For a while, everything clicked for the New York Mets. Around mid-June, they looked like one of baseball’s most balanced pitching staffs. Tylor Megill was carving through lineups, Kodai Senga looked every bit like a frontline ace, David Peterson was quietly dominant, and the bullpen was shutting games down with precision. Even Clay Holmes, once a high-leverage reliever, had settled into a new rhythm as a starter.

Then, as tends to happen in Queens, the season unraveled.

From Dominance to Disappointment

Injuries hit at the worst times, performance slumps piled up, and the front office’s decision not to reinforce the rotation at the trade deadline came back to haunt them. By season’s end, the Mets had sunk to a 4.04 team ERA — the 13th-worst in the majors, far from the elite level they on

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