For all the talk about the historic futility of the Mets, it’s worth it to take a moment to recognize the unique depths to which they have fallen this year. After Tuesday’s doubleheader sweep, the team stands at 22-32—which puts them on pace to go 66-96 over the entire year. Obviously, there are still two-thirds of the season to get through, and maybe the next 108 games will go better. But given that the Mets seem headed to selling at the deadline, there is a distinct possibility that the roster will only be weakening from here on out, making it entirely reasonable to suspect the team might end up pretty close to that 162-game projection.
The Mets’ core is a problem that can’t be ignored
