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From Steve Cohen to Mr. Met, a lack of awareness has plagued this NY Mets season

Self or with those around them, there's a severe lack of awareness from the top to the bottom.
ByTim Boyle|
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Apr 22, 2026; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets owner Steve Cohen walks across the field during batting practice before a game against the Minnesota Twins at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images
Apr 22, 2026; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets owner Steve Cohen walks across the field during batting practice before a game against the Minnesota Twins at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

What’s wrong with the New York Mets? Boiling it down to one point is unfair to all of the other warts. However, there is one constant from the top to the bottom, it’s the lack of awareness.

From the very top with Steve Cohen all the way down to Mr. Met, there’s a severe lack of awareness going on with this team on and off the field.

Big and small, the Mets are lacking all kinds of awareness

Let’s start with Cohen. He broke his social media silence only to eventually lead up to a suggestion that fans pre-pay for parking to save $10. $40 for parking is a lot of money and when that can end up as a factor into whether you go to a game or not, sometimes you’re going to sit it out and watch from home.

Our beloved Mr. Met was unable to escape the news over the last few days either. Hours after Carlos Mendoza was fired, he gleefully danced behind Steve Gelbs in the team’s most viral moment of the season. What was a serious conversation about a well-liked man losing his job became an instance of not even the mascot understanding what’s going on.

The billionaire owner being out of touch with the value of a dollar and the mascot doing his job are one thing. What about the players? Surely, their heads are screwed on straight.

Francisco Alvarez and Ronny Maurico didn’t grow up listening to The Police. On the on-deck circle during Monday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Alvarez was standing way too close to an oblivious Mauricio. This was a freak accident in a game that started off with a little league home run on a mishandled ball by Juan Soto.

We can’t forget the other times this year when the team forgot how many outs there were. Francisco Lindor paid for it most early in the season. There have been other moments along the way where the Mets infielders either believed there were more or less than 2 outs. They’ve failed to turn a double play or went for a fourth out in the inning. Those things happen. It just seems excessive this season.

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