2020 New York Mets season

The 2020 New York Mets season was the franchise's 59th season and the team's 12th season at Citi Field. The team hired Carlos Beltrán to be their manager in November 2019, however in the wake of the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal, on January 16, 2020, Beltrán and the Mets agreed to part ways.^[1] On January 24, Luis Rojas was hired as the Mets manager.^[2] The season is also the last season to have Fred Wilpon as the team's majority owner before being sold to billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen.

2020 New York Mets
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Citi Field
City	New York City, New York
Record	26–34 (.433)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Fred Wilpon
General managers	Brodie Van Wagenen
Managers	Carlos Beltran (until January 16th), Luis Rojas (from January 24th onward)
Television	SportsNet New York (Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez)
Radio	WCBS 880 AM (English) New York Mets Radio Network (Howie Rose, Wayne Randazzo) Que Buena 92.7 (Spanish) (Juan Alicea, Max Perez Jiminez)
← 2019 Seasons 2021 →

On March 12, MLB announced that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled.^[3] Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC restricting large public events.^[4] On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.^[5]

On September 23, the team suffered its 31st loss, sealing their third losing season in four years. On September 26, the Mets were eliminated from playoff contention in a 4–3 loss to the Washington Nationals, continuing a four-year-long playoff drought. The Mets finished the regular season 26–34, giving them a last place finish as a result of a 4–6 record against the Nationals, who also went 26–34.^[6] This was the first season since 2003 where the Mets finished last place in the National League East.

The Mets led MLB in batting average (.272) and OPS+ (122), however they also grounded into the most double plays (53, tied with the Milwaukee Brewers) and had the most runners left on base (445).^[7]

Offseason

Transactions

2019

• December 12 – Rick Porcello signs with the Mets on a one-year, $10 million contract.^[8]
• December 13 – Michael Wacha signs with the Mets after reaching a one-year, $3 million contract which includes $8 million in performance bonuses.^[9]
• December 24 – Dellin Betances signs with the Mets for a one-year, $10.5 million contract.^[10]

Season standings

National League East

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	35	25	.583	—	19‍–‍11	16‍–‍14
Miami Marlins	31	29	.517	4	11‍–‍15	20‍–‍14
Philadelphia Phillies	28	32	.467	7	19‍–‍13	9‍–‍19
Washington Nationals	26	34	.433	9	15‍–‍18	11‍–‍16
New York Mets	26	34	.433	9	12‍–‍17	14‍–‍17

National League division leaders

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers	43	17	.717
Atlanta Braves	35	25	.583
Chicago Cubs	34	26	.567

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Division 2nd place

Team	W	L	Pct.
San Diego Padres	37	23	.617
St. Louis Cardinals	30	28	.517
Miami Marlins	31	29	.517

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cincinnati Reds	31	29	.517	+2
Milwaukee Brewers	29	31	.483	—
San Francisco Giants	29	31	.483	—
Philadelphia Phillies	28	32	.467	1
Washington Nationals	26	34	.433	3
New York Mets	26	34	.433	3
Colorado Rockies	26	34	.433	3
Arizona Diamondbacks	25	35	.417	4
Pittsburgh Pirates	19	41	.317	10

Record vs. opponents

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Atlanta	—	6–4	7–3	5–5	6–4	11–9
Miami	4–6	—	4–6	7–3	6–4	10–10
New York	3–7	6–4	—	4–6	4–6	9–11
Philadelphia	5–5	3–7	6–4	—	7–3	7–13
Washington	4–6	4–6	6–4	3–7	—	9–11

Game log

Regular season

On April 28–30, the Mets were supposed to play against the Miami Marlins in the Puerto Rico Series in San Juan. But due to the pandemic, MLB cancelled the series.

