By: Mikayla Scotlynd Littrell
The 2025 New York Mets got a significant upgrade offensively with Juan Soto, RF, 26, in the lineup. Soto came over from the New York Yankees, signing a $765 million dollar deal this winter. With the other significant signings such as Pete Alonso for 2 years, and additions being SP Sean Manaea, to fill the void and gaps in the pitching rotation. Manaea was brought back due to having a good but mysterious season. The Mets obviously see the upside and his potential both configuratively speaking.
One major upside remains the youth of the team. A potential huge season from DH/3B Mark Vientos, 25, 3B Brett Baty, 25, Francisco Alvarez, C, 23 years of age, among others.
SS/3B Ronny Mauricio and SS LuisAngel Acuna are both solid guys that can contribute effectively and perform well as proven before. Despite Mauricio missing all of 2024 due to an ACL tear in winter ball.
Now let’s get to the good stuff predicted in 2025 to come.
The team had quite the tumultuous season, with Grimace being the hero respectively. Followed by SS Francisco Lindor entering himself into the MVP candidate pool, it’s obvious that there’s unfinished business in Flushing Queens heading into 2025.
The good:
While it essentially is realistic that Lindor may not top his incredible production stats in 2024, it’s possible he may slightly regress. Pete got paid, so it is potentially a risk after 2024.
The upside remains Lindor and Pete can both change the game with one swing. So can Soto, who has his whole career ahead of him.
Kodai Senga, 31, the ace of the Pitching staff in 2023, has been heavily plagued by injuries upon his return. His injuries remain a significant barrier yet the team remains hopeful he can follow up with shades of 2023, in which he exceeded everyone’s expectations, 202 strikeouts, 12-7 record a 3.38 ERA ad a WHIP of 1.22
The fact remains is 2023 had a major upside to it, so a rebound year could be in the cards.
Alvarez, whose power bat coupled with solid defensive capabilities behind the plate are a huge asset to the team, is expected to do exceedingly well this upcoming season, is an upcoming star.
The not so good:
The defense of Juan Soto in RF remains a primary concern, also the pitching staff, which poses a significant barrier and risk due to the lack of proven candidates to take the hill for a solid start.
The team overall has a great look on paper however time is the key to determining the outcome of the season. A slow start yet hot finish was essentially a good outcome, contrary to popular belief. If you analyze the statistical data of cold starts vs hot starts then cooling off when you need to pick up the pace, it really is helpful to understand from the outside observing patterns that need revision and fixing.
Hypothetically speaking, it is wise the team may start hot again, due to the hype.
Realistically speaking, they should not burn all their energy this early in the year, potentially risking an August crash and burn when it really comes down to the wire.
Key players to watch for
SS Lindor
3B Mark Vientos
1B Pete Alonso
SP Kodai Senga
RF Juan Soto
Predicted sleeper: Lindor, Alonso
Predicted rebound year: Kodai Senga, Sean Manaea
Projected finish with respective predicted W-L
92-70, Second Place finish in the NL East, eliminated in NLCS.
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I love how detailed your explanation is—well done!
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Great post Mikayla! Thanks for the follow and comment, followed you back.
Thank you! A pleasure to follow your blog too!
This article was a great reminder of why I love your blog.
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Excellent summary… Enjoyed this a lot and am glad I followed your blog.
What the Mets have is an increase of about 30 – 50 runs on offense (Soto + Vientos improvements vs. declines at SS, CF, DH) outweighed by allowing 30 – 50 more runs than last year (declines from Manaea, Peterson and swapping Quintana for Canning plus a likely wose defense). The Mets were about +70 in runs scored vs. runs allowed last year. The only way they move up from, say 88-89 wins to 92-93 wins will be if the offensive improvement is +50 and the defense/pitching only allows 30 more runs than last year. (Not impossible – the range of wins is probably 85 to 94 depending on how things break.) I’d guess they wash themselves out and the Mets win 88-89 again. I agree with your finish position and the wild card spot.
As a Cubs fan, I’m supposed root against the Mets, but in the main that has never been the case for me. There are plenty of Mets players who are fun and cool to watch. This team has a bunch of them, so I would prefer that you were right and they won a few more games. (Just not at the Cubs or Marlins’ expense.)
I appreciate your support so much! I hope your Cubs will do good this year! In my eyes I think the Braves and Philly are our rivals. I’ve personally got nothing against the Cubs.