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NL East · 2026 season · Missed playoffs

The story so far

Missed the playoffs

Mets fans spent the final stretch fixated on letting Pete Walk, with Alonso's return to Citi Field reopening the wound and Stearns absorbing most of the blame. As the 74-88 season ended without the playoffs, the mood settled into a bitter reckoning softened only by the kids.

From Reddit fan threads · through Sep 28–Oct 4 · 74-88

Season misery
54Meh
Worst week
84Jun 22–28
Best week
26Aug 10–16
Mar 23–29: misery 28 (Euphoric) · 2-1Mar 30–Apr 5: misery 39 (Content) · 4-3Apr 6–12: misery 49 (Meh) · 1-5Apr 13–19: misery 82 (Despair) · 0-6Apr 20–26: misery 70 (Miserable) · 2-4Apr 27–May 3: misery 63 (Uneasy) · 3-3May 4–10: misery 60 (Uneasy) · 3-3May 11–17: misery 30 (Euphoric) · 5-1May 18–24: misery 64 (Uneasy) · 2-5May 25–31: misery 46 (Meh) · 4-2Jun 1–7: misery 52 (Meh) · 3-3Jun 8–14: misery 51 (Meh) · 3-3Jun 15–21: misery 75 (Miserable) · 2-4Jun 22–28: misery 84 (Despair) · 1-6Jun 29–Jul 5: misery 78 (Miserable) · 2-4Jul 6–12: misery 62 (Uneasy) · 3-4Jul 13–19: misery 56 (Uneasy) · 2-1Jul 20–26: misery 75 (Miserable) · 2-4Jul 27–Aug 2: misery 56 (Uneasy) · 3-4Aug 3–9: misery 34 (Content) · 5-1Aug 10–16: misery 26 (Euphoric) · 4-2Aug 17–23: misery 52 (Meh) · 3-3Aug 24–30: misery 45 (Content) · 2-4Aug 31–Sep 6: misery 36 (Content) · 4-2Sep 7–13: misery 30 (Euphoric) · 4-2Sep 14–20: misery 60 (Uneasy) · 2-5Sep 21–27: misery 49 (Meh) · 3-33/234/205/186/157/138/109/710/5
Weekly misery, Monday to Sunday. Above the line is miserable; below is happy.

Storylines

what fans talked about, week by week
Season-long

  • Fans blamed Stearns for the Alonso plan, shrugged at the Falvey hire as another voice for his decisions, then read the end-of-season statements as a near admission and declared next year playoffs or bust.

    “Those closest we’ll hear to him coming out and saying straight up “ I made a mistake””

    ▲ 414Sep 28–Oct 4

    Sep 14–20 ›Sep 21–27 ›
Built late
Came and went

angry / anxioushappy / hopefulsplitbigger dot = louder

  1. —Oct 26–Nov 1out
  2. —Oct 19–25out
  3. —Oct 12–18out
  4. —Oct 5–11out
  5. —Sep 28–Oct 4out
  6. 49Sep 21–273-3›
  7. 60Sep 14–202-5›
  8. 30Sep 7–134-2›
  9. 36Aug 31–Sep 64-2›
  10. 45Aug 24–302-4›
  11. 52Aug 17–233-3›
  12. 26Aug 10–164-2›
  13. 34Aug 3–95-1›
  14. 56Jul 27–Aug 23-4›
  15. 75Jul 20–262-4›
  16. 56Jul 13–192-1›
  17. 62Jul 6–123-4›
  18. 78Jun 29–Jul 5blowup game2-4›
  19. 84Jun 22–28blowup game1-6›
  20. 75Jun 15–212-4›
  21. 51Jun 8–143-3›
  22. 52Jun 1–73-3›
  23. 46May 25–314-2›
  24. 64May 18–24blowup game2-5›
  25. 30May 11–175-1›
  26. 60May 4–10blowup game3-3›
  27. 63Apr 27–May 33-3›
  28. 70Apr 20–26blowup game2-4›
  29. 82Apr 13–19blowup game0-6›
  30. 49Apr 6–121-5›
  31. 39Mar 30–Apr 54-3›
  32. 28Mar 23–292-1›