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The biggest success -- and biggest disappointment -- for all 30 MLB teams this season
Confirmed
In Short: As the MLB season nears its end, some teams are thriving while others are struggling, with the Mets' unexpected downfall being a notable disappointment.
The Reds began the season as one of the top teams in baseball and led the NL Central for the first month, showcasing their potential for a successful campaign.
However, the Mets' season has been a significant disappointment, as they are now two years without reaching the playoffs despite making major offseason moves and maintaining one of the biggest payrolls in MLB.
The Mets' season was derailed by a disastrous 12-game losing streak in April, which proved too deep a hole to escape, costing manager Jorge Mendoza his job in June.
Despite modest expectations, the Tampa Bay Rays have been a surprise success, while other teams have already been eliminated from postseason contention, with their seasons effectively ending as baseball progresses into September.
What's confirmed
- The Reds began the season as one of the top teams in baseball and led the NL Central for the first month, showcasing their potential for a successful campaign.
- However, the Mets' season has been a significant disappointment, as they are now two years without reaching the playoffs despite making major offseason moves and maintaining one of the biggest payrolls in MLB.
- The Mets' season was derailed by a disastrous 12-game losing streak in April, which proved too deep a hole to escape, costing manager Jorge Mendoza his job in June.
- Despite modest expectations, the Tampa Bay Rays have been a surprise success, while other teams have already been eliminated from postseason contention, with their seasons effectively ending as baseball progresses into September.
What's still developing
- Still, there's real reason for optimism in D.C. CJ Abrams and James Wood became just the second pair of teammates 25 or younger to both hit 30-plus homers and steal 20-plus bases in the same season, joining José Ramirez and Francisco Lindor's 2018 Cleveland duo.
- MLB might have expanded the postseason in the last few years, but there are still far more teams that don't make it to meaningful October baseball than do.
- By the time the roster was healthy and whole, the Mets season was lost.
- That seemed far less likely before the season began.
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