So many stories I could tell
I had the world under my spell
Does this even ring a bell?
I wonder because
Don’t you know who I was?
Interest in me dissipated
All my methods antiquated
I’ve been cast away
Lost and friendless todayI made a name for myself
When one could do such a thing
A reputation that’s held
Together by string
And so I chose to cherish those
Who think there’s some purity
To fading into obscurityWhat works on paper
Has the tendency to ride on vapor
Sometimes what’s not to love
But then other times what’s to likeI’m unable to tell if I know who I am
A modest success a shill or a sham
I’m not afraid of what I’ve made
But my trajectory
Has me fading into obscurity
These are my favorite lyrics from Sloan. They apply to old retired farts like myself, of course, but they’re even more apt for a team like the 2025 Braves. May this season fade into obscurity… nobly.
I could say some things about this game, but I don’t want to write them and you don’t need to read them.
This season was not good, folks. But, speaking only for myself, it gave a lot of hours of emotion, good and bad — life. The irony is that you use sports to escape life, but at its best, it simulates life. This year sucked… but pitchers and catchers report in 5 months.
One last note: lolMets
Charlie’s moment was special. The Braves are a first class org. Good on them for giving Morton a proper send off.
This season was not good, but Jonathan’s work, and those of the rest of the contributors, far outshone the team’s performance. I received much more pleasure from reading this board than I did watching the games themselves, and I spent far more time on the former than the latter. Thank you, Jonathan and all.
On behalf of tfloyd, AAR, Rusty S, cliff, snowshine, ububba, all the contributors who didn’t write a recap and me, thanks.
And if you didn’t see my last note above, lolMets.
I wish the last day of the year didn’t come this early, but I couldn’t have asked for a better team to share it with.
Reds lost so all the Mets had to do to make the playoffs was beat the Marlins. And instead they were shut out. LOL indeed.
83 wins would have been enough.
Even with the rotation injuries, AA and ownership should own this for doing nothing to address the bullpen last offseason. Whether it’s on his ignorance or their penurious budget despite a waterfall of revenue — this is their failure above all.
Hope the six new buildings are worth it.
What a miserable season. I watched most of the games on my phone because the MLB.tv app no longer supports PS4. It made the games feel so far away.
Still, there have been a few bright spots: the emergence of Drake Baldwin and Hurston Waldrep, solid performances from some young arms (prior to being derailed by injury) and proof that we were only one player away from righting the ship (Ha-Seong Kim we barely knew you). Too little too late unfortunately.
I don’t have many friends who are Braves fans, so I cherish the opportunity to read what everyone has to say and chime in from time to time.
Thanks for being here. See you in the offseason. Time to pretend to be a Blue Jays fan for a bit.
Per Bowman, Snitker has gathered multiple player endorsements for 2026, so I’d say the ball is completely in his court.
Great job Jonathan’f and all the recappers. I echo the sentiments above. You guys made a disappointing season bearable. Funny thing is with this group I think I enjoy the offseason with trade speculation and keeping up with players who are “in the shape of their lives “ more than the regular season. I know I did this year! Thanks again everyone and let’s get ready for a fun offseason.
Great crowd. Maybe we can turn this around next year.
Question for you guys. As bad as 2025 has been, would you prefer a season like a) the one we just had or b) the one the Mets just had. I think I would choose a. What a letdown and a meltdown!
100 percent every time (a).
Braves fans like Our New Insect Overlords can blame penurious management, What excuse do Mets fans have? (There are many ways I could go here, but not tonight.)
PS: Alonso has already opted out and Diaz will probably do so in the next day or two. Neither wants to leave NY… they just want Cohen to pony up some more.
I’ve spent most of the evening reading Mets fans postmortems because I have no life. They are unhappy.
I’m actually starting to wonder whether Alonso goes to the Bronx, or at least plays footsie with them to raise his price.
I’ll go with a), too, but the thing is, for me, the 2024-2025 Braves feel a lot closer to b), overall. We entered both seasons with sky-high expectations – most national baseball writers considered us one of the top two franchises in baseball in terms of roster talent top to bottom, and we were a trendy World Series pick. Instead we went 165-162. We didn’t have a devastating second-half collapse like we did in 2014 – we just struggled from wire to wire and never really felt like we were firing on all cylinders.
Run it back next year, sure, but please reload both canisters!
I’m really worried that Snit has basically set himself up for next year to be his farewell, so he can get both the sendoff that the team feels he deserves and so that he can go out on a high note. It just seems clear to me that he’s lost his fastball. (And the general history of managers after they’ve turned 70 is pretty dismal.) It’s an awfully exhausting season, and his team was full of players who weren’t quite right. Snitker’s passivity has turned into a liability. I’m sorry he won’t get a stadium full of people sending him off into this offseason. But he really should understand that when everyone expects this to be your last year, that ought to tell you something.
Would you prefer a root canal or a colonoscopy?
Thanks JonathanF and all recappers. The thing I hate most about this season is how the Mets didn’t get in the playoffs after spending all that money.
P.S.: I don’t know if Kim will opt out, but his ice cold final week means he doesn’t have a sterling small sample from his time with the Braves. I would not personally offer him a huge contract if I were a GM. I hope he opts in, but if he doesn’t I would only offer him a 1-year deal. All the trends are negative for a guy turning 30. Definitely not someone you want to sign for 5 years.
Yes, like many of us, I watched as many game as as I could, record doesnt matter at all how they are playing.
I think we are going to make strong efforts to sign Kim. AA sees ZERO help at this position and he better strike fast. a 720 OPS at SS all season would have added a lot to this team.
And Iglesias,
1. Keep him if reasonable.
2. WTF? What extreme Jeykll and Hyde. We have seen relievers with rough patches, but this was crazy.
A consistent season out of him and this team would have been buyers and in the thick of it.
When do pitchers and Catches report?
Iglesias is a no-brainer for me if reasonable. And reasonable for a closer is $12-14 million for one season. Can’t go much lower for a true closer.
No on Kim, no on Snitker, maybe on Iglesias at that dollar figure.
This makes me feel a little better: I’m pretty sure that the Mets in 1987-2025 have paid more in salaries in a string of consecutive years without winning a World Series than any other team in MLB history. I doubt many teams have paid more than the Mets over that period, and the possibilities I can think of (Yankees, Dodgers, Red Sox?, Angels?) have all won titles much more recently. As for teams with longer current WS droughts, San Diego (no titles, started 1969), Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee (same), and Seattle (no titles, started 1977) weren’t around for that many years before 1986 and have spent far less than the Mets, and even Cleveland (last title 1948) has spent so much less than the Mets in recent decades (and salaries were so low earlier) that I bet the Mets have the record. (Edit: I guess the Cubs 1909-2015 should also be considered, but I bet that the Mets paid Soto alone more this year than several early decades of Cubs salaries.) My guess for the team that has paid the second most without a title is the Yankees 2010-25, though that could change soon.
I also check the Oscar Best Actress nominees each year in hopes that one day all of the nominees will have been born after the last Mets title. Yes, I’m petty, but it’s fun.
Soto’s salary is higher than every Cubs team payroll before 1998
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