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After posting 101 wins during the regular season — one of the best returns in the history of the franchise — the New York Mets embarrassingly crashed out of the postseason on Sunday night following a Game 3 loss to the San Diego Padres in the Wild Card round. For a 101 team that boasted the league’s highest payroll, being knocked out before even reaching the NLDS is a seismic disappointment no matter how you slice it.
Making matters worse for Mets fans — other than the fact that their starting pitching completely let the team down when it mattered most of the last two weeks — is that in the deciding, winner-take-all Game 3 against the Padres, the offense posted just ONE hit and ONE walk, a truly abysmal offensive performance in a late July regular season game, let alone a must-win playoff game.
Following the shocking, yet still somewhat expected, loss to the Padres, Mets fans hopped on Twitter to share their sorrows after another exciting season concludes with absolutely nothing to show for it.
The MLB world reacts to the New York Mets being eliminated by the San Diego Padres in the NL Wild Card round
https://twitter.com/ericitaIiano/status/1579475431706988545
Watching the Mets choke away the division and get knocked out in the Wild Card round. pic.twitter.com/4E5c75l9yi
— Joe Giglio (@JoeGiglioSports) October 10, 2022
10/2: Swept by the Braves to blow the NL East
10/9: Lost Wild Card to the Padres
Tough week to be a Mets fan 😅 @BRWalkoff pic.twitter.com/PBSk6aE76E
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 10, 2022
101 wins and the Mets are already going home 😬 pic.twitter.com/xFhEWtC5Bw
— Complex Sports (@ComplexSports) October 10, 2022
I blame my father for making me a Met fan. He’s led me down this life of pain and misery
— MetsAvenue (@MetsAvenue) October 8, 2022
https://twitter.com/JerranHamelin/status/1579283405522763776
https://twitter.com/pissboymcgee/status/1579255466617864192
The Mets paid Max Scherzer a lot of money to choke two weekends in a row.
— Rich MacLeod (@richmacleod) October 8, 2022
Smh. Mets can’t accept that their choke job is continuing into the postseason so they’re going to accuse Joe Musgrove of cheating.
— Rum Bunter (@rumbunter) October 10, 2022
“They didn’t choke. 101 wins is a great year.”
– Stupid Mets fans
— LOLMets™ (@MetsMike_129) October 10, 2022
Remember when the Mets paid Scherzer $43M this year to choke in the two biggest starts of their season? Lmao me too
— Mooch (@Mooch22_) October 8, 2022
As a result of their Wild Card round victory over the New York Mets, the San Diego Padres will now go on to face the 111-win Los Angeles Dodgers, arguably the best team in baseball, in the National League Divisional Series. The Mets, with the highest payroll in baseball, will be going home.
Elsewhere in MLB, the Seattle Mariners, Philadelphia Phillies and Cleveland Guardians all advanced to the divisional series, which will begin this week.
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