Mets followers deserved higher.
That was the message from proprietor Steve Cohen after the Mets’ drawn-out collapse ended with them lacking the postseason.
“I owe you an apology,” Cohen wrote to Mets followers on social media. “You did your part by showing up and supporting the team. We didn’t do our part.”
Citi Area drew 3,182,057 followers this 12 months, breaking the 17-year-old ballpark’s single-season attendance file and exceeding its 2024 complete by almost one million individuals.
After Cohen expressed displeasure that the Mets ranked 18th amongst MLB groups in attendance final 12 months, they shot as much as fifth place in 2025.
The Mets entered this season with heightened expectations after making a shock run to the NLCS final 12 months and signing star slugger Juan Soto away from the Yankees on a record-breaking 15-year, $765 million contract in December.
Their $341.7 million payroll, together with the 40-man collective bargaining tax, was the second highest in baseball, in keeping with Cot’s Contracts.
However after leaping out to a 45-24 file, the Mets went simply 38-55 over the season’s last three and a half months and completed 83-79.
“We will do a post-mortem and figure out the obvious and less obvious reasons why the team didn’t perform up to your and my expectations,” Cohen wrote. “We are all feeling raw emotions today. I know how much time and effort you have put into this team. The result was unacceptable.”
A win in Sunday’s common season finale would have clinched the Nationwide League’s third and last wild card spot, however the Mets misplaced 4-0 to the Miami Marlins. That playoff spot went to the Cincinnati Reds, who additionally completed 83-79 however earned the tiebreaker over the Mets after successful the head-to-head season sequence.
Carlos Mendoza will return because the Mets’ supervisor, president of baseball operations David Stearns mentioned Monday.
And whereas Stearns mentioned he has not had in-depth discussions with Cohen but about an offseason outlook, he mentioned he doesn’t really feel that he’s misplaced any religion from the proprietor.
“Steve expects excellence from our organization, and we did not display excellence this year,” Stearns mentioned. “And we’ve got to do better.”
Over the season’s last 93 video games, the Mets’ beginning pitchers posted a 5.27 ERA, which ranked twenty seventh amongst MLB staffs. Their starters totaled an MLB-low 428.2 innings over that stretch — a mean of solely 4.6 innings per begin.
Addressing the rotation is hardly the one factor on the Mets’ offseason to-do listing. Pete Alonso, who led the staff with 126 RBI, mentioned he plans to say no his participant choice, sending him to free company for the second winter in a row.
Cohen, who has owned the Mets since 2020, ended his message to the followers with a little bit of reassurance.
“Your emotions tell me how much you care and continues to motivate the organization to do better,” Cohen wrote. “Thank You to the best fans in sports.”
Initially Printed: September 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM EDT
