By Reinaldo Oliveros
Luke Weaver was the villain for the Mets this Thursday after the 5-4 loss to the Nationals after allowing a two-run home run in the 8th inning.
The Mets reliever believes that the losing streak is affecting the team and has led to a bad game.
“At the end of the day, this pursuit of perfection is nothing more than a failure-under-extreme-pressure mentality,” Weaver said quietly during a lengthy postgame reflection.
“We all want to be heroes because we care and we want to win at all costs, and I don’t think success is found in that area. It’s just not like that, and I think that the freedom with which we play every day is being somewhat restricted.”
The New York Mets have the worst record in the Major Leagues with 10 wins and 21 losses after the first month of the season.
The team suffered its tenth loss of the season after being ahead on the scoreboard. They have the fourth-worst winning percentage after April in franchise history.
Luke Weaver feels the weight of the world with the Mets
Weaver reveals that he feels a great weight when the defeats are due to his mistakes and they seek to turn the page, but it is difficult when the defeats keep coming.
“I sit there and feel the weight of the world, and I feel like I’ve let the team down. But at the end of the day, I feel like I’m in a good position. It’s just that we sit there and tell them, ‘It’ll come.’ That’s the game. It’s the law of probabilities” and all that, but in the end those words don’t carry the same weight when you keep losing day after day.
New York began the season with the highest payroll in the Major Leagues, with $358.4 million. Despite this, they must find a way to find the path to victory.
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