After that philosophy led to a collapse for a half-season in which several starters went down, several underperformed and the only dependable rotation arm was a rookie, has his thinking on paying top dollar — in actual money or prospects — for starting pitching changed? Stearns was noncommittal.

Despite collapsing out of a postseason berth the last few weeks, Carlos Mendoza will return as manager of the New York Mets next season, president of baseball operations David Stearns said Monday. The rest of the team's coaching staff will be evaluated in the coming weeks.

Before his final MLB start against the Marlins on Aug. 31, Mendoza said that Senga was “physically fine.” He also revealed that in conversations with pitching coach Jeremy Hefner, Senga had voiced that he “doesn’t feel his lower half the way he used to.”

The Mets lost to the Marlins in Miami on Sunday in the final game of the regular season to miss the playoffs at 83-79.

In a year where the New York Mets had lofty expectations and got off to a hot start, they ultimately collapsed to miss out on the postseason. In the wake of th

The Mets carried the momentum of last season through the beginning of the 2025 campaign, posting the best record in MLB (45-24) through Jun. 12, 2025. But the club endured an epic collapse the rest of the way, going 38-55 and missing the playoffs.

After the disappointing finish to his team's season, Alonso declared his intent to opt out of the second year of his contract and re-enter free agency from the Marlins' visiting clubhouse. Anthony DiComo of MLB.