Mets, with ‘m of monumental failure’, without postseason in 2025
The Mets, with everything and Juan Soto, failed a hobby whose illusion was that of a 2025 MLB season in Plan Grande
The expectation was even maximum, among the non -fans of the New York Mets.
After winning the battle with New York Yankees, outside the diamond, by Juan Soto, the season of Queens had everything to be, more than winner, spectacular. And the team, with one of the most expensive payroll, fulfilled in the first part of the campaign. He presumed the best record of all the largest until June 12.
After? Well, later, not even Juan Soto with his millionaire contract could prevent Mets from falling loudly. The lowest point of the fall? Sadly, especially for their fans, the season’s closure, in game 162, in which they lost to the Miami Marlins with which their last possibility of going to the postseason went overboard.
What happened? Let’s start with pitching.
For anyone it is a secret that pitching is one of the main flotation and success points of the teams that go far, in the case of Mets it was an Achilles heel, being the second most punished pitchers body with home runs (149 allowed flycards) and 23 in whip (1.32).
The best letter they had in the opening pitching was Clay Holmes, who ended up being removed from the rotation in September, with discreet numbers, if compared to other pitchers that shone intensely, in the case of their ‘stellar’, it only reached 12 victories with a 3.53 effectiveness, far from the leaders of both departments.
Meanwhile, the best in the Ponches sector was David Peterson (150), who was the second aboard, below Holmes.
Let’s continue with the offensive department. The collective batting was not the best, not for the second highest payroll of the largest (341 million dollars), only behind Los Angeles Dodgers (349.8 million dollars). The METS were team 14 on average (.
Was everything for Juan Soto? Well, let’s be fair. Although the Dominican had a slow start, he ended up signing one of his best individual seasons, with 43 homers (the best figure in his eight trajectory campaigns) and 38 stolen bases, an exorbitant amount for him if it is taken into account that only twice before had reached 12 (2019 and 2023).
‘La Fiera’In addition, he was the leader of the National in Negotiated Tickets, with 126, and in OBP (.396) and, although he was supported by gunners such as Pete Alonso (.273, 38hr and 126cp), the pitching, again, was not able to maintain the advantages on the board. Thus, with two players above 35 homers and 100 produced; And three above 30 home runs, as Francisco Lindor connected 31 (the first time that three batters get it in the history of the franchise), it did not reach them to reach October.
By the way, at 30 years, Alonso said after the season that he will go to the free agency and will not exercise his option for 2026, after signing a 30 million dollars contract only for 2025. ‘The polar bear’ It is one of the emblematic players of the team, so much that on Saturday he led the offensive in the triumph of Mets over Marlins in the second of the series and made hope among fans that the miracle was possible, more is willing to explore new airs after signing his best calendar in two stations battles (41 with which he led the national) and running out of poster.
To delve into the wound, it is fair to remember that in 2007 and 2008 it was also the Marlins who influenced the collapse of the team, and in 2025 the story was repeated, and in what way. The Mets required a triumph over Miami and a defeat of Cincinnati Reds against Milwaukee Brewers to ensure the qualification to the postseason; The Brewers surpassed the Reds on the final day, but the New Yorkers succumbed to the Marlins per bleach of 4-0 with a solid opening of five rolls of the Dominican Edward Edward Cabrera and four reliefs that were combined in a hermetic way in four rolls.
In other words, what did not depend on them occurred and were not able to do what was in their hands: winning a game against a team that ended the year playing .488 ball.
On June 12, the METS presumed the best record of the largest with 45-24, stern wind after 69 of 162 games, but that was the day the debacle began and, since then, they signed a disastrous record of 38-54, the fifth worse of major leagues.
Now, we go to the positive line after the catastrophe in this calendar. Not everything is lost if you think of 2026, because in addition to how well they wore the offensive individually Soto, Alonso and Lindor, in addition to Brandon Nimmo, who is usually a spark plug, in the pitching, the rookies Nolan McLean, Brandon Sproat and Jonah Tong left a good taste. McLean parked its effectiveness in 2.06 after eight openings. In addition, the Edwin Díaz closed is back as in its best times, with 1.63 of Era and 0.87 of Whip.
There were eight expensive losses to the thread, from September 6 to 13, a hard blow from which, with everything and some sparks, the Mets no longer recovered; Holmes was removed from the opening staff, Kodai Senga was sent to Triple-A and Sean Manaea, who arrived late (mid-July), never found his best form. From its opening on Sunday, better, let’s forget.
Inside the franchise, Mets has to solve several questions. We will see if the owner Steven Cohen He is able to retain Alonso and Díaz, who will go to free agency, and if Carlos Mendozathe Venezuelan pilot retains his locker at the clubhouse or new winds will blow in Queens.
How different this story from 2024, when fans spoke delighted with the baseball feats of the ‘Miracle Mets’ and the ‘Mets with M of Magnificent’. Those days when José ‘Candelita’ Churches ‘OMG’, today in San Diego Padres, was the perfect hymn for the moments of celebration and triumph. This time there was no ‘oh my God’ to rescue Mets, with ‘M of Monumental Failure’.
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