MLB insider’s NY Mets medication has a couple of plot holes

Just about everyone is out of ideas on how to fix the New York Mets. Frankie Montas was moved to the bullpen. Paul Blackburn has been DFA’d. The lineup has been shuffled around so many times it’s practically a TikTok dance craze. On a daily basis, Carlos Mendoza can only say the same thing about the Mets having talent and not playing well enough.

Magic potions and voodoo dolls are next. But MLB Network’s Jon Morosi believes this Sunday could be what changes the mood for the Mets even if it’s not the fortunes.

Could feeling like a kid again be what the Mets need? There’s a couple of holes in this plot.

The Mets are too far gone from one experience to get back on track

Morosi isn’t claiming the Mets are about to go on some sort of run after playing in the Little League Classic this Sunday. Using the Detroit Tigers as last year’s example is where we find our first plot holes.

Sure, the Tigers defied odds by selling at the trade deadline and then made the postseason, overtaking the Seattle Mariners by a game in the end. Considering their opponent was the New York Yankees, who’d actually win the pennant, we find our first fault in any attempt to springboard this off into some elixir.

What’s more, who can’t watch this video clip and help but notice Juan Soto, on the losing side, looking anything but unhappy? As expected, it’ll all come down to winning. Whether in New York, Seattle, or Williamsport, that’s the only way to change the mood around the Mets right now.

The gimmick of a Beatles tribute night with fun photos on the players dressed like John, Paul, George, and Ringo didn’t do much. Nor did the after effects of Pete Alonso setting the all-time franchise home run record. In fact, the Mets haven’t even been able to clobber their hated foes, the Atlanta Braves, in a year where they should be showing no mercy.

Morosi’s biggest point about the Tigers’ record since the walk-off win doesn’t do us much good. The Washington Nationals won in 2023 and haven’t sniffed the playoffs in years. The Baltimore Orioles were victorious a year prior and while they have made it to the postseason, they’ve been massive underachievers. Ironically, it’s the losing teams who have actually had more success later on that year with the Phillies in 2023 (NLCS losers) and Yankees last season (World Series losers). But that had very little to do with one trip to Williamsport.

It doesn’t much matter where the Mets are playing these days or the circumstances. Wins are few. We have the Fab Four. At the rate things are going, the whole team could end up as The Who.