Boston wasn’t a happy hunting ground for the New York Mets.

The Mets dropped two out of three to the Red Sox, losing three games in a row for the first time in 2025. Furthermore, New York dropped its second consecutive series.

Zero offense was the main driving force behind the two losses at Fenway Park. Not cashing in with runners in scoring position continues to be a huge bugaboo for this team, too.

Granted, the Mets did take the final game of the series to end a 2-4 road trip on a high. They will now open up a nine-game homestand on Friday, starting with a three-game series against the juggernaut Dodgers.

To that end, let’s get on with the show and dive into another edition of 3 Up, 3 Down …

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3 UP
SAVING THE DAY

Huascar Brazobán has been a revelation for the Mets this year. He’s been money, which was the case again on Wednesday night. The righty reliever entered the game in the fifth after Tylor Megill twice loaded the bases. Brazobán struck out Alex Bregman after a nine-pitch battle, escaping the jam and keeping the game tied. In total, he allowed just one hit and struck out four over 2.1 scoreless innings. As a result of his heroics at Fenway, Brazobán now owns a stellar 0.90 ERA with 30 strikeouts in 30 innings this year. He has emerged as one of the best stories of 2025 for the Mets so far.

OFFENSIVE SPARK

The Mets couldn’t get anything going offensively across the first two games against the Red Sox. Those struggles continued in the series finale. Praise the lord for Brett Baty, then. The third baseman was in the lineup for his defense, given his struggles against lefties. However, he hit an RBI single off Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet in the second to get the Mets on the board. Better things were to come. In the seventh, with the game tied and the bases loaded, Baty stepped to the plate to face another lefty in reliever Brennan Bernardino. Different left arm, same outcome. Baty blooped a clutch single to the opposite field to score two runs and give his team the lead for good.

Baty finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs on the night, solving his struggles against lefties and sparking an otherwise quiet offense. This has been quite the turnaround for Baty, who is proving daily that he belongs in the bigs.

BOUNCING BACK

Sure, Tylor Megill ran into a lot of trouble in the fifth inning of the series finale. If the bullpen didn’t save him, things could have gotten ugly. However, with that said, Megill did show a lot of promise in his latest start. He bounced back and righted the ship after a run of nightmare starts. Megill had allowed 15 earned runs and 11 walks in his previous four starts. However, on Wednesday, the righty allowed just one earned run on one walk and four hits. He also tied a career-high in strikeouts with 10. Granted, the meltdown that followed should spark some concern, as should the fact he has pitched five innings or more just once in his last four starts. Maybe Megill would work best as a multi-inning reliever. But, overall, he limited the damage and gave the Mets the kind of start they needed to have a chance to salvage one game from this series.

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3 DOWN
OUTSIDE NOISE

It hasn’t been the easiest of weeks for Juan Soto. That’s putting it lightly. And, quite frankly, a lot of the noise has been pure and utter garbage. The fact remains that once Soto starts to hit at the level we know he’s capable of, everything will click into place. Furthermore, all the speculation and nonsense untruths will go quietly into that long goodnight. But, until then, the talking heads will continue to do their thing. There is no doubt that the breakout we’ve all been waiting for will come, and soon, but it didn’t happen in Boston. Soto went a combined 2-for-10 with two walks, four strikeouts and no extra-base hits. He also struck out three times in the finale, including striking out twice in a row without swinging the bat for the first time in his career. All in all, it was another tough few days for Soto. However, again, all Mets fans will know that it is only a matter of time until he starts hitting like the future surefire Hall of Famer we all know he is. You can take that one to the bank.

UNDER-THE-RADAR SLUMP

It is true that the entire offense has struggled as of late. It is also true that Juan Soto’s slump has garnered most of the attention. However, another member of the lineup is currently mired in an alarming skid, one we need to talk about a lot more. Brandon Nimmo just isn’t hitting right now. He went a combined 0-for-9 in Boston, striking out three times and failing to draw a walk. Consequently, Nimmo is now hitting just .105/.190/.158/.348 with no home runs, one extra-base hit, just one RBI and seven strikeouts over his last six games. Nimmo was once known for his ability to get on base and make things happen. At the moment, he’s a net negative in that lineup.

TIME TO WAKE UP

We’re sticking with the lineup because the lack of offense recently has been that bad. Other than the series finale, the lineup failed to produce against the Red Sox. They scored one run in the two losses against Boston, including being shut out in the second game. The offense did break out for five runs in the finale, but three of them came via Brett Baty. The point still stands that the top of the lineup is failing to produce, even if Francisco Lindor hit a home run on Wednesday. Lindor’s homer, by the way, snapped New York’s streak of 217 at-bats without going long. Furthermore, cashing in with runners in scoring position remains a huge problem. The Mets went 1-for-15 with RISP in the two losses, leaving 13 runners stranded on base. They were a little better in the finale, going 3-for-12 with RISP. However, despite Wednesday’s win, there is still plenty of work to be done by the offense, especially at the top of the order and when hitting in clutch situations.