I’m owning up to my Mets World Series prediction — and the rest of the preseason calls I got wrong and right

Each spring, The Post’s baseball writers make predictions — and plenty of them.

I will own the most egregious of mine right here: Mets over Mariners in the World Series isn’t going to happen. It might be the worst prediction in sports history.

For the record, it was the first time in my 17 seasons covering the team that I picked the Mets to win the World Series. It might be another 17 before I choose that route again after watching the Mets win just 74 games.

The World Series prediction was certainly the worst of my picks, but we’ll use this space to examine the others that appeared in our season preview.