A significant part of the New York Mets' downfall was their inability to get anything from their pitching staff, both in the rotation and bullpen.

Rampant injuries and maddening inconsistencies prompted manager Carlos Mendoza to use an MLB-record 46 different pitchers in 2025, and ex-reliever Adam Ottavino, who spent three years with the Mets, is not chalking it up to bad luck.

“This is embarrassing, this is actually pathetic, like pathetic," Ottavino said on his Baseball & Coffee podcast. "I would’ve never let this happen if I was on the team last year. At least half of these guys wouldn’t have blown out. I would have protected these dudes myself; I would have had to jump in front of them myself. Unfortunately, there was nobody willing to stand up and talk to Carlos this year; it was ju

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