Mets Meltdown Begins: Payroll Problems and No One to Save Them | Evan & Tiki
WFAN Daily
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🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
The New York Mets are off to a brutal start, and the frustration is already reaching a boiling point. After another lifeless loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the conversation turns to a shocking reality: two teams with similar payrolls that look like they belong in completely different leagues. The big question looms large, who if anyone can actually save this team?
Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber dig into how the Mets’ massive payroll is being wasted on underperforming players, questionable decisions, and millions tied up in guys no longer contributing. They break down the lack of offense, inconsistent stars like Francisco Lindor, and a roster that feels both too old and too young at the same time. The result is a team with no identity, no production, and growing concern that this season could unravel fast.
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| 0:00.0 | And who knows better about losing than me? |
| 0:02.3 | I was just waiting for you to get to it. I want to play a game with you because the Mets have been so boring in the fact that they lose every single night. And we see similar things every single night. We see a limp offense. We see Francisco Lindor do dumb stuff. Yeah, it was so bad that Evan actually dropped out the LD without the abbreviation. That's right. On the RICO. I did. I can't say it here. |
| 0:22.8 | Multiple times. |
| 0:23.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.0 | I did a recap. dropped out the LD without the abbreviation. That's right. On the RICO. |
| 0:21.4 | I did. |
| 0:22.0 | I can't say it here. Multiple times. Yeah. I did a RICO at 2 a.m. after watching the Mets for three and a half hours. I want to play a game with you. Yes. So I sat up last night watching the Mets for about two and a half hours. I think that was the length of the game. And I was distracted by a question |
| 0:38.2 | by something that was boggling my mind. And I could not get it out of my head. What do you think |
| 0:43.9 | as I was watching the Mets for two and a half hours lose to the LA Dodgers for a third |
| 0:48.3 | straight time, eight overall? What do you think I couldn't get out of my head? I'm gonna say, who's saving this team? |
| 1:00.0 | Who is saving this team? Fair question. |
| 1:03.0 | If it was earlier in the week, I'd have said, when is Mendoza getting fired? |
| 1:06.0 | But we already talked about that. So you've already went through that exercise in your mind. |
| 1:10.0 | Correct, yes. So it wouldn't be that. I've already done that. Right. You already did that one. I've already was distracted by that during game one of the series when I was listening names of guys that took over four failed managers and sparked their team. So it wasn't that. What do you think I could not get out of my head while watching the Mets lose yet again to the Los Angeles Dodgers? You say, well, so far you haven't had a guess. Just a bunch of things that, you know, it wasn't. I'm going to say that the Dodgers so disrespect the Mets that Shohay Otani didn't even hit. That's a good one. Not it, but it does sort of involve the LA Dodgers. |
| 1:44.8 | Go ahead, Sean. |
| 1:45.2 | I'll give you one guest and I'll tell you. |
| 1:46.6 | And we'll break it down. |
| 1:47.6 | We couldn't be further away from the Dodgers and we only played him in an NLCS years ago. You are on the right track. You're on the right. So here's what I. I couldn't get past the fact |
| 1:56.7 | that the Mets and the Dodgers |
| 1:58.7 | essentially have the same payroll. |
| 2:02.3 | We essentially... |
| 2:03.4 | What? Yes. that the Mets and the Dodgers essentially have the same payroll. |
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