Mets' Steve Cohen fires off message to fans after dreadful collapse

New York Mets team owner Steve Cohen addressed disappointed fans on Monday after the team suffered a dreadful collapse and missed the postseason.

The Miami Marlins brought the final bit of doom to the Mets, defeating them 4-0 in the season finale on Sunday.

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"Mets fans everywhere," Cohen wrote on X. "I owe you an apology. You did your part by showing up and supporting the team. We didn’t do our part. We will do a post-mortem and figure out the obvious and less obvious reasons why the team didn’t perform up to your and my expectations.

"We are all feeling raw emotions today. I know how much time and effort you have put into this team. The result was unacceptable. Your emotions tell me how much you care and continues to motivate the organization to do better. Thank You to the best fans in sports."

Minutes after the loss, first baseman Pete Alonso said he was going to opt out of his deal and test free agency.

"There’s some great guys in this clubhouse, there’s some great people on the staff," he said. "And every single day, it’s just been a pleasure coming to work and putting on the orange and blue. I’ve really appreciated and been nothing but full of gratitude every single day. Nothing’s guaranteed, but we’ll see what happens.

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"I’ve loved being a Met, so hopefully they’ve appreciated me in the same (way)."

The Mets got off to a hot start. New York was 45-24 on June 12, one of the best records in MLB at the time, and only went 38-55 the rest of the season to finish 83-79 after their latest crushing loss on Sunday evening.

New York came into the 2025 season with the second-highest total payroll – more than $341 million – and the second-highest active roster payroll with $266.6 million, according to Spotrac. Juan Soto came over to the Mets from the New York Yankees on a 15-year deal reportedly worth $765 million. And while the bats were hot to start the year, the team cooled off when it mattered.

The Mets suffered an eight-game losing streak at the worst time, starting with a series against the Reds and continuing through the Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers matchups. The team bounced back against the San Diego Padres and then dropped two of three against the Washington Nationals.

The series against the Marlins was crucial, but New York was only able to pull out one win out of the three games. New York was 11-17 in August and finished 10-15 in September.

The Mets will now start their offseason plans earlier than expected.

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Mamdani fires back at Eric Adams, labels mayor as 'extreme' and 'radical' amid end to re-election bid

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani labeled Mayor Eric Adams "extreme" and "radical" on Sunday after Adams announced he was dropping out of the race.

Mamdani was asked during an interview on MSNBC's "The Weekend Primetime" to respond to Adams' parting message: "Extremism is growing in our politics. Our children are being radicalized to hate our city and our country. Major change is welcome and necessary, but beware of those who claim the answer to destroy the very system we built together over generations. That is not change. That is chaos."

"Well, I think that the only thing I truly find to be extreme is Eric Adams’s record. This is a man who’s raised the rent on more than 2 million New Yorkers by 12%, a man who slowed down already the slowest buses in the country, one who priced New Yorkers out of childcare that cost them about $25,000 a year. That’s what’s extreme. That’s what’s radical," Mamdani responded. 

Mamdani insisted his vision for affordability was "common sense."

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The democratic socialist candidate also argued that New Yorkers wanted to go in a new direction.

"What I actually think of more in Eric Adams' parting words are the ones that he gave us a few weeks ago, where he assembled a number of cameras and spoke to them directly, that Andrew Cuomo is a liar and a snake. And I think that New Yorkers are tired of that kind of politics. They’re tired of considering the architect of this affordability crisis and Andrew Cuomo as being the next mayor of the city. They want a new direction," Mamdani said. 

Adams trailed both Mamdani and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo significantly in campaign fundraising and spending. Cuomo still remains in the race but trails Mamdani significantly in the polls. 

Mamdani framed Adams' exit as a pivotal moment in a social media post, pledging that voters in November will "turn the page on the politics of big money and small ideas."

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"Donald Trump and his billionaire donors might be able to determine Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo’s actions, but they will not dictate the results of this election," Mamdani wrote in a statement. 

Mamdani was also asked during the MSNBC interview on Sunday if there would be any policy concessions he would be willing to make in order to gain ground with more moderate voters. 

"The policies that I’m running on are the ones still from the primary, but I’m also willing to speak to everyone and anyone, because sometimes the concerns are based more on a caricature of me as opposed to who I actually am," he said. "There are people who have come up to me and said, how will we be able to pay for free rent? I said, no, you drop the z, it’s freeze the rent of 2 million rent-stabilized tenants." 

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"People who ask me questions about is it possible to make buses fast and free? I say the cost would be about $600-$700 million, which is less than Andrew Cuomo gave to Elon Musk one year in tax breaks of $959 million. Showing people the context that we’re in and building a coalition where they may not see themselves in me, perhaps, but they may see themselves in the best and the brightest that I’ll hire to surround me in City Hall," he added.

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Fox News' Amanda Macias contributed to this report.

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