The New York Mets entered play on Friday, June 13, with the best record in baseball at 45-24 and a 5.5-game lead over the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League East. It’s been downhill ever since for one of the best MLB teams in 2025.
Coming off a three-game sweep at the hands of the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York now sits at 48-37. The Mets are 2 games behind the Phillies in the NL East and their run differential over that 16-game stretch has plummeted. Now, we’re looking at some of the wild stats from the team.
-56 – New York Mets’ run differential in last 16 games
Following a 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals on June 12, the Mets held the third-highest run differential (+95) in Major League Baseball. Entering play on Tuesday, July 1, New York ranked ninth (+39) in run differential. The Mets had an abysmal -56 run differential across 16 games, losing by seven-plus runs five times.
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.541 – Francisco Lindor’s OPS in last 64 at-bats
A team is only as good as its best players, so it’s no surprise the Mets’ skid comes during an awful slump at the plate for All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor. Since June 13, Lindor has had the ninth-lowest OPS among hitters with 60-plus plate appearances and the eighth-worst batting average. The numbers are even worse in the last 14 games: .143/.183/.286, with Lindor striking out in 12 of his last 56 at-bats.
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.286 – New York Mets’ OBP in last 587 plate appearances
The Mets lineup has the second-lowest runs per game average (3.06) since June 13. In New York’s defense, it’s a lot harder to score runs when you can’t get on base. New York is tied with the Chicago White Sox for the third-worst OBP (.286) over the last 16 games, in large part because it has a 7 percent walk rate (28th) in 587 plate appearances.
.276 – Batting Average Allowed by Mets’ pitchers
Injuries have taken a toll on the Mets’ pitching staff in 2025, but this unit performed extremely well through the first 69 games. From Opening Day through June 12, New York’s pitchers allowed the fifth-lowest batting average (.223) with the 10th-best K-BB rate (14.5 percent). It has all fallen apart in the last 16 contests. During the Mets’ skid, opponents have a .276 batting average (30th in MLB) with an 11.8 percent walk rate (30th), resulting in an abysmal 6.45 ERA in 137.2 innings pitched. Over that same span, the second-worst team (Minnesota Twins) had a 5.85 ERA, and only one other club (Washington Nationals) had a 5-plus ERA.
1.095 – Juan Soto’s OPS in the last 16 games
Ironically, Juan Soto has returned to his MVP-caliber form as the rest of the team struggles. Across his last 65 plate appearances, Soto is drawing a walk as much as he strikes out (18.5 percent) and he boasts a .679 slugging percentage with a 1.095 OPS over that span. Of the 49 runs scored by the Mets’ lineup in the last 16 games, Soto is responsible for 23 runs produced (12 RBI, 11 runs scored). With a 1.218 OPS over his last 29 games, Soto is also proving that the negative reporting regarding him in April and May was pure absurdity.
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