Yankees fans won't know how to handle latest depressing Luke Weaver quote on Mets

It's been a real mixed bag for former New York Yankees reliever Luke Weaver during his first month with the Mets. Unfortunately, that bag is mostly filled with snakes and bugs. Weaver's latest challenge came on Thursday, when his attempts to protect a one-run Mets lead went awry after Nationals star CJ Abrams waited on a pitch and tattooed it into the right-center bullpen.

Every late-and-close loss will sting a reliever's psyche, but dropping one in that fashion for the Mets these days hurts double. Citi Field has become a pressure cooker. The team suffered through a 12-game losing streak, then lost home series to the Rockies and Nationals after busting through it. The Mets have become a referendum on an ancient curse more than a baseball team, and Weaver's postgame quotes on Thursday will make a fan wonder why anyone keeps willingly signing up for this path if they have alternate options.

Weaver, ever the dynamic quote-provider, attempted to expand upon what he and his teammates are feeling these days. It ended up being a depressing ramble, and also far from a ringing endorsement of what players feel like under Carlos Mendoza, whether or not the Mets manager is fully at fault.

"I've been sitting here trying to think about, honestly, what to even say to you guys," Weaver began. " ... I think, at the end of the day, it's this pursuit of perfection. It's an ultimate pressurized failure mindset. It just becomes ... everybody wants to be the hero because we care and we want to win really, really bad. And I just don't think success lives in that realm."

Luke Weaver's revealing Mets answer shows how tough it is to steal "Big Brother" title from Yankees

There's more. Oh, there's so much more. The whole three-minute answer to a pair fo questions is worth your time, because Weaver's troubled headspace likely reflects what his teammates are feeling, too. It's horrible to see him like this, but it's a callous reminder that, as demanding as Yankee fans are of their team, Met fans are very similar but somehow skirt public scorn.

Steve Cohen's Mets have lost 17 of 20 games, with Juan Soto launching meaningless home runs in dreary blowouts and seemingly struggling to co-exist with non-Captain Francisco Lindor. With every day, Soto's comments on the Mets' long-term sustainability vs. the Yankees' supposed eventual fade age worse and worse. The Mets preached plenty while recruiting Soto - family, togetherness, an endless pipeline and investment, smart spending. The only thing they've proven since his defection - with Clay Holmes, Devin Williams, and Weaver willingly joining up, too - is that it's very easy to say things and much harder to do them. Being "Big Brother" is a fine ambition, but with that declaration comes ratcheted-up pressure. Weaver, who seemed to be in a personal hell in that postgame presser, is certainly feeling it - and he's not the only one.

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