'Mets are an absolute mess': MLB insider rips Francisco Lindor's team to shreds
Mets' concerns are deeper than what appears on surface.
'Mets are an absolute mess': MLB insider rips Francisco Lindor's team to shreds originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The New York Mets entered the 2026 season leading all MLB teams in payroll on Opening Day.
19 games later, they sit at the bottom of the NL East with a 7-12 record, riding an eight-game losing streak. The Mets just wrapped up their road series against the Los Angeles Dodgers and their problems only seem to be getting larger. David Stearns' team has turned out to be a massive "disappointment" so far this season, as MLB insider Bob Nightengale rightly highlighted the miserable state of the team.
"The Mets are an absolute mess," Nightengale wrote in his USA Today column . "They have scored three runs in their last 38 innings. They went down in order 15 times in the three-game series against the Dodgers.
They have already been shut out five times. They have the second-lowest batting average in the National League. And they’ve had four players who have endured hitless streaks of at least 20 at-bats.