Wendell Cruz/USA Today Sports, via Reuters
A month ago, the Mets weren’t exactly at rock bottom, but they weren’t far-off.
The manager had cursed out a reporter. The general manager, according to multiple news media accounts, had thrown a chair in a meeting.
At the All-Star break, the Mets had lost 10 of their last 14 games, were seven games out of the last wild card spot and had the second-worst record in the National League at 40-50. It seemed pretty likely the Mets players were going to be playing golf and hunting come Oct.