By Eddie Castro
The 2025 New York Mets could very well go down as one of the biggest disappointments in Major League Baseball history. A team with so many expectations coming into the season especially with the addition of Juan Soto.
The team with a $340 million payroll has officially been eliminated from playoff contention with their loss against the Miami Marlins in the final game of the season. The Mets needed to win and a Cincinnati Reds loss to the Milwaukee Brewers to secure the final Wild Card spot in the National League. What plagues this Mets team pretty much the entire second half of the season once again reared its ugly head.
This disappointing season for Met fans has led to many questions about the team’s future. The biggest question of the season Met fans would ask Is how could this happen? Why did it happen? Entering the month of June, the Mets had the best record in baseball. There were 21 games over .500.
Since June 14, the season took a left turn as the Mets posted a win-loss record of 38-55. There were several factors that led to this collapse. Although the Mets pitching had the best ERA in baseball to begin the year despite missing key players Sean Manaea, Tylor McGill, Kodai Senga and Griffin Canning due to injury eventually those injuries caught up. When Senga and Manaea did come back, they did not perform well as both pitched to an ERA near 6.00 in the final months.
The mid-season acquisitions for the team did not pan out well as Manager Carlos Mendoza thought they would. Relief pitcher Ryan Helsley who was one of the players the Mets acquired at the trade deadline was not the dominant pitcher he was in St. Louis. Cedric Mullins an outfielder the team also picked up, could not replicate his performance at the beginning of the year he had with Baltimore. Last but not least was the team’s offensive production. Although Juan Soto had a slow start to his first year with the Mets, he eventually put together an MVP-like year as the season progressed.
However, it was the overall offense of the team that remained inconsistent all year long. In fact, the Mets were the only team to not be able to win a game in the 8th inning or later. They went 0-70 when trailing after the 8th inning.
To wrap it up in one word, the 2025 season for the Mets was simply inexplicable. The expectation is there are going to be many changes to the coaching staff and perhaps even the lineup. One of those changes could very well be the departure of former All-Star Pete Alonso. After the game against the Marlins, Alonso announced that he will opt-out of his three-year deal with the Mets and test the free agent market this winter.
Pitching should without a doubt be the team’s number one priority. It’s good to hit home runs as an offense, but you need a good pitching rotation to hold leads that the offense may produce. After the game, Mets Owner Steven Cohen issued an apology to Met fans that was posted on “X” simply stated “you (the fans) did your part with your ongoing support, we didn’t do our part.” To put it all in a nutshell, a team that had World Series on paper written all over it cannot have a repeat of what 2025 was. It was simply disappointing.
Sports Notes: (Baseball) As we go to press, the New York Yankees began their quest for a 28th World Championship this past Tuesday in a best-of-three Wild Card series against the rival Boston Red Sox in the Bronx.
Tonight, could perhaps be the deciding Game 3 or we could be talking about the Yankees divisional Match up against another division rival the Toronto Blue Jays. Tune in to tonight’s All-New episode of Sports Talk with Eddie tonight on the Our Time Press You Tube for an update on the future scenarios for the Yankees.
(FOOTBALL) New Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart was electric in his first start against a tough Los Angeles Chargers team. However, the team received some unfortunate news as their top-receiver Malik Nabers will miss the rest of the season with a Torn ACL.
The Giants play the New Orleans Saints this Sunday. After another loss that was highlighted by bone-head penalties and turnovers, the Jets will head back home hoping to avoid an 0-5 start to the season as they battle the Dallas Cowboys.