The New York Mets fell just one game short of the postseason — but it’s hard to call their 2025 campaign anything short of a meltdown. What started as a promising year quickly spiraled into one of the worst collapses in recent MLB memory.
“The New York Mets, losers of six straight, are down 6-0 and facing Jacob deGrom. Since starting 45-24 with the best record in MLB, the Mets are 31-47, better than only the Rockies, Twins and Nationals. This isn’t a collapse. It’s a disintegration,” Jeff Passan wrote.
New York’s biggest problem all season long was the inconsistency of its starting rotation — a weakness that ultimately doomed the team’s playoff hopes. With the offseason now underway, fixing that rotation is the organization’s top priority.
“As the Mets embark on an offseason that could include some needed shakeups, it can be argued that the most important thing they have to do is reshape the starting rotation. It was the rotation more than anything else that resulted in the Mets going from 45-24 in June to out of the playoffs on the final day of the regular season,” SNY’s Danny Abriano noted.
According to recent projections, the Mets could make aggressive moves to acquire Framber Valdez and Joe Ryan.
“In the final two months of the regular season, New York Mets starting pitchers had a 5.65 ERA (27th in MLB). Steve Cohen and David Stearns will address that, just in different ways.
For Cohen, it will mean letting Pete Alonso walk in free agency and winning the bidding war for Framber Valdez. The Mets’ president of baseball operations won’t stop there — Stearns will also target multiple starters on the trade market.
In January, a deal is expected to come together with the Minnesota Twins to bring in Joe Ryan,” Sportsnaut’s Matt Johnson reported.
Landing both Valdez and Ryan would completely transform one of baseball’s weakest rotations. Valdez offers postseason poise and experience, while Ryan brings youth and electric stuff. Even securing one of the two would mark a big step forward — though if forced to choose, Valdez’s October track record likely makes him the top target. And with Steve Cohen’s trademark aggressiveness, Mets fans should expect an eventful winter.
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