Baseball isn’t an exact science, or especially easy to predict. For instance, I had the Mets winning the NL East.

Winning one game — much less the division — looks like an achievement today.

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Miscalculations should be expected, but the Mets may have made a few too many.

Maybe this isn’t manager Carlos Mendoza’s finest hour, as his players are making some inexplicable mental mistakes. But let’s be fair. They’ve been outscored 62-19 over 11 straight defeats.