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Mets Swept By Athletics as Skid Hits Five Games

 Speaking of five game losing streaks, we present you the New York Mets. 

The Amazin's lost their fifth in a row in a 1-0 loss to the Sacramento/Las Vegas A's on Sunday afternoon at Citi FIeld, as New York suffered its first ever sweep at the hands of the Athletics. 

Not to mention former Met Jeff McNeil feasted on the Mets all weekend, going 6-of-13 with an RBI, and some great work at second base defensively. 


But hey, the Mets traded Brandon Nimmo (also scorching right now) to Texas for McNeil's replacement last off-season in Marcus Semien who is hitting a wondrous .190 on the year. 

 The Mets were nonexistent on Sunday against the A's. They managed only four hits, all of them singles, and were 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position. It's as if they didn't even care. 

When Bo Bichette grounded out on the first pitch he saw in the ninth inning, boos reigned down from the stands at Citi Field as if the season had collapsed, and it's only April. 

You can't blame Mets fans for being angry. They knew, we all knew this was possible after a controversial off-season that saw David Stearns rip apart the heart of the team and replace it with a group of players who've never played together. The Mets went from a fun loving bunch with a core of Alonso, McNeil, Nimmo, Diaz and Lindor to a group of mercenaries who aren't even that good.  

And while fans want to pin blame on manager Carlos Mendoza, keep in mind the man is managing a team with an entirely new coaching staff.   

If there is one person to blame it's Stearns and owner Steve Cohen for this fiasco. 

While the Mets have hit .246 in the last seven games as a ball club, they play with a sense of listlessness that has to leave one concerned. Not to mention the pitching hasn't been great. Already the Mets have DFA'd Luis Garcia and Richard Lovelady, two players they brought in during the off-season. 

Freddy Peralta, whom the Mets traded top prospects for at the last minute in January, has been adequate at best. Sunday was his best outing of the year, Six innings of one-run ball with three walks and six Ks. Clay Holmes and Noah McLean have been the best parts of the rotation. Meanwhile Sean Manaea who has proven that he belongs back in the rotation is out pitching David Peterson who belongs either in the pen or in Triple A. 

What makes matters far worse for the Mets as compared to say the Yankees, who are in the midst of their own five-game skid, is the fact the Mets head to L.A. on Monday to face the Dodgers, and then to Chicago over the weekend to face the Cubs. This season could easily spiral out of control really, really quickly for the Mets.  

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