The New York Mets Just Sealed One of The Worst Collapses Ever In a Sickeningly Familiar Way

It's over. Done and dusted. The 2025 New York Mets just clinched one of the worst collapses in Major League Baseball history. And they did it in today's game, in a manner that has to have driven their fanbase crazy as it came in a sickeningly familiar way. Before we go any further, it has to be stated to further back up the context of this heartbreak that the Reds, who had to lose for New York to have a chance, were losing for most of the day. Meaning, in the backdrop of their own contest, the Mets players had to know that if they found a way to But, as you'll see, this didn't help much. The first major blow of the day would be in the top of the third, when, with one out and two guys on, their best player and near 40-40 man, Juan Soto, grounded into a double play. In a microcosm of what would be their luck on the day, the ball was hit at 106 miles an hour, but it was right to the shifted shortstop. And an inning and a half later, after Xavier Edwards made a nice backhanded stop to rob Pete Alonso, things would get going for the Marlins, who saw Eric Waggaman drive a ball deep to the left centerfield gap off of driving in Connor Norby from first base. If the pitching staff had been able to keep it here, however, it wouldn't have been the end of the world. But, as has been typical of the Mets bullpen in the second half, this wouldn't be the case, as Brian Navarretto would drive a slider right down the middle to straightaway centerfield with two outs, pushing across another run. This brought trade acquisition Tyler Rogers to the mound, seeking to keep things close. But he, too, would not have any measure of success, giving up an RBI triple, this time to Javier Sanoha on a rising slider down the left field line. You could already qualify this as a meltdown somewhat, but at least it was still within a save opportunity, right? This would quickly change, however, when Xavier Edwards drove another stake firmly into the hearts of Mets fans everywhere with a flare single to centerfield. If the guys in blue, orange, and gray wanted to come back, they'd have to do it in a major way. And for a moment in the fifth, it looked like they might do so when Pete Alonso came to the plate with the bases loaded and crushed his hardest hit ball of the year, a 116-mile-power missile to left field that almost took the glove hand off of Sanoha. But, alas, he made the catch, stranding three runners. The next two and a half innings would go off without much in the way of action, as a couple New York-based runners reached, but there never really was any significant traffic. This would not be the case in the eighth inning, however, when Alonso managed to reach on a single and Vientos drew a walk. Would this be the time they could finally rally? Well, as you'd expect based on the last three months of Gone, the answer to that would be a resounding no, as Francisco Alvarez would would have loaded the bases after Jeff McNeil had already struck out. That bat that suffered Alvarez's wrath immediately after was probably emblematic of how most of the players in that clubhouse currently feel. Broken. New York would have one final chance to salvage their season, and with one out and a guy on, it was the top of the order's job to keep things going, with Mr. Smile, clubhouse leader, at the dish. But, on the 0-1, he would do the worst thing possible in that circumstance, grounding a ball hard to second base, where it was turned into a with him not even running full speed through the bag. And with that, a team that was 45-24 on June 12th, holding a 5.5 game lead in the NL East with the lowest ERA in Major League Baseball, and the 4th highest OPS, missed the playoffs entirely just 3.5 months later, courtesy of one of the biggest collapses we have ever seen at the Major League level. Also, if you ever see anything you'd like to see me detail in the video, feel free to reach out to my email basebpoet at gmail.com, and if I end up using your idea, I'll give you a shout out. Thanks for watching, and have a great rest of your day.