It's hard to imagine—even by Mets fan standards—that a gut-wrenching, 3-0 ninth-inning loss at home in the wild-card game would be the high point after a topsy-turvy regular season. But with the team's once beloved All-Star closer, Jeurys Familia, charged with assault after a domestic violence arrest last month (he pleaded no contest at a hearing on Thursday), and its only star hitter, Yoenis Cespedes, a free agent, things were already looking worse this month than they did on that grim night at Citi Field. And that was before folk hero and rotation stalwart Bartolo Colon fled on Friday for a contract with the hated Braves.
Loss of Colon, status of Cespedes and Familia reason to wonder about Mets in 2017
