Steve Phillips cringed when he heard it.
That would be one of Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen’s boasts before the season started that his newly constructed team was the favorite to win the National League East.
“It was like, ‘nooooo, don’t say that’ because I just know how this goes,” Phillips, the former Mets general manager and now SiriusXM analyst, said.
“The baseball gods just have a funny way of just bringing us to our knees. I don’t think him saying that affected the way the team has played, but I think it did affect the expectations that everyone had.