The Mets are a Dead Team Walking right now, one that marched right into a clubhouse meeting late Wednesday afternoon, necessitated by this turbulent season finally reaching a “boiling point,” as described by Brandon Nimmo. But this isn’t strictly about losing anymore. What happened during the eighth inning of Wednesday’s humiliating 10-3 loss to the Dodgers, who completed a three-game sweep at Citi Field, took the Mets to an even more shameful place.
What’s worse than dropping 15 of the past 19 games? Or new injuries to Edwin Diaz and Pete Alonso? It’s the embarrassing collapse of any meaningful accountability, and everyone in the building got to witness that firsthand when frustrated reliever Jorge Lopez flung his glove into the seats behind the Mets’ dugout. Lopez is the one primarily responsible, of course. He lost control when third base umpire Ramon DeJesus refused to give him a strike on Freddie Freeman’s obvious checked swing, and the subsequent outburst led to his immediate ejection.
But what Lopez did next was inexcusable. En route to the dugout, his jersey already untucked, Lopez fired his mitt high over the protective screen and into the hands of a giddy fan. It was a comical scene, but the Mets should have been disgusted by the sheer lack of professionalism exhibited by someone wearing their uniform.
Afterward, manager Carlos Mendoza called Lopez’s display “unacceptable” and pledged that the matter would be handled internally. That seemed to .
