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.

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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:

• Starling Marte
• Cedric Mullins
• Ryan Helsley
• Jesse Winker
• Tyler Rogers
• Ryne Stanek
• Gregory Soto
• Griffin Canning

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:

• Edwin Díaz (player, two years and $37 million)
• Pete Alonso (player, $24 million)
• Frankie Montas (player, $17 million)
• A.J. Minter (player, $11 million)
• Drew Smith (team, $2 million)

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.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers made history on Saturday night, winning back-to-back World Series with a 5-4 win in 11 innings over the Toronto Blue Jays. It took all seven games and was full of excitement.

And with that, the 2025 MLB season has officially come to a close. What a season it was. Congratulations to the 2025 back-to-back World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Latest Mets News

According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, the New York Mets are hiring Rachel Folden as their hitting coach for Double-A Binghamton. She was a hitting coach in the Chicago Cubs’ minor league system in 2025.

Jimmy Nelson announced on his Instagram on Saturday that he is joining the Mets’ organization as a Florida Roving Pitching Coach.

Per Tim Healey of The Boston Globe, the New York Mets have pulled the Red Sox’ Director of Pitching, Justin Willard, to New York as their pitching coach. Will Sammon of The Athletic had reported the news first when it was not final, but when it was beginning to appear that the Mets were the frontrunners to get Willard, who also spent time with the Twins’ organization.

Chris Suero went 1-for-4 out of the cleanup spot for the Scottsdale Scorpions in AFL action.

Latest MLB News

Max Scherzer, who started Game 7 for the Blue Jays, said after the game that he’s not calling it a career just yet. As Jon Heyman of the New York Post tweeted, “I can’t see how that’s the last pitch I’ve ever thrown,” Scherzer said.

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David Melendi takes a look at starting pitcher Framber Valdez in a Metsmerized free agent profile.

Chris Bello breaks down and recaps right-handed pitcher Tylor Megill’s 2025 season in a 2025 report card piece.

Chris Bello discussed Justin Williard being a front runner for the Mets’ pitching coach vacancy prior to when it became more official that the Mets were bringing him on.

On This Date in Mets History 

Born on This Date: Denyi Reyes (1996), Greg Harris (1955), Tom Paciorek (1946), Bill Connors (1941).

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The Dodgers defeated the Blue Jays 3-1 in Game 6 of the World Series, forcing a winner-take-all Game 7. The Blue Jays had a chance to tie or win with runners on second and third and no outs in the ninth inning, but Tyler Glasnow relieved Roki Sasaki and didn’t let a run across. Game 7, the first in a World Series since 2019 between the Nationals and Astros, will begin at 8:00 p.m. ET Saturday night.

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Latest Mets News

Mets prospect Nick Morabito went 1-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base and a run in Friday’s Arizona Fall League action. Chris Suero went 0-for-3 with a walk and a run.

Latest MLB News

The Nationals officially announced that they have hired Blake Butera to be their next manager.

Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux is leaving the team to join the Angels. Maddux has been lauded in recent years for his work with Texas’ pitching staff, and he will now be an important member of the Angels’ coaching staff under new manager Kurt Suzuki.

Former major leaguer Yoervis Medina passed away on Friday at the age of 37 due to a heart attack that led to a car crash. Medina pitched for the Mariners and Cubs and had a career 3.08 ERA in 146 big league appearances.

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In our latest 2025 Report Card, David Melendi grades Brandon Sproat‘s season.

Eitan Hein profiles starter Michael Soroka as a potential free agent target for the Mets.

John Wilson analyzes the uptick in stolen bases for Juan Soto in 2025.

On This Date in Mets History

2015: The Royals defeated the Mets 7-2 in 12 innings in Game 5 of the World Series to clinch their first championship since 1985. The Mets blew the game in the ninth, after Matt Harvey insisted on staying in the game, and could not pull it out in extras.

2019: The Mets hired Carlos Beltrán to be their next manager. Beltrán never managed a game, having been fired before the season even started due to the break of the Astros cheating scandal.

Born on This Date: Eric Hanhold (1993), José Moreno (1957).

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RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (3-1, 1.57 ERA) vs. RHP Kevin Gausman (2-2, 2.55 ERA)

Friday, October 31, 2025 – Rogers Centre – 8:00 PM EST

TV – FOX

As the World Series heads back to Canada for Game 6, the Toronto Blue Jays could hoist the Commissioner’s Trophy for the first time since 1993 in front of their home crowd.

