Mets drop ninth straight for their longest losing streak since 2004, and pressure is already mounting

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The Mets got their teeth kicked in Friday afternoon in Wrigley Field. It was a 12-4 Cubs win, but the story here comes via the losing dugout. That was the ninth straight Mets' loss. To make matters worse, they aren't just losing. They are getting crushed. During the course of this losing streak, the Mets have been outscored 56-16. That's just brutal. They're being outscored by an average of 4.44 runs per game. Friday was another laugher.

This is now the longest Mets losing streak since 2004, when they lost 11 straight from Aug. 28-Sept. 8. The longest streak in franchise history is still a ways away at 17 (in 1962, obviously). Still, on Saturday, the Mets will look to avoid the 14th 10-game losing streak in Mets history.

One might recall that the Mets collapsed down the stretch last season. On June 12, they had the best record in baseball at 45-24, but they went 38-55 the rest of the way. They were 28-37 after the All-Star break, 11-17 in August and 10-15 in September. They still had a great shot at making the playoffs, but an eight-game losing streak in September had a hand in keeping them out.

As a reminder, the Mets have the highest payroll in baseball for the fourth straight season.

Do the math here, right? If this losing continues, at some point, owner Steve Cohen is going to ask president of baseball operations David Stearns what's going on and why he's wasting so much money on a terrible product. Before the ax falls on Stearns, the fall guy generally would become the manager.

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Dayn Perry