2020 Game Log Overall: 26–34 (Home: 13–17; Away: 13–17)
July: 3–5 (Home: 1–4; Away: 2–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Record 1 July 24 Braves 1–0 Lugo (1–0) Martin (0–1) Díaz (1) Citi Field 1–0 2 July 25 Braves 3–5 (10) Jackson (1–0) Strickland (0–1) — Citi Field 1–1 3 July 26 Braves 1–14 Chacín (1–0) Porcello (0–1) — Citi Field 1–2 4 July 27 @ Red Sox 7–4 Wacha (1–0) Osich (0–1) Lugo (1) Fenway Park 2–2 5 July 28 @ Red Sox 8–3 Peterson (1–0) Hall (0–1) — Fenway Park 3–2 6 July 29 Red Sox 5–6 Hembree (1–0) Wilson (0–1) Workman (1) Citi Field 3–3 7 July 30 Red Sox 2–4 Pérez (1–1) Matz (0–1) Workman (2) Citi Field 3–4 8 July 31 @ Braves 10–11 Dayton (1–0) Lugo (1–1) Martin (1) Truist Park 3–5
August: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Record 9 August 1 @ Braves 1–7 Tomlin (1–0) Wacha (1–1) — Truist Park 3–6 10 August 2 @ Braves 0–4 Matzek (1–0) Peterson (1–1) — Truist Park 3–7 11 August 3 @ Braves 7–2 deGrom (1–0) Soroka (0–1) — Truist Park 4–7 12 August 4 @ Nationals 3–5 Corbin (1–0) Matz (0–2) Hudson (2) Nationals Park 4–8 13 August 5 @ Nationals 3–1 Porcello (1–1) Fedde (0–1) Lugo (2) Nationals Park 5–8 14 August 7 Marlins 3–4 Tarpley (2–0) Wacha (1–2) Vincent (1) Citi Field 5–9 15 August 8 Marlins 8–4 Peterson (2–1) Castano (0–1) — Citi Field 6–9 16 August 9 Marlins 4–2 deGrom (2–0) López (1–1) Lugo (3) Citi Field 7–9 17 August 10 Nationals 4–16 Corbin (2–0) Matz (0–3) — Citi Field 7–10 18 August 11 Nationals 1–2 Scherzer (1–1) Porcello (1–2) Hudson (3) Citi Field 7–11 19 August 12 Nationals 11–6 Familia (1–0) Sánchez (0–3) — Citi Field 8–11 20 August 13 Nationals 8–2 Peterson (3–1) Voth (0–2) — Citi Field 9–11 21 August 14 @ Phillies 5–6 Neris (1–0) Lugo (1–2) — Citizens Bank Park 9–12 22 August 15 @ Phillies 2–6 Nola (2–1) Matz (0–4) — Citizens Bank Park 9–13 23 August 16 @ Phillies 2–6 Wheeler (3–0) Porcello (1–3) — Citizens Bank Park 9–14 24 August 17 @ Marlins 11–4 Shreve (1–0) Yamamoto (0–1) Kilome (1) Marlins Park 10–14 25 August 18 @ Marlins 8–3 Wilson (1–1) Mejía (0–1) — Marlins Park 11–14 26 August 19 @ Marlins 5–3 Díaz (1–0) Kintzler (1–2) — Marlins Park 12–14 — August 20 @ Marlins Postponed (COVID-19);[11] Makeup: Aug 25 [12] — August 21 Yankees Postponed (COVID-19);[11] Makeup: Aug 28 — August 22 Yankees Postponed (COVID-19);[13] Makeup: Aug 30 — August 23 Yankees Postponed (COVID-19);[13] Makeup: Sep 3 27 August 25 Marlins 0–4 (7) Bleier (1–0) Porcello (1–4) — Citi Field 12–15 28 August 25 @ Marlins 0–3 (7) Smith (1–0) Hughes (0–1) Vincent (2) Citi Field 12–16 29 August 26 Marlins 5–4 Brach (1–0) Vincent (1–2) — Citi Field 13–16 — August 27 Marlins Postponed (strikes due to shooting of Jacob Blake); Makeup: August 31 30 August 28 @ Yankees 6–4 Lockett (1–0) Green (2–2) Díaz (2) Yankee Stadium 14–16 31 August 28 Yankees 4–3 Hughes (1–1) Chapman (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 15–16 32 August 29 @ Yankees 1–2 Chapman (1–1) Betances (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 15–17 33 August 30 @ Yankees 7–8 (8) Green (3–2) Díaz (1–1) — Yankee Stadium 15–18 34 August 30 Yankees 2–5 (8) Holder (1–0) Smith (0–1) Cessa (1) Yankee Stadium 15–19 35 August 31 Marlins 3–5 Rogers (1–0) deGrom (2–1) Kintzler (7) Citi Field 15–20
September: 11–14 (Home: 6–7; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Stadium Record 36 September 1 @ Orioles 5–9 Eshelman (3–0) Kilome (0–1) — Camden Yards 15–21 37 September 2 @ Orioles 9–4 Peterson (4–1) Means (0–3) — Camden Yards 16–21 38 September 3 Yankees 9–7 (10) Díaz (2–1) Abreu (0–1) — Citi Field 17–21 39 September 4 Phillies 3–5 Arrieta (3–4) Hughes (1–2) Workman (9) Citi Field 17–22 40 September 5 Phillies 5–1 Lugo (2–2) Howard (1–2) — Citi Field 18–22 41 September 6 Phillies 14–1 deGrom (3–1) Nola (4–3) — Citi Field 19–22 42 September 7 Phillies 8–9 (10) Workman (1–1) Castro (1–1) Neris (3) Citi Field 19–23 43 September 8 Orioles 2–11 Means (1–3) Wacha (1–3) — Citi Field 19–24 44 September 9 Orioles 7–6 Familia (2–0) Harvey (0–1) Díaz (3) Citi Field 20–24 45 September 11 @ Blue Jays 18–1 deGrom (4–1) Anderson (0–1) Ramírez (1) Sahlen Field 21–24 46 September 12 @ Blue Jays 2–3 Ray (2–4) Lugo (2–3) Dolis (4) Sahlen Field 21–25 47 September 13 @ Blue Jays 3–7 Ryu (4–1) Peterson (4–2) — Sahlen Field 21–26 48 September 15 @ Phillies 1–4 Arrieta (4–4) Porcello (1–5) Neris (4) Citizens Bank Park 21–27 49 September 16 @ Phillies 5–4 Castro (2–1) Neris (2–2) Díaz (4) Citizens Bank Park 22–27 50 September 17 @ Phillies 10–6 Wilson (2–1) Workman (1–3) — Citizens Bank Park 23–27 51 September 18 Braves 2–15 Fried (7–0) Matz (0–5) — Citi Field 23–28 52 September 19 Braves 7–2 Peterson (5–2) Anderson (3–1) — Citi Field 24–28 53 September 20 Braves 0–7 Wright (2–4) Porcello (1–6) — Citi Field 24–29 54 September 21 Rays 1–2 Fleming (4–0) deGrom (4–2) Anderson (6) Citi Field 24–30 55 September 22 Rays 5–2 Lugo (3–3) Snell (4–2) Díaz (5) Citi Field 25–30 56 September 23 Rays 5–8 Glasnow (5–1) Wacha (1–4) — Citi Field 25–31 57 September 24 @ Nationals 3–2 Peterson (6–2) Corbin (2–7) Díaz (6) Nationals Park 26–31 – September 25 @ Nationals Postponed (rain); Makeup: September 26 as part of a doubleheader 58 September 26 @ Nationals 3–4 (7) Scherzer (5–4) Castro (2–2) Harris (1) Nationals Park 26–32 59 September 26 @ Nationals 3–5 (7) Sánchez (4–5) Porcello (1–7) Hudson (10) Nationals Park 26–33 60 September 27 @ Nationals 5–15 Voth (2–5) Lugo (3–4) — Nationals Park 26–34
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Mets team member

