It feels like a yearly disappointment as a Mets fan that at least once or twice, or 20 times a season, we deal with a horrible and painful losing streak. Well, after the past four games, all I can say is wake up, New York! It’s a shame that after President of Operations David Stearns decided to pivot from one of the best run-producing teams in the National League to a team focused on run prevention. Without consistent run production, run prevention doesn’t really do much for the greater scheme of things.

In particular, I like how much the Mets think of the future before prioritizing the present. For years, the Mets executives have preferred to run the team by a roll of the dice, hoping that what they have put on the field will go in the direction they have planned for instead of just re-signing a player who has the competency to play in New York.

Hypothetical scenarios drawn up by people who haven’t played professional baseball ever in their lives worry more about how one of their best players in their organization will age in 5 years and decide to let him walk for a player who has been half the talent of the other guy. Is it always about money and finances, or is it strictly about unworldly ideas about the player completely falling off a cliff when they would rather sign a guy who is 4–5 years older just due to their contract being more affordable for fewer years? It simply doesn’t make sense, especially for a team that wants to compete as the East Coast Dodgers. It’s counterintuitive. For a team that has the richest owner in baseball, you do not need to sign players between the margins and try to stay under the luxury tax. It just does not make sense.

Now we are dealing with a four-game losing streak, with the most woeful game being today, with a 6-11 score to the Athletics. Listen, the Athletics were supposed to be a good team, but losing that hard is extremely disappointing. Kodai Senga looked like one of the more promising players after finishing the first half of the 2025 season with a sub 2.00 ERA, but he was absolutely a shell of himself in today’s game against the Athletics. He only had one clean inning, and that was in the 1st inning before he gave up seven earned runs and eight hits in the second.

After only giving up two runs in the past two games, Senga’s earned run average skyrocketed to 7.07 for the season. His afternoon ended with a three-run shot to Carlos Cortes (a former Mets prospect). After that, the Mets rallied for five additional runs but were cut short after Tyler Soderstrom hit a three-run rocket in the 8th inning, and the game ended at 11-6. To say we were close to winning the game is true, but after Weaver gave up the Soderstrom homer, all hope was lost. Even if the Mets managed to scrape out a win today, we would not have deserved it. There is seriously no heart on this team, and the Athletics had our card from the start. Now the Mets are suffering their first four-game losing streak and drop below .500 before even reaching 10 wins.

To say the offense hasn’t shown up is an understatement, and that starts with the unproven captain of the team, Francisco Lindor, who in every year since playing for the Mets has struggled in March and April.

This season is by far his worst of his Mets tenure. Francisco is yet to have an RBI or a home run this year and is batting .167 with an OPS of .546. However, he has 10 runs on 10 hits this year, but for the leadoff hitter, it is not acceptable; he has yet to drive in runners on base.

It is even more evident after Juan Soto hit the IL with a calf strain on April 5th. Without his power on the team, guys need to step up, and without Lindor contributing as the highest-tenured hitter on the team, the Mets are in even more trouble and find it harder to remain consistent.

With all the changes Stearns made to the team by signing Bo Bichette, Marcus Semien, and Jorge Polanco, the player who has been the best on the team so far is the one who has been dealing with injury risk the past three years. Luis Robert Jr. is the only highlight of the team. In 15 games, he has 9 runs, 15 hits, 2 home runs, 7 RBIs, and 2 stolen bases while batting .319 and having an OPS of .905. He has 12 walks in the first 15 games. Robert already has a quarter of the walks he had in 113 games in 2025. Even during his MVP season in 2023, when he had 38 homers and 80 RBIs, his OBP was only .315, and he only had 30 walks the entire season. He is a completely different player than the one he was with the White Sox.

All we can say now is that the team is clearly underperforming and that at some point there needs to be more accountability with the staff. Carlos Mendoza, as the leader, needs to take more initiative to control the team and push them forward. Without a leader taking charge of the losses, there is no one to rely on. Just move on and hope for a change; after all, it’s only been 15 games.