The Mets Are in Freefall — 11 Games and Counting
The New York Mets just had their losing streak hit 11 games — the longest since 2004 — after the Cubs rallied to beat them in extras. It is not pretty.
The Mets have now lost 11 straight games, their longest skid in over two decades, and there is no obvious floor in sight right now.
Eleven games. That is not a slump — that is a collapse. The New York Mets extended their losing streak to 11 games after the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 2-1 victory in the 10th inning, according to ESPN. The last time the Mets dropped this many in a row was back in 2004, and that context alone tells you how badly things have gone sideways.
How the Cubs Finished It Off
This one hurt in a particularly cruel way. The Mets had a shot to stop the bleeding and could not close it out. Nico Hoerner hit a sacrifice fly off Craig Kimbrel in the 10th inning to push the Cubs over the top. The fact that it went to extras and still ended this way makes it worse — this was not a blowout. The Mets had a chance and still found a way to lose.
Kimbrel has had a complicated career arc, and giving up the decisive run in extra innings to snap a tie game is exactly the kind of moment that sticks. It is one thing to lose a blowout. It is another to lose in the 10th.
Eleven Games Is Not a Coincidence
At some point you stop blaming individual performances and start asking harder questions. A streak this long is a systemic problem, not a bad week. It means the offense is not scoring enough, the bullpen is leaking, and the team is not competing late in games. You need all three things to go wrong at once to lose 11 straight — and right now the Mets are checking all those boxes.
The 2004 comparison is not a flattering one. That was a Mets team that was going nowhere. Whether this version is in the same category is the question every fan in New York is asking right now.
What Comes Next
The schedule is not going to start feeling easier just because the Mets need it to. That is not how baseball works. The teams that snap losing streaks like this usually do it with a gritty, ugly win — a low-scoring game where they scratch out just enough. The question is whether this roster has that in them right now.
The front office made moves this offseason with postseason intentions. Eleven games in a row is a serious deviation from that plan.
Madison's Take
I keep waiting for the Mets to just steal a win — one of those 3-2 games where the bullpen holds and they squeak through. It has not happened. Eleven games is the kind of streak that leaves a mark on a season even after you finally turn it around. The Cubs beating them in extras is the worst possible way for this to continue. No one wants to go out like that.