New York Mets: We ****ing Quit

When I watched postgame interviews/pressers with Mendoza this season I’ve been thoroughly impressed.

He’s one of the, if not the, best manager and he’s doing this all in his first year at the job!

went to the game tonight and am going tomorrow, what a ride, LGM

Bet NL Pennant in May at 50:1, LFGM!

my luck..... tonight it happens, lindor alonzo 2 hits... one game off

NLCS .chip and a chair, here we go

Mendoza finished 3rd in nl manager of the year. What??? Ive never seen a team hang through bad times and then go on a run like that. By run... I mean best team in baseball for months. I don't get it.

I thought Mendoza was a lock.

Knew Mendoza was a lock to lose because I still listen to WFAN. You guys need to keep up more with how the fish think. 😉 This was openly being talked about and the consensus among both callers and hosts was he had 0% chance to win it.

While the reality of the Mets is they played as the best team for the last 4 months despite having a roster that didn't look like it was that good....

the fan perception (both mets fans and mets detractors) is...

"the Mets had a hot September, are equivalent to the Detroit Tigers and snuck in despite having the highest payroll which means they should be a powerhouse so its really not so impressive and tbh they kinda suck"

There's definitely some "anchoring bias" at play here. Funnily enough, the team after going into 2024 underrated and underrated throughout the season even after months of winning, will likely go into 2025 slightly overrated because "they got Soto" Since MOY doesn't take into account playoffs, they'de probably have to finish with a better record than the Dodgers or something for him to win that.

Great post.
Didn’t the Mets have the highest payroll in the majors because they were still paying most or all of contracts to Verlander and Scherzer!?