It can’t get much worse for the Mets right now.
Team owner Steve Cohen has been fairly silent and stagnant throughout the Mets’ brutal second half of June, but he finally had some words Monday morning amidst the absurd struggles.
“Tough stretch, no sugarcoating it. I didn’t see this coming,” Cohen posted to X. “I’m as frustrated as everybody else. We will get through this period. Our injured pitching will come back over the next few weeks. It is unlikely the team’s hitting with RISP will continue at this weak pace. Keep the faith!”
They are coming off perhaps the most concerning losses yet in this weekend’s series sweep at the hands of the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates.
The 35-50 Pirates won all three games at PNC Park in Pittsburgh — and not a single one was close, with the Mets losing to the NL Central’s bottom-feeders 9-1, 9-2 and 12-1, respectively.
“We’re all frustrated,” manager Carlos Mendoza said Sunday. “We’re better than that and they know that. It’s a tough stretch and we have got to be better and it starts with me. I continue to support the guys, but obviously we’re not happy about it.”
The Mets even held a players-only meeting ahead of Sunday’s series finale, but still wound up losing even worse than the two previous games.
New York was 45-24 before its free fall, and has now not won a single series since June 13, going 3-13 in that span.
The Mets were swept by the Rays, Braves and Pirates, picked up one win against the Phillies and split a separate four-game series against the Braves.
Much of the team’s struggles can be attributed to the starting rotation’s brutal stretch of injury luck, as Griffin Canning, Kodai Senga and Tyler Megill have all gone down recently, while Sean Manaea has also not pitched all season.
“Whether it’s the starting pitching, offense, whether it’s the bullpen or defense, we’re not playing well,” Mendoza said. “We’re better than that.”
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