The 2025 New York Mets season ended in heartbreak on Sunday as a 4-0 loss to the Miami Marlins eliminated them from postseason contention. Entering the regular-season finale, New York needed a win coupled with a Cincinnati Reds loss to claim the National League’s final wild-card spot.
Though Cincinnati lost 4-2 to the Milwaukee Brewers, the Mets’ bats slept, their silence a somber chronicle of a season unfulfilled, which helped the Reds claim the No. 6 seed in the NL playoffs and set up a matchup against the Los Angeles Dodgers
At 45-24 on June 12, New York held baseball’s best record, a season-high 21 games above .500, and a nine-game lead over the rest of the National League, including a 10-game cushion over the Reds. Yet, what followed was a dramatic reversal.
The Mets went 38-55