Mets' Pressure-Cooker: 17 Losses in 20 Games

On April 30th, the Mets just can't catch a break, dropping a tough 5-4 decision to the

Nationals last night, their 17th loss in 20. Gaines sitting at a league where's 10 wins

and 21 losses. Luke Weaver, who served up the go-ahead to run Homer to CJ Abrams in the 8th,

got real after the game, saying the team's chase for perfection is, creating this heavy pressure

that's straight up suffocating their play. New York rolled into the season with Sky High

Expectations, the biggest payroll in baseball at $358,400,000. Dollars, big free agents,

splashes like Boba Shit and Devon Williams, but it's all fizzled out with a brutal batting

average, dead last run scored, and starters barely going five innings.

Injuries are piling up, too, with one-third of the opening day lineup sidelined,

including Juan Soto's recent calf issue that lined up with A.

12-game skid and the bullpen imports posting a rough 6.86 ERA.

Manager Carlos Mendoza admits it's grinding everyone down, but they got to stick together

and grind it out, maybe rediscover that pure love of the game. From their early days to flip

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