No one can say that the New York Mets had a successful 2025 season. In fact, this past campaign was a total trainwreck for the Mets. After such a promising start to the campaign, what with Juan Soto flourishing in his first season in Queens, they sputtered towards the end of the season and lost out on postseason qualification — with the Cincinnati Reds overtaking them for the final Wild Card spot by virtue of winning the tiebreaker.

After the Mets embarrassingly bowed out of postseason contention, first baseman Pete Alonso wasted no time opting out of his player option for the 2026 season worth $24 million. Alonso bet on himself after a long stint in free agency last year and ended up signing a shorter-term, two-year, $54 million contract, and he's now looking to cash out after a su

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