MLB · Week of Aug 17–23

New York Mets

3-3 this week · 59-72 overall · vs SDP, @ CHW

52

Misery Index · Meh · ▲ from 26

The week, game by game

Each game's fan misery, from first comment to the next game. ● marks a blowup.

  • Mon, Aug 17W 2-1vs SDP35
  • Tue, Aug 18L 2-5vs SDP70
  • Wed, Aug 19W 4-2vs SDP46
  • Fri, Aug 21L 4-6@ CHW81
  • Sat, Aug 22W 10-5@ CHW26
  • Sun, Aug 23L 1-2@ CHW52

The emotional rollercoaster

Fan misery across the week, every six hours. Up is worse. Dashed lines are games.

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What fans said

  • “Should have retired a Met. What. A. Shame.”

    u/faresWell▲ 434despair

  • “If he took the 66m Stearns offered it would have been a disaster.”

    u/lukebillwalker▲ 245betrayal

  • “1973 Ya Gotta Believe Mets: 58-70 through 128 games (albeit only 6.5 games back) 2026 Mets: 58-70 through 128 games (10 games back)”

    u/TriviaWhiz▲ 225despair

  • “Fangraphs just lowered our playoff chances today from 0.1% to 0.0%”

    u/-BloodGoblin-▲ 96despair

  • “Every time something like this pops up all I can think about is what Kevin Parada was supposed to be”

    u/SuperBeavers1▲ 87despair

  • “Fuck ownership and the front office for pushing this guy off the team”

    u/crunchtime100▲ 78rage

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