This Might Be the Most Mets Play You’ll See All Season

Just when it feels like the Mets have exhausted every possible way to embarrass themselves, they somehow manage to raise the bar.

This time, it starts with what should’ve been one of the most forgettable plays of the night. George Springer hits a routine ball to left field. Ninety-nine out of a hundred times, it’s a harmless single and everyone moves on.

The New York Mets had other plans.

Juan Soto’s effort on the play is…let’s just call it “memorable.” While Springer is flying around the bases like his paycheck depends on it, Soto looks like someone who just remembered he left the stove on and isn’t all that concerned about it. Then, just when it seems like another Mets defender might rescue the situation, the comedy somehow gets even better.

The result? A routine single turns into an inside-the-park home run.

No, seriously. Watch this.

If there were a Hustle Hall of Fame, Springer just submitted his application. If there were a Hall of Fame for jogging after baseballs, Soto might already have a plaque.

And before Mets fans jump in with “it’s only one play,” that’s kind of the point. This isn’t happening in a vacuum. The Mets have spent the season stacking disappointing performances on top of bizarre defensive moments, and this clip feels like the perfect snapshot of everything that’s gone wrong. A roster loaded with talent somehow keeps producing highlights that belong on a blooper reel instead.

The scary part for New York? This probably won’t even be the last viral Mets moment of the season.