Overview

• Miami shut out New York 4-0 at loanDepot Park, and Cincinnati clinched the final NL berth despite a 4-2 loss in Milwaukee because the Mets did not win.
• New York finished 83-79 after starting 45-24, going 38-55 from June 12 through the end of the season.
• Manager Carlos Mendoza accepted responsibility for the outcome, telling reporters, “I take responsibility. I’m the manager. It starts with me.”
• Mets television voices Gary Cohen, Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez called it a “three-and-a-half-month, slow-motion collapse” and noted the Marlins also eliminated New York in 2007 and 2008.
• Injuries and regression across the pitching staff — including Kodai Senga, Griffin Canning, Tylor Megill, Sean Manaea and Frankie Montas — undercut a roster with one of MLB’s highest payrolls headlined by Soto’s 15-year, $765 million deal.