The Mets didn't lose the N.L. East crown because they collapsed. But what had been a charmed season has turned into something just a little bit messier. joedelessio writes
63-44, which works out to a very respectable 95-win pace over the course of a full season. They finished the year with 101 wins, the second most in franchise history — behind only 1986. The Mets’ primary problem is that over that same period, the Braves went an incredible 76-32 — a 114-win pace. The retooled defending champions have been on fire for months, and when the Mets finally stumbled a bit in September, Atlanta blew by them.
And their underwhelming moves at the trade deadline — which some fans have been angry about for two months — can be read as overconfidence. But the Mets had their vaunted starting rotation lined up exactly the way they wanted in the pivotal series against the Braves last weekend, and Atlanta still won all three games. To paraphraseStill, this era of Mets baseball is supposed to represent something of a rebirth for the franchise.
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