Jorge Castillo May 1, 2026, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Less than 24 hours after the New York Mets finally snapped a stunning 12-game losing streak , president of baseball operations David Stearns made a declaration. "I still think we're a good team," Stearns said last Friday. "I recognize we had a stretch where we did not play good baseball and it cost us and cost us repeatedly. But I think we're a good team and I think we're going to show that." The Mets have not shown that. After an embarrassing three-game sweep at home against the lowly Colorado Rockies and losing two of three to the young Washington Nationals this week, the team with MLB's second-highest payroll has the worst record in the majors. How did they get here?…