The 2025 New York Mets were supposed to be a juggernaut. By mid-June, they were 45–24—the best record in Major League Baseball—and the energy around Citi Field was electric. Then, almost overnight, it all unraveled. Injuries mounted, confidence waned, and the team that once looked unstoppable limped to an 83–79 finish, missing the postseason entirely.

What followed was not the chaos of a franchise in denial, but the quiet reckoning of one forced to look itself in the mirror. The Mets didn’t implode because they lacked talent; they simply ran out of gas, depth, and maybe a little luck. It’s the kind of late-season collapse that lingers, like the echo of a fastball that just missed the zone.

Mendoza Survives, But the Coaching Staff Doesn’t

Despite the bitter ending, manager Carlos Mendoza

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