It takes a lot to surprise fans of the New York Mets. They’ve seen miracles, collapses, and everything in between, usually before Memorial Day. Hope and heartbreak have become seasonal rites, so it takes something truly unusual to make this fanbase raise an eyebrow. Yet somehow, in a year already full of eyebrow-raising moments, Mets fans have managed to deliver a new one that even disbelief might envy.
As the dust settled on another season of highs, lows, and hard questions, Tim Britton of The Athletic ran his annual fan poll to gauge the pulse of Mets Nation.