Roster

2020 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers 68 Dellin Betances 29 Brad Brach 50 Miguel Castro 48 Jacob deGrom 39 Edwin Díaz 27 Jeurys Familia 65 Robert Gsellman 35 Jared Hughes 49 Ariel Jurado 66 Franklyn Kilome 61 Walker Lockett 67 Seth Lugo 32 Steven Matz 55 Corey Oswalt 77 David Peterson 22 Rick Porcello 43 Erasmo Ramírez 51 Paul Sewald 47 Chasen Shreve 62 Drew Smith 71 Hunter Strickland 45 Michael Wacha 38 Justin Wilson		Catchers 26 Robinson Chirinos  3 Tomas Nido 40 Wilson Ramos 44 René Rivera 70 Ali Sánchez Infielders 20 Pete Alonso 24 Robinson Canó 28 J. D. Davis 15 Brian Dozier 33,21 Todd Frazier 60 Andrés Giménez 13 Luis Guillorme  1 Amed Rosario  2 Dominic Smith		Outfielders 30 Michael Conforto 18 Ryan Cordell 21 Billy Hamilton 15 Guillermo Heredia 87,15 Juan Lagares 16 Jake Marisnick  6 Jeff McNeil  9 Brandon Nimmo 12 Eduardo Núñez Other batters 52 Yoenis Céspedes		Manager 19 Luis Rojas Coaches 50,59 Jeremy Accardo (assistant pitching) 25 Ricky Bones (bullpen) 54 Chili Davis (hitting) 11 Tony DeFrancesco (first base) 10 Gary DiSarcina (third base/infield) 91 Ryan Ellis (hitting performance coordinator) 53 Jeremy Hefner (pitching) 90 Ender Chávez (batting practice pitcher) 78 Eric Langill (bullpen catcher) 58 Hensley Meulens (bench) 57 Dave Racaniello (bullpen catcher) 23 Brian Schneider (quality control) 56 Tom Slater (assistant hitting)

