What a 2025 season for the New York Mets, right?
What fanfare, what noise! Sign Juan Soto to a 15-year, $765 million deal on Winter Meetings Eve, outbidding the crosstown rival Yankees. Add Steve Cohen signing another former Yankee, All-Star closer-turned starter Clay Holmes. Everything was coming up roses in Flushing when the Mets sat 21 games over .500 on June 12.
And now that the season’s over, Mets fans can now celebrate accordingly with…a trip straight to the golf course. Brand new team and season, same old Mets finish. New York never got it right the rest of the way, even as Soto overcame a slow two months to start the season, and finished 83-79.