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As MLB opens another postal season on Tuesday with the first wild-card games, the biggest shock after the 162-game Marathon New York Mets who misses a World Series bid.
Mets, which owns the league’s highest payroll and reached NLC’s last season, fell to Miami Marlins in Game 162. Cincinnati Reds also lost their final to Milwaukee Brewers, who had already squeezed an playoffs but Mets’ 4-0 defeated sealed their fate.
Mets fans were exciting and New York Sports Radio legend Mike Francesa blasted the organization.
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Inductor Mike Francesa talks on stage under the Radio Hall of Fame 2018 induction ceremony at Guastavino’s on November 15, 2018 in New York City. (Michael Kovac/Getty Images to Radio Hall of Fame)
“This is such a colossal failure,” Francesa said at his podcast. “This is one of the great tremendous gut breakdowns that we have seen from a team of talent for a very long time.”
Mets’ 2025 salary list, increased by a record setting-free agent agreement with Juan Soto, hit $ 340 million. They justified it early and own MLB’s best record in mid -June.
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But the collapse Francesa never described the stopping. Mets were striped and swung from heights to lowness without consistency.
“There are bad teams. It’s not them – they’re not a bad team,” Francesa said. “They are a bowelless bunch of underachievers. That’s what they are at the core and they have to be ashamed.
“I never thought they would be bowelless. I never thought they wouldn’t figure it out to this extent. I never thought their pitching would dissolve as badly as it did. They were also a top-heavy set-up all year. They became a bad defensive team. They became a bad situation-long team. And they became a bunch of bowel-free pimple.”
The New York Mets’ Juan Soto (22) goes in Dugout after Mets lost to Miami Marlins in a baseball match, Sunday 28 September 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Strong words from “Sports Pope,” but many fans shared the mood on Monday when Mets turned their focus until 2026.
General Manager David Stearns confirmed manager Carlos Mendoza will return next season. However, Star Slugger Pete Alonso announced after the loss to Miami that he will opt out and test free agency again.
Since June 12, METS 38-55-one inevitable slip went into consideration of their early dominance. On September 1, they still led Reds with six matches to the final Wild-Card site.
Sports Radio talk show host Mike Francesa in Carnesecca Arena on February 18, 2023. (Wendell Cruz-usa Today Sports)
“This was a slow drip that started at the end of June and never ever resolved,” Francesa said.
