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\"TheJul 23, 2025; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; New York Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried (54) stands between third baseman Oswald Peraza (18, left) and shortstop Anthony Volpe (11) as he waits to be relieved in the sixth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The ever-optimistic Brandon Nimmo stood in the New York Mets’ locker room late Tuesday night and uttered eight words that were meant to reassure the fanbase.<\/p>\n

Those same words, however, also could have applied to everyone fretting over the general state of baseball in the Big Apple.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings are not as bleak as they seem,\u201d Nimmo said.<\/p>\n

Two days later, things look much bleaker for the Mets \u2014 and they aren\u2019t much better for the Yankees.<\/p>\n

The Mets suffered their eighth loss in nine games Wednesday afternoon with a 4-1 setback to the Cleveland Guardians. New York also was nearly no-hit by Gavin Williams, who gave up a homer to Juan Soto with one out in the ninth inning.<\/p>\n

The Mets are doing a bang-up job of making their 12 months as baseball\u2019s best team look like a mirage.<\/p>\n

They led the majors with 106 wins from June 12, 2024, through June 12, 2025, a span in which they made a Cinderella run to the National League Championship Series and seemed to completely change the vibes at Citi Field.<\/p>\n

But the Mets are just 18-28 since June 13. The only teams with a worse record are the Colorado Rockies and Washington Nationals \u2014 not exactly the company contenders want to keep. The Mets have gone from leading the NL East by 5 1\/2 games to the last wild-card spot, just three games ahead of the Cincinnati Reds.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing fluky about the Mets\u2019 tailspin. They rank last in the majors with 182 runs since June 13 and have given up 242 runs, the third most behind only \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 the Rockies and Nationals.<\/p>\n

President of baseball operations David Stearns had a solid trade deadline in which he acquired relievers Gregory Soto, Ryan Helsley and Tyler Rogers. But he didn\u2019t add a starting pitcher to a frayed rotation. David Peterson, the losing pitcher Wednesday, is the only starter to pitch six innings since June 7. Stearns had little choice but to hope lineup anchors Pete Alonso, Francisco Lindor, Nimmo and Soto would snap out of their slumps. Yet Lindor, Nimmo and Soto all have an OPS at least 40 points below their career marks, while Alonso \u2014 whose OPS of .859 is a shade better than his career mark of .855 \u2014 is batting .212 since June 13.<\/p>\n

At least Stearns didn\u2019t crow \u201cmission accomplished\u201d following the deadline. That unfortunate word selection in regard to improving his team belonged to Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, who continues to act nothing like the executive who apprenticed under Gene Michael and had to deal with George Steinbrenner\u2019s fury on an hourly basis.<\/p>\n

The Yankees, who made it to the World Series last year, were 42-25 through June 12 \u2014 the third-best record in the majors. But they are just 19-29 since and are clinging to the final wild-card spot in the American League.<\/p>\n

As with Stearns\u2019 moves, Cashman\u2019s actions to bolster the bullpen at the deadline did little to address his team\u2019s fundamental flaws \u2014 literally, in this case.<\/p>\n

The core of the relentless dynasty teams was built by Michael, who drafted and\/or oversaw the development of Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera and Bernie Williams. The Core Five (why doesn\u2019t Williams get the love?) played crisply, capitalized on any little mistake by the opposition and thrived in the New York spotlight.<\/p>\n

Now the Yankees are filled with questionable fits who make the mistakes that other teams capitalize on.<\/p>\n

In the last eight days alone, Austin Wells, a homegrown player, forgot the number of outs in the ninth inning and Jazz Chisholm Jr. got doubled off first base on a pop-up to second.<\/p>\n

The duo received the most milquetoast of public rebukes from Aaron Boone, Cashman\u2019s handpicked selection who has managed more games without winning a World Series than any Yankees skipper in history. This is a long way from Steinbrenner unloading on prospects Jim Beattie, Ken Clay and Bobby Meacham and calling future Hall of Famer Dave Winfield \u201cMr. May.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last Friday, the Yankees squandered a six-run lead against the Miami Marlins and suffered a 13-12 loss when their three new relievers \u2014 Jake Bird, David Bednar and Camilo Doval \u2014 combined to give up nine runs in the final 2 1\/3 innings. While Bird is already in Triple-A, Bednar recorded a five-out save Wednesday because Devin Williams, whose New York tenure started poorly in April, might have pitched himself out of the closer\u2019s role again by giving up six runs over 3 2\/3 innings in his last four outings.<\/p>\n

All this hand-wringing aside, the expanded playoffs and baseball\u2019s built-in unpredictability \u2014 the Mets reached the NLCS despite opening 25-35 last year \u2014 means Nimmo\u2019s optimism might prove prescient for at least one New York team.<\/p>\n

And if not? Then New Yorkers will get to focus their attention on football season and two teams whose bleakness knows no limit \u2014 the Giants and Jets.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the Mets and Yankees collapse in sync, fans in New York might be forced to look ahead to another long football season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":92190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n\u201cEast Coast Chaos: Mets Crumble, Yankees Struggle \u2013 Is NYC Baseball in Crisis?\u201d - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=92186\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cEast Coast Chaos: Mets Crumble, Yankees Struggle \u2013 Is NYC Baseball in Crisis?\u201d - 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