2020 has been an awful year for sports. It’s arguable that MLB got hit the worst. They lost months of time and will play the shortest season in the league’s history. Players are opting out of playing, and others are sick. Luckily, the New York Mets haven’t been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
They’ve only reported one player having tested positive for COVID-19, and it doesn’t seem to have been a starter. They haven’t had any players opt-out either. No, their problems began to arise before the pandemic.
Their new manager Carlos Beltran was caught up in a cheating scandal that cost him his job.