Mets' 12-Game Losing Streak Dooms Playoff Hopes

0:00On April 22nd, the New York Mets are in deep trouble this season, sitting at 7 wins and 16 losses after dropping their 12th straight game. To the Minnesota Twins, they blew a 3-0 lead in that one, and now their playoff hopes look cooked before Mae even hits. Coming into the year, fans had real buzz after some smart offseason pickups, especially after last year's lay collapse kept them out of the postseason. They jumped out to a 7 and 4 start, but everything fell apart fast, turning optimism into straight panic. This skid has folks drawing grim parallels to the franchise's darkest days by the 1962 Mets who lost 17 in a row, their first. Year and one of the worst teams baseballs ever seen, finishing 40 and 120. Worse yet, digging into the numbers shows no major league baseball team in over 150 years has ever made the playoffs after a 12-game, losing streak. That's a stat that'll echo on every sports talk show tomorrow.

1:01With the division race heating up in April not even over, the Mets face an impossible climb if they want to flip this. The script history says they won't. Team coverage, powered by AI. This is New York Mets News today. I'm Corey with the story.