Yankees’ Trade Disappointment Joins Mets As Season Hits New Low

BusinessSportsMoneyYankees’ Trade Disappointment Joins Mets As Season Hits New LowByPeter Chawaga,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Chawaga is a writer and editor covering Major League Baseball.Follow AuthorApr 28, 2026, 07:00am EDTBALTIMORE, MARYLAND - APRIL 29: A view of the New York Yankees logo on a ball bag before the game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on April 29, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images)Getty ImagesThe New York Mets suffered a brutal sweep at home courtesy of two back-to-back losses to the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.Now, with the team reeling and searching for answers as it prepares to take on the division rival Washington Nationals, the Mets seem to have hit a new low.“It is frequently tempting and often unwise to label anything in baseball that happens in April ‘rock bottom,’” Tim Britton wrote for The Athletic. “But Sunday’s doubleheader sweep by the Colorado Rockies at home, in which the New York Mets scored a total of one run, sure better be the worst it feels at Citi Field in 2026.”With the team searching for answers, though, there seems to be little that the front office can do to turn things around at this point. After the team missed the playoffs last year, president of baseball operations David Stearns has already overhauled the roster and fired many of the team’s coaches.Virtually the only significant move left available would be a change at manager and calls for Carlos Mendoza’s job are certainly getting louder. In the meantime, though, the team has turned to a recent castoff from the crosstown rival New York Yankees.ForbesDodgers’ Dave Roberts Sends Shohei Ohtani Message As Concerns MountBy Peter ChawagaMORE FOR YOUNew York Mets Add New York Yankees’ Trade Deadline Acquisition With Season In CrisisShortly after Sunday’s double-header, news surfaced that the Mets had signed outfielder Austin Slater, who played for the Yankees last season after they acquired him shortly before last year’s trade deadline from the Chicago White Sox.As the Yankees pushed toward the playoffs, Slater slashed just .120/.120/.120 with three hits and 16 strikeouts in 25 at-bats with the team. He did not factor into the Yankees’ playoff run and the team cut ties with him in the offseason.Slater signed a minor-league deal with the Detroit Tigers for this season and was released shortly afterward, then he joined the Miami Marlins just before Opening Day before being released on Sunday. if (!window.cnxel) { window.cnxel = {}; window.cnxel.cmd = []; var iframe = document.createElement('iframe'); iframe.style.display = 'none'; iframe.onload = function() { var iframeDoc = iframe.contentWindow.document; var script = iframeDoc.createElement('script'); script.src = '//cd.elements.video/player.js?cid=62cec241-7d09-4462-afc2-f72f8d8ef40a'; script.setAttribute('defer', '1'); script.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript'); iframeDoc.body.appendChild(script); }; document.head.appendChild(iframe); const preloadResourcesEndpoint = 'https://cds.elements.video/a/preload-resources-ovp.json'; fetch(preloadResourcesEndpoint, { priority: 'low' }) .then(response => { if (!response.ok) { throw new Error('Network response was not ok', preloadResourcesEndpoint); } return response.json(); }) .then(data => { const cssUrl = data.css; const cssUrlLink = document.createElement('link'); cssUrlLink.rel = 'stylesheet'; cssUrlLink.href = cssUrl; cssUrlLink.as…

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