Mets Drop Heartbreaker, Weaver on Hero Complex

0:00It's April 30th. You're listening to New York Mets News today, AI-powered coverage of your team. I'm Corey, with the story. The Mets dropped a tough 5-4 heartbreaker to the Nationals at Cityfield on Thursday, handing Washington 2 out of 3 in the series. New York clawed back from a 3-nothing deficit with a 3-run homer from MJ Melindes in the 3rd and grabbed the lead on Mark Rianto's RBI. Double in the 6th, but it all slipped away in the 8th. Luke Weaver, who came over this offseason for those big moments, gave up a lead-off single, and then a go-ahead 2-run shot to CJ Abrams on a change-up. That hung too much over the plate. That one pitch flipped the Mets from series winners to dropping to 10 wins and 21 losses, dead last and the worst mark in the majors. Weaver owned it after, talking about the pressure cooker in the clubhouse. Chasing perfection turns everyone into a hero wannabe, suffocating the joy. Of just playing ball day to day,

1:00he feels the weight of letting the team down, but insists success ain't in that mindset. It's about doing your job freely without the hero complex, weighing you down. His season stats reflect the struggle too, a 6.00 ERA, over 12 innings with 8 earned runs allowed. The whole squad's in a red, 10 wins and 31 games, last in the NL East, way off what anyone expected heading into May. Weaver says the internal vibe is solid great talks, daily enjoyment that doesn't match the scoreboard, but they got to kill old habits, reframe, and attack baseball with a fresh mindset to turn this ship around.