The New York Mets' 11-game losing streak, their longest since 2002, has torpedoed their 2026 season and left manager Carlos Mendoza searching for answers with the third-highest payroll of the post-2025 era sitting on the worst record in baseball.
The numbers paint a brutal picture. New York's playoff odds have collapsed from 88.6 percent at the start of April to 41.8 percent after the club was swept out of Dodger Stadium over the weekend. The Mets have scored just 19 runs in 11 games during the skid, and 10 of those runs came in two games. The offence has posted a .132 average, a .158 on-base percentage and a .209 slugging percentage across the losing run — numbers that would embarrass a Class-A team.
The Los Angeles series was the low point. The Mets scored three runs across the three-game sweep. Bo Bichette and Francisco Lindor combined to go 4-for-23. Kodai Senga gave up six runs in three and a third innings in game one. Game two saw closer Devin Williams allow a leadoff single and a double in the ninth before the Cubs walked off New York in 10 innings on a sacrifice fly. Over the course of the slide, the Mets have scored one run or fewer in nine of the last 10 starts they've faced.
With the run differential now the worst in baseball, New York sits last in the NL East — a division where the Washington Nationals, at 8-2, own the second-best offence in the majors and are the only team yet to lose a series. The Atlanta Braves lead the division. The Mets are right above the Phillies, who are also among the worst teams in the league in the season's opening three weeks.
Mendoza's clubhouse attempted to force a response during the LA sweep. The team blared loud music before the Sunday game in an effort to inject energy. It did not work. The Mets lost anyway, and the clubhouse mood has not improved since.
Frontline concerns extend well beyond the manager. Senga's velocity and command have regressed. Williams is pitching through what one commentator described as one of the worst opening stretches of his career. Lindor's bat has been flat in high-leverage spots. Juan Soto's second season in Queens is off to a quiet start, and Pete Alonso has gone through a prolonged cold stretch that has left the lineup exposed.
For a franchise that spent more than $300 million to reinforce this roster and targeted a World Series, losing 11 straight in April is a catastrophic start. The Mets face the Cardinals next at Citi Field. They need something — anything — to turn on. Whether Mendoza is still in the dugout to see it happen is now an open question in New York tabloids and industry circles alike.
