Mets Make MLB History For Wrong Reason

The New York Mets have actually been playing fairly good baseball during the month of September.

They have a 10-9 record entering Friday with series victories over three playoff contending teams Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks and Miami Marlins.

Yet, with the Mets' loss against the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday, they made MLB history for all the wrong reasons.

They are now only the fourth team since the league went to the American League and National League setup to record a losing season after winning 100-plus games the year prior.

"It sucks. I think nobody here thought this was where we were going to be at this point in the year," second baseman Jeff McNeil said to Anthony DiComo of MLB.com.

This New York team joins the 1986 St. Louis Cardinals, '71 Cincinnati Reds and '32 Cardinals as the only teams to have this designation.

There was a bombshell report dropped by their ex-player Tommy Pham who called out the work ethic of players on the team.

Maybe that is the reason for the underachievement.

Or maybe baseball is a random sport and the Mets were on the unlucky side of things this year.

"The culture here in this clubhouse, we’re a bunch of high-character individuals that are working toward the same goal, which is going out there and trying to be as excellent as possible. The season hasn’t gone as well as we want. But despite the results, we still keep going out there and holding ourselves accountable to a high standard," their star Pete Alonso said.

Whatever the was reason for the disappointing season needs to be figured out.

There's way too much talent on this roster to be having a losing season, despite the level of randomness that goes on in baseball.