Ex-MLB star shares the strangest NY Mets prediction of all for 2025

The New York Mets roster has yet to come to completion. Making any sort of wager on what the club will accomplish this year is more about belief in the front office and current players than it is how you believe they’ll look when the season begins.

Former MLB star Evan Longoria is taking a different kind of approach with his belief in the Mets—or lack thereof. Interestingly, he’s taking the “over” on a different kind of bet not involving the performance of the team on the field but rather the one behind the scenes.

Why does Evan Longoria think the Mets are going to get into some fights in the locker room?

Fights behind closed doors are probably more common than we know. Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil had their run-in mid-game back in 2021 during the “ratcoon” incident. Francisco Rodriguez famously had an encounter with his father-in-law back in 2010. How can we forget Brodie Van Wagenen versus the chair in 2019?

For Longoria to see the Mets lineup and quickly come to a conclusion that the Mets position players are going to get in fights seems extreme. Some fiery attitudes in there for sure, it’s not as if a guy like Jesse Winker is brand new to the organization. Longoria has never been a teammate of anyone in the projected Opening Day lineup. Where is this coming from?

If there’s one case for a brawl to be made, it’s between Juan Soto and Jose Siri. The latter took his time strolling around the bases in a game against the New York Yankees last summer. Soto followed it up with the sincerest form of flattery: imitation.

The Mets managed to divert themselves from being a circus last year although things were headed that way early on. A pitiful May capped off by Jorge Lopez’s glove throwing incident, how the club and players responded in the wake of defeat completely altered our perception of the clubhouse and everyone within the organization. The front office quickly disposed of Lopez because of his actions (and maybe a little because of what he said after). I’d doubt Siri and Soto continue their beef in shared laundry.

There are plenty of realistic negative predictions to make about the Mets. Missing the playoffs, a trade deadline selloff, and other typical thoughts haters will believe are understandable. Fights in the locker room? I don’t see it.