Are Mets and Phillies really this bad? Plus, MLB-record sale in works

The Windup Newsletter ⚾ | This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. When your only comfort is that your rival is somehow doing worse, it’s not a great time. Plus: The Padres are selling for $3.9 billion, a long-time minor leaguer finally got his shot and Ken wonders if it’s time to fire up the annual alarm system. I’m Levi Weaver, here with Ken Rosenthal. Welcome to The Windup! The embarrassing thing isn’t that my preseason NL East guess (Mets or Phillies, obviously) has been so wrong (so far). It’s that I had such a...