Mets' Star-Studded Lineup Flops, Power Rankings Plummet

0:00It's April 20th. This is New York Metz News today, AI-powered stories from inside your team. The New York Metz came into the season with sky-high expectations after loading up on big names like Bo Bischette, Freddie Peralta, Luis Robert Jr. Marcus Simeon, Devin Williams, Jorge Palanco, and more during the offseason. They spent big to contend, but right now, that star-studded lineup is falling flat on its face. As like Simeon, Bischette, and Palanco have been ice-coated the play, and even franchise cornerstone, Francisco Lindor is scraping by with A. 205 average and just one homer through 20 plus games. To make matters worse, Juan Soto has been out the whole time with a right calf strain, leaving a huge hole in the offense. Fans are fuming as the Metz just snapped an 11-game losing streak that included sweeps by the athletics, Dodgers, where they got outscored 14, to 3, and the Cubs. Over that brutal stretch, they've been outscored 62-19, turning early promise into total collapse.

1:05Bleacher reports latest power rankings now have them dead last in baseball, calling it a derailment even without Soto. They're sitting alone at the bottom of the National League East, miles from where they thought they'd be. Some things got to give soon for these Metz, or this nightmare start could define their whole year front office moves were supposed to fix that, but the pressure is mounting fast.