{"id":888024,"date":"2026-09-11T10:27:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T10:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/888024\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T10:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T10:27:06","slug":"mets-are-no-longer-mlbs-most-disappointing-team-heres-who-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/888024\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets are no longer MLB’s most disappointing team \u2014 here’s who is"},"content":{"rendered":"

This probably isn\u2019t cause for all-out celebration, but the Mets\u2019 recent hot steak means they should no longer be considered MLB\u2019s most disappointing team.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s our top four most disappointing (or should be it be bottom four?):\u00a0<\/p>\n

1. Mariners<\/p>\n

The prohibitive favorite in the ultra-weak A.L. West is 68-78 with a negative-75 run differential<\/a> (worse than the Angels). They had the easiest finishing slate with 22 straight games against losing teams (including 19 vs. the awful Rockies, Angels and A\u2019s) yet began with three straight defeats to Sacramento\u2019s temporary team. Dan Wilson managed the M\u2019s to within one misguided pitch of their first World Series appearance last year but this season is such a mess some big changes are likely coming on some level. (They originally tried blaming it on an assistant hitting coach, but that obviously wasn\u2019t the issue as the offense is worse since his firing.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"SeattleSeattle Mariners starting pitcher Logan Gilbert reacts after giving up a two-run homer to Texas Rangers\u2019 Joc Pederson during the third inning on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, in Seattle. AP Photo\/Lindsey Wasson<\/p>\n

2. Tigers<\/p>\n

A leaky bullpen rendered their plus-55 run differential worthless and has them 67-79. Excellent manager A.J. Hinch is liked there and expected back, though some believe the Astros may have long-term interest in bringing him back as GM eventually. (That\u2019s more likely down the road.)\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This probably isn\u2019t cause for all-out celebration, but the Mets\u2019 recent hot steak means they should no longer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":888025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,5260,591,1830,5157,5162,85,2136,735],"class_list":["post-888024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-mets","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-seattle-mariners","tag-sports","tag-sports-columnists","tag-sports-plus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}