After being handed a demoralizing Game 3 loss in an 18-inning thriller on Monday, the Blue Jays bounced back with two-straight road wins over Los Angeles to put the Dodgers on the brink of elimination at Rogers Centre. Yoshinobu Yamamoto will get the start for the road team after throwing the first complete game in the World Series since 2015 and holding Toronto to one run in a Game 2 win.

The Blue Jays, on the other hand, will send out Kevin Gausman after he allowed three earned runs over 6 2/3 innings and took the loss against Yamamoto in Game 2.

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Dodgers Lineup

1. Shohei Ohtani – DH
2. Will Smith – C
3. Freddie Freeman – 1B
4. Mookie Betts – SS
5. Teoscar Hernández – RF
6. Max Muncy – 3B
7. Enrique Hernández – LF
8. Tommy Edman – CF
9. Miguel Rojas – 2B

Blue Jays Lineup

1. George Springer – DH
2. Nathan Lukes – LF
3. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 1B
4. Bo Bichette – 2B
5. Daulton Varsho – CF
6. Alejandro Kirk – C
7. Addison Barger – RF
8. Ernie Clement – 3B
9. Andrés Giménez – SS

Game Notes

• Per MLB Communications, Guerrero Jr. would become the 11th player to homer in three-straight games of a single World Series if he were to go deep again tonight.
• With 100 runs in 16 games, Toronto is one shy of tying the all-time record by a team during a single postseason. The 2020 Dodgers and 2020 Anaheim Angels, both of whom went on to win the World Series, each scored 101 runs in 18 games.
• The World Series has never ended on Halloween before, but this will be the eighth time that the Fall Classic will have taken place on the holiday. An AL club has won five of the last seven contests under that criteria.

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“Playing in the World Series, in New York, for that organization, in front of those fans. ‘A dream come true’ gets thrown around pretty often, but it really was,” David Wright told MMO’s Mathew Brownstein.

There were fireworks before the Mets even stepped to the plate – Noah Syndergaard fired the game’s first pitch near the head of Royals lead-off hitter Alcides Escobar. After Escobar struck out, the Royals quieted the crowd with a pair of hits from Ben Zobrist and Lorenzo Cain, and an RBI ground-out by Eric Hosmer to take an early lead. In the bottom of the inning, though, Curtis Granderson led off with a single, and Wright sent the Flushing faithful into a frenzy when he crushed a fastball from Yordano Ventura deep into the stands in center field for a two-run homer.

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“It was one of the few times where I was rounding the bases and looking up at the stands allowed me to kind of soak it in and enjoy the moment because of, selfishly and personally, all the hard work that I had put in to get back on the field,” Wright said to Brownstein.

The Royals responded in the top of the second – scoring two runs on three straight hits and passed ball to reclaim the lead. In the bottom of the third inning, the Mets answered again – Syndergaard led off with a single, and Granderson tucked a line drive over the right field fence for a two-run homer, giving the Mets a lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

“It was fun to see Citi Field rocking. It was exciting that it happened my second year there,” Granderson said to Brownstein. “Although I had signed there, I knew there wasn’t a lot of anticipation for us to be as good as we were that fast.”

Back on the mound, Syndergaard retired the next eight batters he faced, and Michael Conforto tacked on a run with an RBI single. With two outs in the sixth inning, the Royals loaded the bases on a single and two walks, but Syndergaard induced a ground-out from Alex Ríos to end the threat. In the bottom half of the inning, the Mets put the game to bed with a four-run frame, featuring a pinch-hit RBI single by Juan Uribe and a two-run single from Wright, giving the captain four RBIs on the game. Tyler Clippard, Addison Reed, and Jeurys Familia combined to retire the last nine Royals in order to give the Mets a 9-3 victory. Unfortunately, this ended up being the Mets’ lone victory in the series, as they surrendered late leads in the next two games.

“Being a small part of the team going to the World Series was a lifelong goal,” Wright said to Brownstein. “I just wish we could’ve finished it off and become champions.”

