New York Mets Joel Sherman Mets sputtering after fast start part of rough week for New York baseball that raises concerns By Joel Sherman Published April 12, 2026, 7:38 p.m. ET Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor (12) caught stealing during the first inning when the New York Mets played the Athletics Sunday, April 12, 2026 at Citi Field in Queens, NY. Robert Sabo for NY Post I am old enough to remember — all the way back to early last week — when New York baseball was really good.
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The Mets and Yankees both won last Tuesday. They were a combined 15-6 and first-place squads making us wonder who would elbow whom out for a trip up The Canyon of Heroes.
They are a combined 0-10 since, and actually it has seemed worse than that. The Sacramento-by-way-of-Oakland-on-the-way-to-Vegas A’s came to New York for a week and made it feel like home. They won five of six, including a series finale both in The Bronx and in Flushing by the same 1-0 score.
In theory, the Yankees have the easier wake-up call, coming home to play four against the Los Angeles Angels, while the Mets had to fly cross-country to Los Angeles to play the best-in-the-world Dodgers for three games.