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Pete Alonso	57	208	31	48	6	0	16	35	1	24	.231	.490
Michael Conforto	54	202	40	65	12	0	9	31	3	24	.322	.515
J. D. Davis	56	190	26	47	9	0	6	19	0	31	.247	.389
Brandon Nimmo	55	186	33	52	8	3	8	18	1	33	.280	.484
Jeff McNeil	52	183	19	57	14	0	4	23	0	20	.311	.454
Dominic Smith	50	177	27	56	21	1	10	42	0	14	.316	.616
Robinson Canó	49	171	23	54	9	0	10	30	0	9	.316	.544
Amed Rosario	46	143	20	36	3	1	4	15	0	4	.252	.371
Wilson Ramos	45	142	13	34	6	0	5	15	0	10	.239	.387
Andrés Giménez	49	118	22	31	3	2	3	12	8	7	.263	.398
Luis Guillorme	29	57	6	19	6	0	0	9	2	10	.333	.439
Todd Frazier	14	49	5	11	2	0	2	5	0	1	.224	.388
Jake Marisnick	16	33	4	11	3	0	2	5	0	1	.333	.606
Robinson Chirinos	12	32	1	7	2	0	1	5	0	1	.219	.375
Yoenis Céspedes	8	31	3	5	1	0	2	4	0	2	.161	.387
Tomás Nido	7	24	4	7	1	0	2	6	0	2	.292	.583
Billy Hamilton	17	22	4	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	.045	.045
Guillermo Heredia	7	17	4	4	0	0	2	3	0	1	.235	.588
Brian Dozier	7	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.133	.133
Ali Sánchez	5	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111	.111
Ryan Cordell	5	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.125	.125
René Rivera	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250
Eduardo Núñez	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.500
Juan Lagares	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.---	.---
Team Totals	60	2023	286	551	106	7	86	278	20	197	.272	.459

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Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Jacob deGrom	4	2	2.38	12	12	0	68.0	47	21	18	18	104
Rick Porcello	1	7	5.64	12	12	0	59.0	74	41	37	15	54
David Peterson	6	2	3.44	10	9	0	49.2	36	20	19	24	40
Seth Lugo	3	4	5.15	16	7	3	36.2	40	22	21	10	47
Michael Wacha	1	4	6.62	8	7	0	34.0	46	26	25	7	37
Steven Matz	0	5	9.68	9	6	0	30.2	42	33	33	10	36
Jeurys Familia	2	0	3.71	25	0	0	26.2	20	11	11	19	23
Edwin Díaz	2	1	1.75	26	0	6	25.2	18	6	5	14	50
Chasen Shreve	1	0	3.96	17	0	0	25.0	17	12	11	12	34
Jared Hughes	1	2	4.84	18	0	0	22.1	23	17	12	14	21
Justin Wilson	2	1	3.66	23	0	0	19.2	18	10	8	9	23
Erasmo Ramírez	0	0	0.63	6	0	1	14.1	8	1	1	4	9
Robert Gsellman	0	0	9.64	6	4	0	14.0	22	15	15	8	9
Corey Oswalt	0	0	4.85	4	1	0	13.0	14	7	7	2	11
Brad Brach	1	0	5.84	14	0	0	12.1	8	8	8	14	14
Dellin Betances	0	1	7.71	15	0	0	11.2	12	10	10	12	11
Franklyn Kilome	0	1	11.12	4	0	1	11.1	14	14	14	9	13
Miguel Castro	1	2	4.00	10	0	0	9.0	11	5	4	8	14
Walker Lockett	1	0	5.63	2	1	0	8.0	9	5	5	3	8
Drew Smith	0	1	6.43	8	0	0	7.0	6	6	5	2	7
Paul Sewald	0	0	13.50	5	0	0	6.0	12	9	9	4	2
Ariel Jurado	0	0	11.25	1	1	0	4.0	9	5	5	0	2
Hunter Strickland	0	1	8.10	4	0	0	3.1	5	4	3	1	4
Luis Guillorme	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Frazier	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Team Totals	26	34	4.98	60	60	11	513.1	511	308	284	219	574

Source:

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Mets	International League	Chad Kreuter
AA	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Eastern League	Lorenzo Bundy
A-Advanced	St. Lucie Mets	Florida State League	Rich Donnelly
A	Columbia Fireflies	South Atlantic League	Reid Brignac
A-Short Season	Brooklyn Cyclones	New York–Penn League	Ed Blankmeyer
Rookie	Kingsport Mets	Appalachian League	Chris Newell
Rookie	GCL Mets	Gulf Coast League	David Davalillo
Rookie	DSL Mets 1	Dominican Summer League	Manny Martinez
Rookie	DSL Mets 2	Dominican Summer League	Yucary De La Cruz