Gut Reaction: Yankees 6, Mets 4 (7/6/25)

I’m irrationally annoyed with Zach Pop.

The Mets fell behind by five runs against Max Fried and somehow were able to cut the deficit to a single run, before losing, 6-4, in the finale of a three-game series against the Yankees. The loss snapped the Mets’ four-game winning streak.

With all of the injuries to the rotation, the Mets had to run a bullpen game. Chris Devenski started and threw two hitless innings. Next up was Pop, who the Mets had just signed to an MLB deal. Pop gives up a solo homer and a 118-mph double en route to giving up 3 ER in 1.1 IP. It’s just another lousy outing by a disposable reliever. It shouldn’t annoy me more than any other scrub who’s come in and gotten lit up.

But it does.

The Mets made a nice comeback. Francisco Lindor had a two-run single and Jeff McNeil drove in a run with an infield hit. But the Mets had two additional run-scoring opportunities thwarted by good defensive plays by the visitors.

A sweep of the Yankees would have been sweet. And it would have been extra special doing it with a bullpen game. But those dreams went pop with Pop’s outing. And now I’m popped off.

Pop, pop – the weasel goes pop. May that song play in the background when the Mets DFA Pop.

Sorry, it’s not rational. It’s just how I feel right now.