The 2026 New York Mets season was the 65th season of the New York Mets in Major League Baseball, their 18th at Citi Field, and their sixth under majority owner Steve Cohen. The Mets were unsuccessful in their attempt to improve on their 83–79 record from 2025 to rebound to the playoffs, but finished an overall disappointing season with a strong push, including many positive signs produced by their young core of rookies. Despite this, the Mets finished in last place of the National League East in a full season for the first time since 2003.
The Mets were eliminated from playoff contention on September 14.
This was the last season for Howie Rose, who had been affiliated with the Mets since 1987 and had been team's play by play radio announcer since 1995.
Offseason Transactions 2025 November 4 – acquired right-handed relief pitcher Joey Gerber from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for cash considerations. November 6 – claimed center fielder and second baseman Ji-hwan Bae off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Mets also claimed left-handed relief pitcher José Castillo off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles. November 24 – acquired infielder Marcus Semien from the Texas Rangers in exchange for outfielder Brandon Nimmo and cash considerations. December 3 – signed right-handed relief pitcher Devin Williams to a three-year, $51 million contract. December 5 – claimed right-handed reliever Cooper Criswell off waivers from the Boston Red Sox. December 16 – signed infielder and designated hitter Jorge Polanco to a two-year, $40 million contract. December 17 – claimed catcher Drew Romo off waivers from the Baltimore Orioles. December 22 – signed right-handed relief pitcher Luke Weaver to a two-year, $22 million contract. The Mets also traded infielder Jeff McNeil and cash considerations to the Athletics for minor league pitcher Yordan Rodriguez.
2026
January 16 – claimed infielder Tsung-Che Cheng off waivers from the Tampa Bay Rays. January 20 – signed infielder Bo Bichette to a three-year, $126 million contract including a player option after the 2027 and 2028 seasons. The Mets also acquired center fielder Luis Robert Jr. from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Luisangel Acuña and minor league prospect Truman Pauley. January 21 – signed right-handed relief pitcher Luis García to a one-year, $1.75 million contract. The Mets also acquired right-handed starting pitcher Freddy Peralta and right-hander Tobias Myers from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for prospect Jett Williams and right-hander Brandon Sproat. January 22 – acquired infielder Vidal Bruján from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for cash considerations. February 10 – acquired left-handed relief pitcher Bryan Hudson from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for cash considerations. February 12 – signed left fielder MJ Melendez to a one-year, $1.5 million contract. February 15 – claimed catcher Ben Rortvedt off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Regular season Standings National League East
National League Wild Card
Record vs. opponents Record vs. National League
Record vs. American League
Season summary
March–April On March 26, the Mets opened up with an 11–7 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates, tied for second-most run scored on Opening Day in Mets history. The Mets scored five runs in the first inning off reigning 2025 NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes. On March 28, the Mets and Pirates were both held scoreless in the ninth and each scored a run in the tenth; while the Pirates did take a 2–1 lead in the middle of the 11th, Luis Robert Jr. hit a walk-off home run to give the Mets the 4–2 victory, winning their first series of the year. However, the Mets lost their series finale to the Pirates on March 29 in their second consecutive extra innings game. While the Mets won their first game against the Cardinals, they dropped their next two to fall to 3–3, scoring just one run in their two losses. While the Mets dropped their opener to the San Francisco Giants on April 2, they won the next three to win the series, including coming back from a 2–1 deficit after 7 innings in the finale on April 5. Following this, however, the Mets lost a series to the Arizona Diamondbacks after winning the first game. The Mets losing streak was extended to eight after getting swept by the Athletics and Los Angeles Dodgers. After losing 12–4 to the Chicago Cubs on April 17, the Mets had lost nine straight games, the Mets longest losing streak since 2004. By April 18, the Mets had lost their tenth straight game, losing 4–2 to the Cubs. This was the longest losing streak in April of any MLB team since the 2023 Chicago White Sox. Additionally, their record fell to 7–14; the worst in the National League, and the Mets worst start since starting 6–15 in 1983. The Mets losing streak was extended to 11 on April 19 as they got walked off in a 2–1 loss in the finale to the Cubs, despite holding a 1–0 lead entering the ninth inning. Despite jumping out to an early 3–0 on their April 21 game against the Minnesota Twins, the Mets blew that lead and ultimately lost their 12th consecutive game, their longest losing streak since 2002. Additionally, the loss combined with a win from the Kansas City Royals gave the Mets sole possession of the worst record in baseball, at 7–16. The beginning of the streak coincided with Mr. Met and Mrs. Met hugging New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on video, leading some to call it the Mamdani Curse. They finally snapped the losing streak at 12 on April 22 by beating the Twins. The Mets then beat the Twins 10–8 on April 23 to win the series. However, the Mets finished April by getting swept by the Colorado Rockies and losing a series to the Washington Nationals, finishing the month at 10-21, the worst record in MLB.
