3 Mets players to blame most for their deathblow sweep against the Dodgers

2) Jorge Lopez

Jorge Lopez might’ve gotten overused in the first month-plus because lately he has been less like the pitcher he was in the first half of 2022 when he was an All-Star and far more like the guy he has been every other year. Leave it to a lengthier sample size for reality to set in.

Lopez let the game get further out of hand on Wednesday. He exited the field after recording only the second out of the same inning Ottavino let implode, but not without his glove as he was sure to publicly show his frustration. He continued after the game with an F bomb and a much needed clarification as to who was actually the worst, the Mets team or him as a teammate.

It was Lopez’s first appearance since the loss he suffered in game one of the doubleheader when he became the tenth inning victim. Having now allowed runs in each of his last three appearances, the once reliable go-to reliever for Carlos Mendoza was trending toward becoming more of the future DFA candidate many assumed he would grow into when the Mets first signed him. It wasn’t his arm that executed him from the roster, but his mouth instead.

It has been a rough stretch for a lot of Mets players. The relievers are getting battered most. Lopez will no longer be a part of them as the Mets send him into the DFA vortex.