{"id":679403,"date":"2026-04-19T21:46:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/679403\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T21:46:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:46:21","slug":"this-feeling-sucks-381m-mets-with-second-highest-payroll-in-mlb-lose-11th-game-in-a-row-new-york-mets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/679403\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This feeling sucks\u2019: $381m Mets, with second-highest payroll in MLB, lose 11th game in a row | New York Mets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The New York Mets are finding that money doesn\u2019t necessarily bring happiness. The second-most expensive team in MLB \u2013 with a payroll of $381m<\/a> \u2013 lost their 11th game in a row on Sunday as they were swept for a third straight series, this time by the Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n

\u201cEleven losses, that\u2019s a lot, whether it\u2019s in April or at any point in the season,\u201d Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said after the game. \u201cNobody\u2019s going to feel sorry for us. We\u2019ve got to find a way.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the Mets found new and interesting ways to torment their fanbase. They led 1-0 going into the ninth inning before their former outfielder, Michael Conforto, drove in the tying run for the Cubs. Another former Mets outfielder, Pete Crow-Armstrong, then scored Chicago\u2019s winning run in the 10th inning off Nico Hoerner\u2019s sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis feeling sucks,\u201d said shortstop Francisco Lindor after the game. \u201cIt\u2019s not a good feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mets\u2019 losing streak is their longest since 2004, and they have scored just 19 runs in their 11 consecutive losses. The Mets\u2019 woes come after a terrible 2025 season in which they collapsed from having the best record in baseball early in the season to missing the playoffs entirely.<\/p>\n

The Mets have a small sliver of hope with their best player, Juan Soto, due back from injury in the coming week. But Lindor said Soto should not be expected to work miracles.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven when he comes, we\u2019ve still got to get it done,\u201d said Lindor. \u201cIt would be unfair to just throw everything on him.\u201d<\/p>\n

General manager David Stearns shipped out many of the team\u2019s veterans and much of the coaching staff in the wake of last season\u2019s disappointment, but the new version of the Mets appears to be even worse this time around. After Sunday\u2019s loss they fell to 7-15<\/a>, the worst record in the major leagues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York Mets are finding that money doesn\u2019t necessarily bring happiness. The second-most expensive team in MLB…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,138,24,4245,161,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-679403","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-cubs","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-cubs","11":"tag-chicagocubs","12":"tag-cubs","13":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116433568919893469","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}