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RHP Max Scherzer (1-0, 3.18 ERA) vs. RHP Tyler Glasnow (0-0, 0.68 ERA)

Monday, October 27, 2025 – Dodger Stadium – 8:00 PM EST

TV – FOX RADIO – ESPN Radio

After the Jays pummeled the Dodgers’ bullpen in Game 1, Yoshinobu Yamamoto made sure that couldn’t happen again as he tossed his second consecutive complete game to even up the series in a 5-1 Dodgers victory. Will Smith and Max Muncy went deep against Kevin Gausman in the seventh inning to put the Dodgers in front.

The Blue Jays will send 41-year-old Max Scherzer to the mound, while the Dodgers will counter with Tyler Glasnow. Scherzer was solid in Game 4 of the ALCS against the Mariners, allowing two runs on three hits, walking four and striking out five over 5 2/3 innings. Scherzer will become the second player to appear in a World Series for four different teams, joining Lonnie Smith. Glasnow, meanwhile, delivered another strong outing against the Brewers, holding them to one run on three hits, walking three and striking out eight over 5 2/3 innings. In 13 1/3 innings this postseason (two starts, one relief appearance), Glasnow has allowed just one earned run and struck out 18 batters.

Blue Jays Lineup

1. George Springer – DH
2. Nathan Lukes – LF
3. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 1B
4. Bo Bichette – 2B
5. Daulton Varsho – CF
6. Alejandro Kirk – C
7. Addison Barger – RF
8. Ernie Clement – 3B
9. Andrés Giménez – SS

Dodgers Lineup

1. Shohei Ohtani – DH
2. Mookie Betts – SS
3. Freddie Freeman – 1B
4. Will Smith – C
5. Max Muncy – 3B
6. Teoscar Hernández – RF
7. Tommy Edman – 2B
8. Enrique Hernández – LF
9. Andy Pages – CF

Game Notes

• Hideo Nomo is throwing out the ceremonial first pitch tonight. The Japanese-born righty won National League Rookie of the Year and started the All-Star Game in 1995. He is credited with being a trailblazer for Japanese major leaguers.
• When Max Scherzer faces Shohei Ohtani, it will mark just the second time that a three-time Cy Young Award winner has faced a three-time MVP in the World Series. The only other occurrence came in 2009, when Pedro Martínez battled Álex Rodríguez.
• The Dodgers’ starting rotation has compiled a 1.84 ERA this postseason, the fourth-best mark in history for a team with a minimum of ten games played. Only the 1981 Expos (1.59), 1996 Braves (1.59) and 2018 Brewers (1.64) have been better.
• MLB announced today that Mookie Betts is this year’s Roberto Clemente Award winner. Betts and his wife, Brianna, founded the 5050 Foundation in 2021, an organization dedicated to helping their communities develop resources for success.

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After one season with the Mets, assistant pitching coach Desi Druschel is headed crosstown to rejoin the Yankees, where he spent 2022-2024, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

The Mets fired pitching coach Jeremy Hefner after the season and granted Druschel permission to speak with other teams while they searched for a new pitching coach. Druschel, 50, will be an assistant to Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake.

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Latest Mets News

Mets prospect Chris Suero went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts in the Scottsdale Scorpions’ 7-4 victory over the Mesa Solar Sox on Sunday in the Arizona Fall League. RHP Ernesto Mercedes, who struck out 54 in 42 2/3 innings and pitched to a 3.38 ERA for Low-A St. Lucie this year, gave up two runs on two hits and a walk in one inning in his AFL debut. (Box Score)

The Scorpions (11-5) are off Monday. They host the Surprise Saguaros (10-5) at 4:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

Latest MLB News

The Orioles are finalizing a deal to hire Craig Albernaz as manager, per Jeff Passan of ESPN. Albernaz, 42, was the associate manager for the Guardians this year. He was previously the Giants’ bullpen and catching coach and coached for minor league teams in the Tampa Bay organization.

The World Series resumes Monday with Game 3 in Los Angeles at 8 p.m. ET on FOX. Toronto starter Max Scherzer went 5-5 with a 5.19 ERA in 17 starts this season, but he threw 5 2/3 innings of two-run ball to earn a win over Seattle in the ALCS. Scherzer is 8-8 with a 3.75 ERA in 31 career playoff appearances covering 148 2/3 innings.

Scherzer will become the first player to pitch for four teams in the World Series, per Sarah Langs of MLB.com. Lonnie Smith is the only position player to appear for four teams.

