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Jesse RogersApr 19, 2026, 07:51 AM<\/p>\n
Close<\/a>Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com.<\/p>\n Multiple Authors<\/p>\n CHICAGO — The New York Mets<\/a> will have to defy the odds if they plan on making the postseason this year after dropping their 10th consecutive game on Saturday, a 4-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs<\/a>.<\/p>\n Only three teams in the divisional era (since 1969) have made the postseason after a double-digit losing streak — including last year’s Cleveland Guardians<\/a>.<\/p>\n “No one is going to feel sorry for us,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said after the latest defeat. “We have to keep going. We haven’t been playing good baseball. We have 5\u00bd months ahead. We have the opportunity to write our own story.”<\/p>\n The Mets say they can’t point to any single thing which has led them to their longest April losing streak in franchise history. They certainly aren’t hitting enough, scoring just 18 runs during the streak, the fewest for them over 10 games since June 3-5, 2018.<\/p>\n They’re also making bad pitches, like the one reliever Brooks Raley<\/a> made to pinch hitter Carson Kelly<\/a> in the sixth inning on Saturday. Kelly deposited Raley’s first pitch cutter into the left field bleachers for a three run home run, breaking a 1-1 tie. The Cubs cruised to victory from there.<\/p>\n Editor’s Picks “We haven’t been able to put together a complete game,” Mendoza said. “It’s either the offense or starting pitching, like not making [that] pitch, not making a play, not getting a big hit. Just having a hard time playing a complete game right now.”<\/p>\n Mendoza’s job is seemingly safe after President of Baseball Operations David Stearns said on Friday he thought his third year manager was doing a good job and is putting players in a position to succeed. Of course, things can change if the losses continue to pile up for the Mets, who missed the postseason last year after a disastrous second half.<\/p>\n The team is trying not to focus on the negative this early in the season.<\/p>\n “It’s a big boy league,” infielder Marcus Semien<\/a> said. “There is no time to dwell on tonight. Tomorrow is a new day…It’s as simple as showing up tomorrow with a good attitude. Hopefully other guys see a smile on my face when I show up.”<\/p>\n Semien and Mendoza offered up few solutions to the team’s plight, though getting all-star Juan Soto<\/a> back from a calf injury should help. But that won’t happen for a few more days. With DH Jorge Polanco<\/a> (wrist) on the shelf as well, the Mets will need others to step up.<\/p>\n A late winter overhaul by Stearns led to a positive feeling about the team entering this season. But those additions, like Saturday’s starter Freddy Peralta<\/a>, haven’t produced enough. Third baseman Mark Vientos<\/a> did hit a long home run in the loss but New York’s offense was mostly quiet the rest of the day.<\/p>\n Mendoza was asked how he thought Mets fans were feeling right now.<\/p>\n “They have the right to be pissed and frustrated,” he said. “They care. Just like we do…I understand how they’re feeling. I’d be pissed too, if I was a fan. I’m pissed. They’re pissed.”<\/p>\n The 10 game losing streak is the longest in April since the 2023 White Sox. The loss has the Mets 6\u00bd games behind the Atlanta Braves<\/a> in the NL East, an unusually large deficit for this time of year.<\/p>\n “It’s frustrating to lose baseball games and when you lose this many in a row, it compounds,” Semien said. “The game does not own you any wins. You have to go out and get it.”<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776553212_666_r1105149_1296x1296_1-1.jpg&w=130&h=130&scale=crop&location=center.jpeg\")
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