Mets' losing streak reaches 10 games after top starter Freddy Peralta falters vs. Cubs

Bichette said he didn’t have many answers while speaking with reporters after the game, via SNY:

"I don’t really wrap my mind around it. It’s tough right now," Bo Bichette said of the team's losing streak after the game. "If we knew the answer, we’d do it. But we’ll keep working to try and figure it out."

Overall, the Mets are tied for dead last in runs scored through Saturday, with the worst on-base percentage in baseball. By comparison, their pitching has been merely mediocre, but nothing has been what you would want from a team with an estimated $370 million payroll this season.

Since July 28 of last year, New York is 28-49, which works out to a full-season pace of 59-103. Mets manager Carlos Mendoza, whose seat is getting plenty hot right now, said he understood their fans’ emotions these days:

"I understand how they're feeling. I'd be pissed too if I'm a fan. I'm pissed. They're pissed."

The good news for the Mets is that as much as their talent has so far underperformed, it’s still talent. They are just in the unenviable position of needing a complete reset after a month of play. They are also staring down the barrel of the club’s worst losing streak since 1980, when they lost 13 in a row. Their record for consecutive losses remains 17 in 1962, but let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.

New York has one game remaining against the Cubs on Sunday, with David Peterson and Javier Assad expected to pitch, before returning home for a series against the Minnesota Twins next week.