Distressful October NY Mets prophecy is 2 losses away from coming true

Back in October, an ex-New York Mets staffer made a distressful statement about the coming year. Shared with the NY Post’s Mike Puma, the former employee said “If they are 10-20 at the end of April next year, [Carlos Mendoza] will be gone, unfortunately.”

A .333 winning percentage seemed impossible for a Steve Cohen-financed, David Stearns-ran, and Juan Soto charged ball club a month into the season. Well, the impossible is coming true. The Mets are now 2 losses away, with a win to spare, away from being the 10-20 prophesied as enough of a reason for firing Mendoza.

Time travelers are in the news and maybe this Mets employee is one of them

Talks about Carlos Mendoza getting fired have highlighted this season. A 12-game losing streak will get everyone on the hot seat. For Mendoza, in a lame duck season, the leash was already short.

The Mets have another game against the Colorado Rockies coming up this Sunday afternoon. A feeble fight in the first game after dropping the opener on Friday to an inferior-on-paper ball club, the sheer lack of urgency with this ball club is terrifying.

Huascar Brazoban’s absent-mindedness didn’t lose them any games although he seems to be oblivious over the last few days.. Mark Vientos’ error, on the other hand, directly led to the second run of the game for the Rockies. Even when he’s not making errors in the box score, his decision-making abilities have been costly.

The real story with the Mets is their lack of hitting. A Tyrone Taylor homer was the only run they scored against the Rockies. The real killer came when number three hitter Luis Robert Jr. popped out with the bases loaded and one out. Vientos had a chance to play hero for the second time in a few days, similar to how he was thrown out at the plate only to then come up with the game-winning hit. He struck out this time. While those two instances were the epitome of the team's problems, there was plenty of blame to go around. Brett Baty came to the ballpark with binoculars, not a bat.

Changing the manager isn’t going to fix what ails the Mets. However, with an actual 10-20 record or worse looming, there’s not much of a choice but to make a major shift. Short of firing David Stearns, which isn’t happening, scapegoating Mendoza for the Mets’ failure is becoming increasingly inevitable.

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