Well, Brodie Van Wagenen did ask for it.
The Mets general manager in mid-January infamously challenged the rest of the NL East to “come get us” after a series of offseason acquisitions. Now, just after the All-Star break, Van Wagenen has already admitted defeat.
“I said it. I think what you’ll learn, and what I hope to always be, is that I wanna say what I believe,” Van Wagenen said Friday. “And I wasn’t shy in the offseason, but they came and got us. And I think that now we view ourselves as the underdogs.