I am not happy.

If you missed the news about the Mets being eliminated, you must’ve been sleeping under a rock. I simply cannot fathom the idea that the Mets were playoff bound if they just won one more game. Unbelievable. This season was utterly an embarrassment on all levels, and I am shocked we did not do enough early on in the season to push us over the edge.

Mets fans will tell you they are very annoying people. You gotta be a little bit manic to be a Mets fan because this franchise is not for the weak. One simple overreaction towards the season being over, and you’ll be labeled a Yankee fan. Take every regular-season win and loss the same way — meaningless until proven otherwise. Obviously, with such a hot streak the Mets were on to start the season, you would at least imagine they would make the playoffs. Given that, the Mets spent over $300 million during the offseason just for it not to turn out as advertised.

Spending almost a billion on one player, being 20 games over .500, then crashing rapidly down to Earth and missing the playoffs by one game — letting the Reds moonwalk into the playoffs — is exactly the torture that is being a Mets fan.

After the New York Mets were 20 games above .500 on June 13, 2025, they experienced a significant downturn in performance. From that point through the end of the regular season, the Mets posted a 38–55 record, culminating in a 4–0 loss to the Miami Marlins on September 28, which eliminated them from playoff contention.

Why are we so terrible at playing baseball when it matters most? There are many ways you can go with this as to why the Mets tanked so hard towards the end of the season. After June 30th, the Mets starters’ ERA spiked to a horrifying 5.09. The Mets had to rely more on the bullpen pieces to save the day, which meant less of a workload on their starting pitchers and more pressure on their bullpen to be the saviors.

The Mets’ biggest challenge was not being able to win a game from behind after being down 8 innings. Ironically enough, the last time the Mets came back down after 8 innings was literally Game 3 of the NL WC game when Pete Alonso hit the dinger against Devin Williams and ended up winning that game, making it to the NLCS.

The Mets finished the season with an 0–70 record in games after they trailed after the 8th inning — the ONLY team that failed to secure a single comeback victory. Add in the additional 12 games that the Mets had a very comfortable lead just to lose it to their overworked bullpen, and that summarizes the pathetic nature of the 2025 Mets. Sorry, I meant that summarizes the pathetic nature of the 2025, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2014, 2008, 2007 Mets, whose entire season was left to rot in ridicule after failing to make the push to October.

If we really just won an additional game, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. I don’t care if they get blown out of the playoffs — I’d rather see them get swept in the wildcard than lose 2/3 to the Marlins and not make it by just one game. It’s a total, total shame and a pathetic half-job by the president of baseball operations, David Shmuck! You clearly did not have a full-fledged plan as you made it sound like to the fanbase. You cared more about keeping our three minor league pitchers’ rookie status safe for 2026. At some point, stop worrying about the future and take the risk! Your inept foolishness and stubborn mindset for not calling up the pitchers sooner was the sole reason the Mets did not make it to the playoffs. Just one more win, man, and we’re set. We join the 2023 Mets as the other team with a $300 million payroll to not make the big dance.

We are the ONLY team in baseball today who has yet to hire a general manager! David Stearns is great, but you need another baseball voice to clash with. Steve Cohen wants to win, and maybe it is best if there is someone underneath you who works just as the general manager for the team while you stick to baseball operations and overseeing every transaction and signing made.

Lets be honest, you’re a genius — that isn’t a question — but you need to get off your high horse on your ideas about spending money. Sign a long-term pitcher and stop gambling on injury-prone players. We know the Mets have an immaculate pitching lab, but we also have the deepest pockets in baseball. Why don’t we sign someone who has the track record to perform rather than hope for a career turnaround? I will always be grateful to be a Mets fan, but at some point, the results need to show up — and that time was due 5 years ago!