Though most of the league has started its offseason already, teams can’t really start making any roster moves until the World Series is over. With the Dodgers beating the Blue Jays in Game 7 Saturday, the Fall Classic has officially concluded, bringing us to the brink of the offseason.

The Mets will have plenty to make and have spent the playoffs so far shedding most of their coaching staff and starting to replace that said staff.

Here are the key dates for the Mets for the rest of the offseason.

Pete Alonso. (Roberto Carlo)

The Day After The World Series

Eligible free agents are able to officially become free agents with the conclusion of the World Series. The following Mets will become free agents:

Five Days After the World Series

Five days after the World Series, contract options must be picked up or declined. Additionally, players on the market can officially start signing with new teams.

The following players have options in their contracts:

Alonso and Díaz will certainly decline their options and become free agents. Montas will miss all of 2026 and pick up his, and Minter, coming off a season-ending injury, will likely pick up his. Drew Smith, given his rehab from UCL internal brace surgery, is more of a question mark, but we can assume the Mets will pick up the cheap option.

Of all their free agents, the Mets must decide who they’ll extend a qualifying offer to (among eligible players). Díaz is the only eligible one who will likely get extended the qualifying offer (QO).

November Meetings

The annual general managers meeting is November 10 through 13, and the owners’ meeting is November 18 through 20.

Qualifying Offers and Rule 5 Deadline

Players must accept or decline their qualifying offer by November 18, 2025. Additionally, teams also must add any Rule 5 eligible players to their 40-man roster by November 18 to protect them from the Rule 5 Draft in December.

Tender Deadline

Teams must tender arbitration-eligible players a contract by November 21, 2025. The Mets have nine arbitration-eligible players, such as Francisco Alvarez and David Peterson. Players like Tylor Megill, Nick Madrigal, and Max Kranick could be non-tendered.

Francisco Alvarez. (David Banks-Imagn Images)

Winter Meetings & Rule 5 Draft

The 2025 Winter Meetings will take place from December 8 through 11.

There, the MLB lottery takes place on December 9. The Mets have a 0.67% chance at the top pick, and if they somehow end up with a top-six pick, they’ll get to stay where they are. If they land outside the top-six, their first-round pick will move down 10 spots for exceeding the second competitive balance tax threshold again.

The Rule 5 Draft occurs on December 10.

Other Offseason Dates

  • Sometime in January 2026, the 2026 Hall of Fame Class is announced. David Wright will be on the ballot for the third year. Meanwhile, SNY announcer Gary Cohen is a finalist for the Ford Frick Award.
  • On January 15, 2026, the international free agent signing period starts.
  • Also, at some point in January, teams and arbitration-eligible players must agree on a contract or head to arbitration hearings a month later.