MIAMI — Team owner Steve Cohen certainly could have found a better use for the $340 million in payroll he sunk into this disaster.

The Mets were removed from their misery on Sunday, ending a nosedive that began in June and accelerated over these final weeks of the regular season, losing 4-0 to the Marlins at loanDepot park to finish a victory short of the postseason.

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Only adding to the hurt, the Reds lost 4-2 to the Brewers. A Mets victory in this regular-season finale would have catapulted them into the playoffs.

A team built to compete for the World Series won’t be participating in the postseason,

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