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New York Mets Manager Carlos Mendoza tosses a baseball during warmups in a past spring training at Clover Park. Mendoza is in his third season at the helm. HELENE HAESSLER/ST. LUCIE METS

Team revamps lineup after disappointing 2025 season

BY BERNIE WOODALL

A young Mets fan admires a newly attained autograph during a spring training in Port St. Lucie. This is the 39th year the Mets have held spring training in Port St. Lucie. HELENE HAESSLER/ST. LUCIE METS PHOTOS

As New York Mets fans converge this month for spring training at Clover Park in Port St. Lucie, they must be wondering which version of the 2025 team they’ll see. Will it be the team that, in mid-June, held the best record in Major League Baseball — or the one that limped to a sour finish, missing the playoffs on the final day of the season?

Last season’s collapse led Mets owner Steve Cohen to post on X in late September: “Met fans everywhere. I owe you an apology. You did your part by showing up and supporting the team. We didn’t do our part.”

Mets fan Steve Mance of Port St. Lucie said, “Being a Mets fan, you have a lot of ups and downs. We always joke that being a Mets fan makes you tough.”