The Mets have now lost seven games in a row. Of those, the team has blown a late lead five times.
As of Sunday, the club is 37-47 and 13 games out of first place in the National League East.
Despite the tribute to the 1969 Miracle Mets this weekend, frustrations boiled over on Saturday at Citi Field. Right-handed reliever Seth Lugo allowed back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning that gave the Braves the lead, and ultimately, the win.
When manager Mickey Callaway came out to the mound to pull him from the game, he was greeted with deafening boo’s and jeers.
The television broadcast immediately cut to commercial and nothing was mentioned about it when the game resumed play.
It has been a roller coaster year for Callaway, who has been on the spot since the Mets were swept in a three-game series at Miami earlier this year.
Callaway reportedly has backers in the organization, including club COO Jeff Wilpon. General manager Brodie Van Wagenen has also voiced support for Callaway in recent weeks despite the club crashing to earth like a meteorite.
The second-year manager was also involved in a tiff in the club locker room in Chicago last weekend after he misconstrued what a reporter said as “antagonizing.”
Despite the team’s season essentially being over, Callaway will at least remain as the Mets’ manager through Sunday.
However, New York has an off day on Monday before squaring off with the potent, crosstown rival Yankees on Tuesday.
At this point, it’s too late for a manager change to have a real effect as it’ll take a miracle for New York to make any kind of run, but it could give the team an opportunity to try out a guy like Luis Rojas to see if he can be effective.
Regardless, fans are obviously frustrated, and I’m sure the organization is too. Despite it not being entirely Callaway’s fault, a resolution is likely to come soon.