The Dodgers counter with Tyler Glasnow, who was 4-3 with a 3.19 ERA in 18 regular season starts. He’s given up one run in three playoff appearances over 13 1/3 innings. Glasnow is 2-6 with a 4.58 ERA in 59 career postseason innings. The series is tied 1-1.

Toronto manager John Schneider said Bo Bichette will start at second base in Game 3. Bichette saw his first action since injuring his left knee in early September when he started in Game 1 of the World Series, but only pinch-hit in Game 2.

Commissioner Rob Manfred said before Game 2 that MLB remains “vigilant” on policing sports betting after a scandal rocked the NBA last week. The investigations into Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz, who were placed on non-disciplinary paid leave after a betting integrity firm spotted suspicious bets in June, are ongoing.

Manfred also said MLB players may participate in the Olympic Games scheduled for Los Angeles in July 2028, but logistics and an agreement with the players’ union will have to be worked out.

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James Villani has a report card on Ronny Mauricio.

Looking ahead, James Villani has a quick look at which Mets will hit free agency over the 2026-2028 seasons.

Eitan Hain has a free agent profile of Dylan Cease. He thinks the Mets should try to sign the 29-year-old right-hander.

On This Date in Mets History

1986: Jesse Orosco tossed his glove to the sky after striking out Marty Barrett to end Game 7 of the World Series. Ray Knight, who hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh inning and went 9-for-23 in the series, is named World Series MVP.

2015: Alex Gordon‘s solo homer off Jeurys Familia ties World Series Game 1 in the ninth and the Royals walk off the Mets on an Eric Hosmer sacrifice fly off Bartolo Colon in the 14th. Time of game: 5 hours, 9 minutes.

Born on This Date: Ruben Tejada (1989), T.J. Rivera (1988), Pedro Beato (1986), Jon Niese (1986), Tom Nieto (1960), Gil Flores (1952), Pumpsie Green (1933), Ralph Kiner (1922)

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The 2025 World Series kicked off Friday night between the Dodgers and Blue Jays, with Toronto winning Game 1, 11-4. The Dodgers got out to an early 2-0 lead against Trey Yesavage, but Daulton Varsho got the Blue Jays on the board with a tying two-run homer in the fourth before Toronto exploded for nine runs in the fifth. It was the highest-scoring inning in a World Series game since 1968.

Among the nine runs was a pinch-hit grand slam off the bat of Addison Barger, the first pinch-hit grand slam in World Series history.

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Latest Mets News

In Arizona Fall League action, the Scottsdale Scorpions won 5-4. But the only Met to play was Nick Morabito, and he went 0-for-6 out of the leadoff spot. Morabito, who’d been hot this fall, saw his average and OPS drop to .324 and .824, respectively.

Latest MLB News

Per Sam Blum of The Athletic, Angels hitting coach Johnny Washington and pitching coach Barry Enright will not return to the team in 2026 under new manager Kurt Suzuki. It’s unclear if any other coaches will be invited back.

The Nationals hired Pirates director of amateur scouting Justin Horowitz as an assistant general manager.

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David Melendi highlights Chris Suero‘s Arizona Fall League performance.

David Melendi grades Carlos Mendoza’s 2025 season.

Brian Wright lists the top 10 Mets World Series moments.

On This Date in Mets History

1986: The Mets played in one of the greatest games in MLB history in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. They defeated the Red Sox 6-5 in 10 innings, with the help of Bill Buckner‘s infamous blunder, to force a decisive Game 7.

2000: The Mets lost Game 4 of the World Series 3-2 to fall behind 3-1 in the series against the Yankees. Mike Piazza drove in both Mets runs with a two-run homer, while Bobby Jones started and allowed all three Yankees runs in five innings.

Born on This Date: Juan Soto (1998), Pedro Martinez (1971).

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LHP Blake Snell (3-0, 0.86 ERA) vs. RHP Trey Yesavage (2-1, 4.20 ERA)

Friday, October 24, 2025 – Rogers Centre – 8:00 PM EST

TV – FOX

The Los Angeles Dodgers will head up north and look to defend their World Series title against the Toronto Blue Jays, who defeated the Seattle Mariners in comeback fashion during Game 7 of the ALCS on Monday night.

Los Angeles breezed through the National League side of the playoff bracket, sweeping the Cincinnati Reds in the Wild Card Series and besting the Philadelphia Phillies 3-1 in the Division Series before also sweeping the Milwaukee Brewers in the ALCS. The Blue Jays, who were the No. 1 seed in the American League, took down the New York Yankees in four games in the Division Series before eliminating the Mariners.

