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Insider reveals telling New York Mets team meeting details

An MLB insider provided interesting details about the Mets' notorious June 28 team meeting amid their brutal losing stretch.
Jun 19, 2025; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) in the dugout against the Atlanta Braves in the first inning at Truist Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images
Jun 19, 2025; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) in the dugout against the Atlanta Braves in the first inning at Truist Park. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-Imagn Images | Brett Davis-Imagn Images

The New York Mets decided to hold a team meeting after they were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates by a score of 9-1 on June 28. This came after the Mets had gone 3-12 in their previous 15 games, thus losing their spot at the top of the NL East division.

Interestingly enough, the Mets held a players-only team meeting last May, when the team wasn't close to playing up to its potential. That proved to be a catalyst for New York to turn things around in a major way at around the same time last season as when they began struggling this season.

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While there have been some details shared about this exclusive meeting, The Athletic’s Will Sammon added some interesting tidbits about who spoke and what was said during his June 30 appearance on Foul Territory.

"It wasn't as if this team has a whole lot of issues in their clubhouse. I don't think they do," Sammon said. He later added, "Lindor was one of the guys who spoke, so was Pete Alonso. Juan Soto said some things. On the pitching side, I think that they have leaders like a David Peterson, who has been in the organization for a long time. Ryne Stanek, a veteran reliever. Reed Garrett is another guy.

"So they have guys in the room... When you do have whatever it was, seven, eight, nine guys speak up during a meeting, that's probably a good thing. Where it's not just something that was ran by one or two people," he added.

Sammon also added that meetings like this don't always translate into success. And while it's too early to tell what the outcome of meeting will end up being, the fact that New York lost 12-1 to Pittsburgh the next day isn't a great start.

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Grant Young
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Grant Young covers the New York Mets and Women’s Basketball for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco, where he also played Division 1 baseball for five years. He believes Mark Teixeira should have been a first ballot MLB Hall of Fame inductee.