Mets brutal season comes to head with 6-error game in doubleheader sweep, chants for former star out of anger

This year's New York Mets are the caller worst squad wealth tin buy.

The Mets' $329 cardinal payroll, the largest successful the league, has been each for naught, arsenic they are presently tied for the fourth-worst grounds successful the large leagues.

And erstwhile 1 looks backmost astatine the 2026 Mets nevertheless galore years from now, Wednesday's debacle volition beryllium known arsenic the microcosm of this team.

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Marcus Semien of the New York Mets holds the shot aft a teammate's mistake allowed Carson Kelly of the Chicago Cubs to scope archetypal basal astatine Citi Field successful New York City connected June 24, 2026. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

The Mets hosted the Chicago Cubs for a day-night doubleheader and mislaid the archetypal fractional of it, 10-3, overmuch to the delight of Norwegian fans successful the ballpark. Three hours later, though, it got overmuch worse.

The Mets made six errors, their astir successful a crippled since 2014, and each of their 4 starting infielders committed one. That has not happened successful franchise past since 1962, the team's archetypal twelvemonth successful beingness that is wide regarded arsenic 1 of the worst teams successful shot history.

Even Francisco Lindor, known for his antiaircraft prowess, made an mistake connected the archetypal crushed shot deed to him aft returning from an injury.

Francisco Lindor of the New York Mets fields against the Chicago Cubs astatine Citi Field successful New York City connected June 24, 2026. The Cubs defeated the Mets 10-5. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

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Out of frustration, the Mets fans successful attendance decided to chant Pete Alonso's sanction - the Mets moved connected from the instrumentality favorite, on with others, aft past year's midseason illness to miss retired connected the postseason.

Alonso, Jeff McNeil, Brandon Nimmo, and Edwin Díaz each near arsenic the Mets opted for a "run prevention" strategy - but six errors successful a crippled won't precisely bash that.

Entering this series, Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson was hitting .183 with a .617 OPS, but successful 3 games against the Mets, helium is 7-for-12 and has driven successful 15 of his 46 runs this play against them.

It is simply a acold outcry from the "OMG Mets" squad that rallied from a mediocre commencement conscionable 2 years agone to a National League Championship Series appearance. In their existent five-game losing streak, they are being outscored 50-19.

Mark Vientos of the New York Mets reacts aft a ninth inning mistake against the Chicago Cubs astatine Citi Field successful New York City connected June 24, 2026. (Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

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New York is present 34-46 connected the season, connected gait to triumph less than 70 games. The Mets person not won 69 oregon less games successful a 162-game play since 2003 erstwhile they went 66-95.

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