(CBSNewYork)- The 2021 season has not exactly gone the way that the Mets, or their fans, had hoped it would. At 63-67, the team is in third place in the N.L. East division, 7.5 games back of the Atlanta Braves. The team has lost seven of its last 10 games and are 8-19 in the month of August.
Those recent performances have brought out the boos from Mets fans which apparently rankled second baseman trade deadline acquisition Javier Baez and other members of the team. After hitting a 444-foot homer in Sunday’s 9-4 win over the Washington Nationals, Baez could be seen giving a “thumbs down” gesture which he explained afterwards was a message to the fans.