Inside MLB’s Shocking Collapse: Why the Mets’ Season Is Spiraling Into Chaos
They slashed their payroll to $96 million, more than $100 million less than the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central.
They lost their ace, Pablo Lopez, who underwent Tommy John surgery the first week of spring training.
And yet, here they are, with the best record in the American League at 11-8, hitting the daylights out of the baseball, slugging 26 homers, the third-most in MLB.
They took on the American League’s finest in Tarik Skubal, Garrett Crochet, Framber Valdez and Max Scherzer in the past week, and pounded them into submission. The quartet yielded a 19.76 ERA, giving up 32 hits in 13⅔ innings. Only Valdez managed to last five innings.



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