Blake Snell will get the start for the Dodgers amidst one of the more dominant postseason runs by a pitcher in recent memory. He’s allowed just two earned runs, both of which came against the Reds in Game 1 of the Wild Card Series, and has recorded 28 strikeouts over 21 innings. Yesavage, a first-round pick last year, made just three regular season starts before becoming an important part of Toronto’s playoff success. He last pitched vs. Seattle in Game 6 of the ALCS and allowed two earned runs over 5 2/3 innings while striking out seven batters.

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Dodgers Lineup

1. Shohei Ohtani – DH
2. Mookie Betts – SS
3. Freddie Freeman – 1B
4. Will Smith – C
5. Teoscar Hernández -RF
6. Max Muncy – 3B
7. Enrique Hernández – LF
8. Tommy Edman – 2B
9. Andy Pages – CF

Blue Jays Lineup

1. George Springer – DH
2. Davis Schneider – LF
3. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 1B
4. Bo Bichette – 2B
5. Alejandro Kirk – C
6. Daulton Varsho – CF
7. Ernie Clement – 3B
8. Myles Straw – RF
9. Andrés Giménez – SS

Game Notes

• Bichette is playing for the first time all postseason after missing Toronto’s first two series with a PCL sprain in his knee. He slashed .311/.357/.483 with 18 home runs and 94 RBIs across 628 plate appearances this year.
• Per MLB Communications: the Game 1 winner has gone on to win the World Series 64.2 percent of the time; Yesavage will become the second-youngest pitcher to ever start Game 1 of the Fall Classic; Kiké Hernandez is set to tie former teammate Justin Turner for the most postseason games played in Dodgers history at 86; Vlad Guerrero Jr. and his father, Vladimir Guerrero, are now the 21st father-son duo to be placed on a World Series roster; This World Series will be the second in league history to include three natives of Japan with Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki.

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10. Marathon in Oakland

Game 2 of the 1973 World Series against the A’s was (for 23 years) the longest played by time. It remains one of the craziest as well. This game lasted four hours and 13 minutes and featured a fair share of miscues on both sides. Even the umpires were prone to mistakes, none more famous than a missed call when Bud Harrelson tried to score on a fly ball to left field.

Fortunately for the Mets, they salvaged a split with a 10-7, 12-inning victory. The blinding sun did no favors to fielders trying to make otherwise routine plays. Not even Willie Mays, in his final appearance, was immune. The A’s Mike Andrews contributed two errors in the late stages, which led to him being forcibly dismissed by owner Charles O. Finley.

9. Subway Series Victory

After coming agonizingly close to beating the Yankees in the first two games in The Bronx, the Mets could claim a win once the series got back to Shea Stadium. The Yankees, as usual, didn’t make it easy.

The Mets rallied to tie it in the sixth on a Todd Zeile RBI double. Then, in the eighth, Zeile singled and Benny Agbayani drove him home with a go-ahead double. Bubba Trammell added an insurance run with a sacrifice fly. John Franco earned the win and Armando Benítez closed the door, snapping the Yankees’ incredible 14-game World Series winning streak.

8. Carter’s Two Homers

The Mets evened the ’86 World Series with the Red Sox behind two home runs from their future Hall of Fame catcher, Gary Carter, who was making his first World Series appearance after 13 big-league seasons. The first blast came in the top of the fourth against Sox starter Al Nipper, and the second was a mammoth shot over the Green Monster on a curveball from reliever Steve Crawford.

Carter’s three RBIs and multi-homer game were the driving force behind the Mets’ 6-2 victory at Fenway Park.

“All I got on my mind is getting that World Series ring,” he said in the postgame interview. Carter was ensured he’d get that ring a few days later.

7. Wright Has the Power

He had spent 12 seasons waiting to make the Fall Classic. He had spent many months just hoping to be healthy. In his first World Series at-bat in New York (and the first World Series game at Citi Field) with a runner on base, David Wright sent a towering drive over the left-center field fence and sent the crowd into a frenzy. Wright’s classic swing put the Mets on top, 2-1. New York went on to capture their lone win of the series, 9-3, with Wright tacking on two more RBIs in the sixth with a single to center.

