ORLANDO, Fla. — As baseball’s winter meetings ended Thursday, the Mets were more defined by what happened to them than what happened for them.

Here are three takeaways from a franchise-defining few days:

1. Flushing no longer is necessarily the place to be

Closer Edwin Diaz agreed to a three-year deal with the Dodgers and didn’t allow his old team to make a counteroffer, a source said. The Mets didn’t even make an official offer to Pete Alonso , who left for the Orioles. And — in something that should come as no great shock — the other big free agent to reach agreement, Kyle Schwarber, went back to the Phillies.

It’s still very early in the offseason, but it’s clear that the Mets no longer are the tantalizing landing spot that coaxed Juan Soto away from the Yankees last year. Alons

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