Your 2026 New York Mets: Hello darkness, my old friend…
“It’s not a good showing right now. They’re pissed, frustrated, obviously not happy about it. And I want them to be pissed.” -Carlos Mendoza [The Athletic]
…I’ve come to talk with you again
“If we don’t score runs, it’s hard to win.” -Francisco Lindor [The Athletic]
Because a vision softly creeping
“It’s surprising, but you go through these things — maybe this is a bit extreme, probably. I don’t really got much to say other than we can’t explain
it, and we’ll keep on working to figure it out.” -Bo Bichette [The Athletic]
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
“We’re not doing damage on pitches in the strike zone, guys are being passive, guys are getting ahead of us, and then we’re chasing and hitting the ball on the ground. Right now it’s just quick innings.” -Carlos Mendoza [The Athletic]
And the vision that was planted in my brain
“Each April I’ve been here has been pretty similar, where we don’t score as many runs as we’d like and then the weather warms up and balls start flying out of the ballpark. We probably haven’t scored quite as many runs as we’d like, but that’s a pretty talented position player group that’s going to get going. We’re going to score runs.” -David Stearns [The Athletic]
Still remains
“Guys have got to start playing better. It’s as simple as that. They’re too talented. But right now, we’re not seeing anything on the field.” -Carlos Mendoza [MLB]
Within the sound of silence
“It’s weird because that’s not [Francisco Lindor]. It’s hard to explain. And he’ll be the first one. He’ll tell you that he’s got to be better. But yeah, never seen some of those plays that he’s just out of position at times.” -Carlos Mendoza [ESPN]
In restless dreams I walked alone
“Not sure. I feel like I’m locked in. I feel like I’m in the game. It just happens. Got to be better.” -Francisco Lindor [ESPN]
Narrow streets of cobblestone
“[Francisco Lindor’s] the same guy. He shows up. He prepares. He works as hard as anybody. He wants to win. I don’t think it’s got anything to do with who’s in the lineup and who’s not. It’s weird.” -Carlos Mendoza [ESPN]
‘Neath the halo of a street lamp
“I went after the ball and Marcus was there and didn’t make it to second base and we didn’t turn the double play.” -Francisco Lindor [New York Post]
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
“The biggest thing was I wasn’t able to control very many pitches near the strike zone or over the plate.” -Kodai Senga [New York Post]
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
“It wasn’t a bad pitch, but I’ve seen [Nick Kurtz before]. He has a very good swing. He is a power hitter. He is a tall guy. He did what he needed to do with that pitch. I tip my hat to him.” -Freddy Peralta [MLB]
That split the night
“I know we are way better than this. We have a great team. We believe in each other and I know that we are going to do better… I know there are a lot of people who want us to win. We want to win, too. Sometimes this is baseball. We have to get through this.” -Freddy Peralta [MLB]
And touched the sound of silence
“Honestly, when you’re out there, you don’t really feel the score. At least in my opinion, you’re just out there trying to execute each pitch. Obviously at any given moment, somebody can clip you for a home run, or things can get haywire. But you’re just trying to execute each pitch.” -Nolan McLean [MLB]
“You wish we could have gotten it done for [McLean] — and for everyone else here. But it’s one of those where he pitched his butt off today. Even though he wasn’t feeling the best probably at the beginning of the game, then all of the sudden he gave us the momentum every single inning. We’ve got to do our best to win games like this.” -Francisco Lindor [MLB]
“I played hard, I played with passion every single day. I’m a fiery guy, but you know I cared. I wanted to win, I wanted to do well. I think the fans knew that. I want to be known as a player who played the game the right way, gave it his all, and enjoyed being in the Mets organization.” -Jeff McNeil [Twitter]
