The folks over at Deadspin have an entertaining article about our Mets.
The single biggest reason that the Mets are bad is that their best players haven’t played well or played enough, although again this misfortune is owed to familiar causes. There’s Yoenis Cespedes being forced to play through an obvious injury until it got worse, and then his rehab being mishandled until he hurt himself again; there’s Michael Conforto coming back from the bizarre injury that ended his season in 2017 ahead of schedule, screwing up his timing, and enduring threats of a demotion….
Source: The Mets Screwed Up A Chance At Greatness Because They Couldn’t Stop Being The Mets