6. Dykstra Provides a Spark

Being down 2-0 in the series following a pair of losses at home, the Mets were in desperate need of a quick start in Boston. How’s a leadoff homer in the top of the first? Lenny Dykstra went deep against Red Sox starter Oil Can Boyd on the third pitch of the game.

Dykstra’s homer kicked off a four-run inning and helped swing the momentum in New York’s favor. Bob Ojeda took it from there, delivering a wonderful start against his former team as the Mets cruised to a 7-1 victory.

5. Seaver, Swoboda Save the Day

The Mets’ ace didn’t pitch like one in the 1969 World Series opener with the Orioles. He did on this afternoon, however, with New York holding a 2-1 series edge.

Tom Seaver went all 10 innings and allowed just a run on six hits. But he had some help. With the Mets up 1-0 in the ninth and runners on the corners, Brooks Robinson drove a sinking liner to right field. Ron Swoboda was not a great defender, but he was here. In fact, he made a catch that’s still unbelievable. His diving, backhanded grab before the ball touched the ground prevented the O’s from taking the lead.

The Mets won in the bottom of the 10th on a controversial error made on a J.C. Martin bunt, giving New York the chance to close it out at home.

4. Agee Takes Over

Is it possible for one player to win a game by himself? The Mets’ center fielder put that question to the test in the first World Series game at Shea Stadium.

Tommie Agee was known best for his glove, and he showcased that with two incredible catches. In the fourth inning with men on first and third, Agee made a backhanded running catch at the 396-foot mark on a ball off the bat of Elrod Hendricks. Then in the seventh, with the bases loaded and Nolan Ryan pitching, Agee dove by the warning track in right-center and hauled in a liner by Paul Blair.

Those two defensive gems overshadowed his leadoff home run against Jim Palmer. Agee saved five runs and created one for his own team in a 5-0 Mets victory.

3. “The Dream Has Come True”

The Mets were supposed to be World Series champions from the beginning of the 1986 season. They fulfilled that promise. The way in which they did it showed that for all their dominance, they had character and resolve when it mattered most.

For all the dramatics that played out in Game 6, the winner-take-all Game 7 was anything but a sure thing for New York. Boston jumped out to a 3-0 lead and held it into the sixth. That’s when the Mets’ offense finally got to Bruce Hurst. It loaded the bases for Keith Hernandez, who delivered the biggest hit of his career when he drove in two with a single to center. New York went on to score eight runs over the final three innings — including MVP Ray Knight‘s seventh-inning homer off Calvin Schiraldi and Darryl Strawberry‘s cherry-on-top blast in the eighth.

Jesse Orosco prevented the Red Sox from evening it in the top half of the inning, holding the tying run at second. He got the final three outs in order and initiated a celebration that was some six months in the waiting.

2. The Miracle is Complete

In April 1969, humans were hundreds of thousands of miles away from setting foot on the moon just as the Mets seemed far away from a World Series title. By October 15, both distances had been covered and both feats had been achieved.

With the Orioles up 3-0 and poised to take the series back to Baltimore, Cleon Jones was hit by a pitch (the famous “shoe polish” tactic from manager Gil Hodges). Donn Clendenon belted his third homer of the series to pull New York to within a run.

Al Weis, emblematic of the unlikely nature of the Mets’ unexpected success, delivered in the seventh with a game-tying home run — the only round-tripper he hit at Shea all year — to finish off a fabulous .455 batting average over the five games. Two doubles and two Oriole errors in the eighth led to a 5-3 Mets lead.

It was an advantage the Mets’ superb big-game pitcher would protect. Jerry Koosman allowed just one hit over the final six innings while his hitters mounted their comeback. The final out came off the bat of Davey Johnson and landed in the glove of Cleon Jones in left field.

1. Game 6

It’s been talked about, shown, and debated a million times over (at least). In film, in books, and in spoken word, October 25, 1986, is among the greatest days in the history of the universe for Mets fans and (for a while) among the worst for Red Sox fans.

Wally Backman and Hernandez flew out to start the bottom of the 10th with New York down two runs. It brought Boston within one out of its first title since 1918 and the Mets to within one out of their season being a colossal disappointment.

The rest is a sequence of events that remains unbelievable. A Gary Carter single, a Kevin Mitchell single, a Ray Knight single, a wild pitch by Bob Stanley, all leading up to Mookie Wilson‘s grounder.

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