churns along, games start to mirror each other, even if they do not occur in the exact same way. This can happen when a team repeatedly fails, and it can happen when a team repeatedly succeeds. Unfortunately for the Mets, the rhythm of things has fallen into the negative category. Facing the Phillies on Sunday night, the...
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In the 2026 season, the New York Mets have shown many different sides of themselves. However, there has been one constant that has repeatedly shown up on both sides of the ball: certain players have faltered when the team has needed them most. Against the Phillies on Saturday night, that was the case once again, as the Mets were blown out by a score of 15-3. The main culprit of this loss was not...
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