May The Mets begun May by winning series against both the Los Angeles Angels and Rockies, successfully winning consecutive series for the first time all year. However, their trip ended with a series loss to the Diamondbacks. This put the Mets record at 15–25, the worst team in MLB through the first quarter of the season. The team called up centerfield prospect AJ Ewing from AAA in time for the Tiger series and immediately began playing better.https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48746188/sources-struggling-mets-call-prospect-aj-ewing They swept the Detroit Tigers, and for the first time in franchise history, the Mets completed a multi-run comeback in every game in a sweep of at least 3 games. This was also the first victorious sweep all year for the Mets. https://www.mlb.com/news/juan-soto-mets-sweep-tigers In the Citi Field portion of the 2026 Subway Series against the New York Yankees, the New York Mets lost the opener 5–2 before responding with back-to-back wins to take the series. The Game One loss was particularly painful, as Mets' starting pitcher Clay Holmes, who had been putting up Cy Young-type numbers, had his leg broken by a screaming line drive off the bat of Yankees' rookie Spencer Jones, knocking Holmes out of major league action until August.https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/48783505/mets-clay-holmes-struck-comebacker-fractures-right-fibula The Mets won the second game 6–3 behind three RBIs from Mark Vientos and strong relief pitching from former Yankee Luke Weaver, then won the finale 7–6 in 10 innings after Tyrone Taylor hit a game-tying three-run homer in the ninth inning. Rookie Carson Benge delivered the walk-off hit in the 10th inning, his second walk-off hit of the season. This was the first time the Mets successfully came back when down after 8 innings since Game 3 of the 2024 National League Wild Card Series.https://www.mlb.com/news/tyrone-taylor-hits-game-tying-homer-in-mets-walk-off-win-vs-yankees However, the momentum stopped there. The Mets called up another outfielder from AAA, Nick Morabito leading into the Washington series. Morabito, who profiles as a potential fourth outfielder, was overmatched, and was back in AAA within weeks. During the series with the Nats, however, the team called up starting LHP Zac Thornton, who provided much-needed help for the pitching staff.https://www.mlb.com/news/nick-morabito-mets-callup The Mets followed up their brief home winning streak with a poor road trip, splitting with the Washington Nationals and getting swept by the Miami Marlins, putting their record at 22-31 right before Memorial Day.https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mets-swept-marlins-devin-williams-205600187.html
Game log LegendMets WinMets LossGame PostponedEliminated from playoff raceBold = Mets team member
|- style="background:#bfb;" | 1 || March 26 || Pirates || 11–7 || Peralta (1–0) || Skenes (0–1) || ― || Citi Field (41,449) || 1–0 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 2 || March 28 || Pirates || 4–2 || Lovelady (1–0) || Barco (0–1) || ― || Citi Field (37,183) || 2–0 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 3 || March 29 || Pirates || 3–4 || Santana (1–0) || Lovelady (1–1) || ― || Citi Field (36,940) || 2–1 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 4 || March 30 || @ Cardinals || 4–2 || Holmes (1–0) || Leahy (0–1) || Williams (1) || Busch Stadium (21,307) || 3–1 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 5 || March 31 || @ Cardinals || 0–3 || Pallante (1–0) || Senga (0–1) || O'Brien (1) || Busch Stadium (22,823) || 3–2 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 6 || April 1 || @ Cardinals || 1–2 || Graceffo (1–0) || Myers (0–1) || ― || Busch Stadium (21,684) || 3–3 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 2 || @ Giants || 2–7 || Ray (1–1) || Peterson (0–1) || Tidwell (1) || Oracle Park (32,073) || 3–4 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 8 || April 3 || @ Giants || 10–3 || McLean (1–0) || Mahle (0–2) || ― || Oracle Park (38,613) || 4–4 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 9 || April 4 || @ Giants || 9–0 || Holmes (2–0) || Roupp (1–1) || ― || Oracle Park (36,553) || 5–4 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 10 || April 5 || @ Giants || 5–2 || Brazobán (1–0) || Winn (0–1) || Williams (2) || Oracle Park (37,079) || 6–4 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 11 || April 7 || Diamondbacks || 4–3 || Weaver (1–0) || Sewald (0–2) || ― || Citi Field (34,753) || 7–4 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 12 || April 8 || Diamondbacks || 2–7 || Nelson (1–1) || Peterson (0–2) || ― || Citi Field (33,422) || 7–5 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 13 || April 9 || Diamondbacks || 1–7 || Rodríguez (1–0) || McLean (1–1) || ― || Citi Field (35,783) || 7–6 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 14 || April 10 || Athletics || 0–4 || Perkins (1–0) || Holmes (2–1) || ― || Citi Field (36,349) || 7–7 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 15 || April 11 || Athletics || 6–11 || Lopez (1–1) || Senga (0–2) || ― || Citi Field (38,244) || 7–8 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 16 || April 12 || Athletics || 0–1 || Civale (2–0) || Peralta (1–1) || Kuhnel (2) || Citi Field (37,316) || 7–9 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 17 || April 13 || @ Dodgers || 0–4 || Wrobleski (2–0) || Peterson (0–3) || ― || Dodger Stadium (52,838) || 7–10 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 18 || April 14 || @ Dodgers || 1–2 || Treinen (1–0) || Raley (0–1) || Vesia (2) || Dodger Stadium (48,138) || 7–11 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 15 || @ Dodgers || 2–8 || Ohtani (2–0) || Holmes (2–2) || ― || Dodger Stadium (50,909) || 7–12 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 20 || April 17 || @ Cubs || 4–12 || Cabrera (2–0) || Senga (0–3) || – || Wrigley Field (34,282) || 7–13 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 21 || April 18 || @ Cubs || 2–4 || Taillon (1–1) || Peralta (1–2) || Thielbar (1) || Wrigley Field (36,189) || 7–14 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 22 || April 19 || @ Cubs || 1–2 || Thielbar (2–2) || Kimbrel (0–1) || ― || Wrigley Field (35,497) || 7–15 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 23 || April 21 || Twins || 3–5 || Sands (1–1) || Williams (0–1) || ― || Citi Field (32,798) || 7–16 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 24 || April 22 || Twins || 3–2 || Weaver (2–0) || Rogers (0–1) || ― || Citi Field (32,665) || 8–16 |- style="background:#bfb;" | 25 || April 23 || Twins || 10–8 || Williams (1–1) || Morris (0–1) || ― || Citi Field (34,253) || 9–16