Mets get brutal analysis from rival execs on chance to turn 2026 season around
This is not a good look for the Mets.
Mets get brutal analysis from rival execs on chance to turn 2026 season around originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The New York Mets are going through some of the biggest struggles of any team this season, with the collapse from last season seemingly lingering into 2026, with a very poor start.
Things are so bad that the Mets being sellers at this year's deadline is hardly a stretch. After so much investment, the Mets might have to blow things up this year. As USA Today's Bob Nightengale shared, there is a sentiment among rival executives that is a bad look for the Mets.
These rival executives believe there's little to no chance the Mets can turn this nightmare around this year. Rival execs believe Mets can't turn season around "The Mets absolutely stink," Nightengale writes, "and rival executives believe they have virtually no chance to turn it around. " While there's always a chance for things to go wild in the Mets' favor, the odds aren't looking good this season.
They are 15-24 on the season, 11. 5 games back of the Atlanta Braves atop the NL East, and they're also seven games back of a Wild Card spot. MORE : 75% of Mets' infielders named among biggest disappointments in MLB at their positions That's not nearly far back enough to write the Mets off this season, but for Nightengale to report that these rival executives have so little belief in the Mets to turn this thing around, it's not looking good for Carlos Mendoza's squad.