2025 New York Mets

2025 New York Mets / Franchise: New York Mets / BR Team Page

Record: 83-79, Finished 2nd in NL Eastern Division (2025 NL)

Managed by Carlos Mendoza

Coaches: Danny Barnes, Jeremy Barnes, Eric Chavez, Desi Druschel, John Gibbons, Jeremy Hefner, Antoan Richardson, Jose Rosado, Mike Sarbaugh and Glenn Sherlock

Ballpark: Citi Field

History, Comments, Contributions

The 2025 New York Mets were expected to be competitive after playing excellent baseball during the second half of the 2024 season and making it all the way to the NLCS, where they gave the eventual Champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers, a run for their money, and adding superstar outfielder Juan Soto on a massive free agent contract over the winter. However, there were some significant worries in spring training, as a good chunk of their projected starting rotation was felled by injuries, starting with Frankie Montas and Sean Manaea, on top pf the defection of Luis Severino and José Quintana, who had both left as free agents. For all their great offense - whose quality was obscured by the fact they played their home games in Citi Field, a pitcher's park - their success was likely going to depend on how their starting rotation would hold up.

The first three pitchers to start for the Mets that season were Clay Holmes, signed as a free agent but whose last big league start dated back to 2018, Tylor Megill, who had missed half of the previous season with an injury, and Griffin Canning, another free agent signee and one coming off a 6-13 season. It was the not the most reassuring trio for Mets fans, and they lost two of their first three games on the road against the Houston Astros, before winning two of three facing the Miami Marlins. However, starting with their home opener against the Toronto Blue Jays on April 4th, they put together a six-game winning streak and were off to the races. When they completed a three-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies, their main division rival, with a walk-off win on April 23rd, their record stood at 18-7 - the best in the majors - and they had a five-game lead in the NL East. The starting rotation, also including David Peterson and Kodai Senga had not only held up - it had thrived. Megill and Senga had ERAs of 1.09 and 0.79 respectively, while at 3.29, Peterson had the highest among the quintet. In fact, of the 14 men who had pitched at least one inning, 12 had an ERA at 3.29 or below, the only exceptions being closer Edwin Diaz who was at 4.91 but who had already recorded 6 saves, and low-level lefty Danny Young, also at 4.91. The team's ERA as a whole was 2.34 - the best in the majors by over half a run. On the offensive side, the two best players were 1B Pete Alonso, re-signed over the off-season, who was leading the team with 11 doubles, 6 homers and 26 RBIs, and SS Francisco Lindor, hitting .309 with 18 runs. Soto had not yet got his bat going, as he was at .233, with 3 homers, but his 19 walks led the team, and he had scored 17 runs, just one less than Lindor.

On June 21st, the Mets tied a team record by hitting seven homers in an 11-4 win over the Phillies; all seven homers were solo shots, something unprecedented in team history, with Brandon Nimmo and Soto homering twice. The outburst snapped a seven-game losing streak that had dropped the Mets into second place for the first time since the end of May.

Awards and Honors

• All-Stars: Pete Alonso, Edwin Díaz, Francisco Lindor and David Peterson
• Trevor Hoffman Award: Edwin Díaz
• NL Silver Slugger Award: Pete Alonso (1B) and Juan Soto (OF)

Further Reading

• Anthony DiComo: "68 players? Here's a look at the organized chaos at Mets camp", mlb.com, February 24, 2025. [1]
• Anthony DiComo: "Walk-off thriller caps perfect homestand for MLB-best Mets", mlb.com, April 24, 2025. [2]
• Mike Petriello: "This team improved the most this winter ... and it’s not the Dodgers", mlb.com, February 3, 2025. [3]

2025 MLB season by team