Mets Lose 8th Straight Game, No Longer Control 2025 MLB Playoff Bracket Destiny

The New York Mets are collapsing in epic fashion.

The team lost its eighth straight game on Saturday, blowing a 2-0 lead and falling to the Texas Rangers, 3-2.

The Mets are now 76-73 on the season and technically even with the San Francisco Giants (75-72) for the final NL Wild Card berth, though, because the Giants have two games in hand, the Mets don't control their own destiny for a postseason berth.

The reaction from the team's fans was somewhere between despair and utter disdain after Saturday's loss:

On June 12, the Mets were an MLB-best 45-24 and 5.5 games ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East. The division is long gone now—Philly has a 12.5-game lead, bolstered by last week's four-game sweep of the Mets.

And now the playoffs may be slipping away as well. The Amazins are looking a lot more like the Abysmals these days.