The Mets have been a disaster this season and the franchise basically threw in the towel on the 2023 season with a number of moves, including sending Justin Verlander to Houston, before Tuesday’s trade deadline.
They then finished off their brutal day by losing to the Royals in the most Mets way possible–a walk-off balk in the bottom of the 10th inning.
Josh Walker seemed to buckle his left knee a little bit with the bases loaded. He tried to play it off like he was having issues with his PitchCom but the umps talked it over and called it a balk, giving the Royals a 7–6 win.
Check this out:
The Royals won on a "balk-off" in extras after the umps called this a balk despite the Mets claiming that it was because of pitchcom issues pic.twitter.com/vyU2fDGEaK
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) August 2, 2023
Goodness.
Walker said after: “Just a different game with the PitchCom now and trying to go in without it. I forgot to relay that to [catcher Francisco Álvarez], that’s on me.”
Josh Walker talks about what happened with the walk-off balk
— SNY (@SNYtv) August 2, 2023
"Just a different game with the PitchCom now and trying to go in without it. I forgot to relay that to Alvy, that's on me" pic.twitter.com/ScV8WIGtVO
MLB fans roasted the Mets over that:
The fact that this isn’t even the funniest lolmets thing that happened today https://t.co/Kkhw7a2Ece
— Steph 🤘🏼 (@RhysPiecesss) August 2, 2023
Making a mockery of the sport.
— Rob Hanna (@RobHanna85) August 2, 2023
The Mets, I mean. https://t.co/isv8XZ8w6l
LolMets is not enough for this one https://t.co/3RDlABPqwd
— (•_•) (@ThisNotCom) August 2, 2023
only the mets https://t.co/4BdQ0r54jD
— Brendan (@bchells22) August 2, 2023
So Mets https://t.co/QrZnUA2P9W
— Jared Matthews (@Jared_Matthew23) August 2, 2023
Mets metting https://t.co/Mt4Oyxzfee
— @a1extimmons.bsky.social & threads (@A1exTimmons) August 2, 2023
Actual insanity that the mets are this bad, like will be studied for years insanity https://t.co/0Lo16GnIpY
— Sean, Knower of Ball™️ (@SMGPhilly) August 2, 2023
We gonna lolMets this thing all the way thru September baby https://t.co/GnjnQK6bat
— cassian seandor (@SmackHenry) August 2, 2023
