New York Mets owner Steve Cohen didn’t hold back in a Twitter/X post Monday, one day after the team was officially eliminated from the postseason.
After holding the best record in Major League Baseball earlier this season, and enjoying a comfortable cushion in the National League Wild Card race at the beginning of September, the Mets were eliminated Sunday.
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The Cincinnati Reds and Mets both finished 83-79, but the Mets lost the tiebreaker by virtue of their head-to-head record this season. As the Reds travel to Los Angeles to play the Dodgers in a best-of-three Wild Card series, the Mets will go home for the offseason, left to wonder what went wrong.
Cohen broke his silence by telling fans he’s sorry about it all.
“Mets fans everywhere,” Cohen wrote. “I owe you an apology . You did your part by showing up and supporting the team. We didn’t do our part. We will do a post-mortem and figure out the obvious and less obvious reasons why the team didn’t perform up to your and my expectations We are all feeling raw emotions today.
“I know how much time and effort you have put into this team. The result was unacceptable. Your emotions tell me how much you care and continues to motivate the organization to do better. Thank You to the best fans in sports.”
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The Mets lost 4-0 to the Marlins (79-83) on Sunday in Miami, their second loss in the three-game series. The Reds won two of three games in their season-ending series against the Milwaukee Brewers, whose 97-65 record was the best in baseball.
That completed a collapse that saw the Mets go from 21 games over .500 on June 12 to out of the postseason field altogether.
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Cohen shoulders some blame on at least a superficial level. When he purchased a majority stake in the Mets from the Wilpon family in 2020, Cohen made it clear he expected to win a World Series within five years.
But while Cohen racked up the sport’s highest payroll — he splurged more than $800 million on free agent outfielder Juan Soto alone last December — the men on the field fell short of their promise.
Over their final 93 games, the Mets went 38-55. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, only two teams in MLB history (the 1905 Cleveland Indians and the 1977 Chicago Cubs) finished with worse records after climbing at least 21 games over .500.