Identifying the main reasons for the Mets' messy start to the season

It’s actually kind of hard to pin down what exactly is wrong with the New York Mets. Because right now, it seems like everything.During their current 11-game losing streak, they’ve lost games due to poor starting pitching (they’ve given up more than seven runs five times), lack of offense (they’ve scored fewer than three runs in all but two games), iffy relief work (their bullpen has an ERA over five in the last two weeks), and maybe even poor managing (depending on how you feel about the decision to pitch to Nico Hoerner in their loss on Sunday).There are a lot of fingers to point. There usually is when your losing streak hits double digits.Advertisement