Takeaways from Sunday's game between the Mets and Rays, a 9-0 loss in which right-hander Griffin Canning regressed and Tampa Bay's pitching blanked New York's offense.

After Sunday’s miserable 9-0 loss to the Rays marked their first time getting swept all year, the Mets are finally facing something resembling adversity.

The New York Mets (45-27) wrapped up a disappointing weekend with a 9-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays (39-32) on Sunday afternoon, suffering their first sweep of the 2025 season. New York’s offense was held in check for a third straight game,

The Mets’ offense didn’t help their pitchers much either. Despite having traffic on the bases in all but one inning, they failed to score a run. In the end, they left 12 runners stranded and went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.

Starter Griffin Canning gave up six runs, four hits and five walks, plus one wild pitch that allowed a run to score.

The Baltimore Orioles need to find a suitor for their slugging center fielder and the New York Mets make perfect sense as a partner.

In his own words, Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns is “frankly never really concerned about having too much” starting pitching, because he’s been around long enough to know there’s no such thing.

Manaea tied his single-season career-high with 12 wins and had a career-best 3.47 ERA across 32 starts last year. The southpaw also tied his career-best 1.08 WHIP, which ranked 11th in baseball, and his ERA ranked 20th.

David Stearns, the president of baseball operations for the Mets, said the front office considers pitching talent at the major league level sufficient to weather an injury to a starter.