2021 New York Mets season

The 2021 New York Mets season was the franchise's 60th season, their 13th season at Citi Field, and their first season under new majority owner Steve Cohen.

2021 New York Mets
League	National League
Division	East
Ballpark	Citi Field
City	New York City, New York
Record	77–85 (.475)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Steve Cohen
General managers	Jared Porter (until January 19) Zack Scott (acting)
Managers	Luis Rojas
Television	SportsNet New York PIX 11 (CW affiliate) (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)
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The Mets began the 2021 season 35–25 and held first place in the National League East at the All-Star break. The Mets stumbled along the way, losing first place in early August to the Atlanta Braves. On September 25, the Mets were eliminated from playoff contention in a 2–1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, continuing a five-year-long playoff drought. On September 26, the team suffered its 82nd loss, sealing their fourth losing season in five years. The Mets spent 103 days in first place, marking the most days in MLB history a team has been in first and finished with a losing record.^[1] The Mets finished the regular season 77–85, giving them a third place finish. On October 4, Luis Rojas was declined his club option as manager, following the conclusion of the regular season. Their division rival Braves went on to win the World Series to leave the Mets as the only NL East team to not win the title in the 21st century.^[2]

Uniform

The 2021 season was the first since the 2012 season that the team's late 1990s-2000s era black alternate uniforms were worn, but only for select home game days.^[3][4] On July 15, the team announced that starting July 30, the Mets would wear their black jerseys every home Friday game for the rest of the year. It was the first time since July 12, 2012, that the team wore the black alternates. The Mets suited up in the throwback tops on August 13 against the Dodgers, August 27 against the Nationals, September 10 against the Yankees, and September 17 against the Phillies.^[5]

Offseason

Transactions

2020

• November 30 – right-handed reliever Jacob Barnes signs a 1-year, $750,000 contract with the Mets.^[6]
• December 2 – right-handed reliever Trevor May signs a 2-year, $15.5 million contract with the Mets.^[7]
• December 15 – catcher James McCann signs a 4-year, $40.6 million contract with the Mets.^[8]
• December 22 – Noah Syndergaard re-signs with the Mets to a 1-year contract worth $9.7 million.^[9]

2021

• January 7 – acquired right-handed pitcher Carlos Carrasco and shortstop Francisco Lindor from the Cleveland Indians for infielders Amed Rosario and Andrés Giménez, and two prospects (Josh Wolf, and Isaiah Greene).^[10][11]
• January 14 – utility player José Martinez signs with the Mets on a 1-year, $1 million contract.^[12]
• January 15 – Edwin Díaz re-signs with the Mets on a 1-year, $7 million contract. Seth Lugo re-signs with the Mets on a 1-year, $2.9 million contract. Robert Gsellman re-signs with the Mets on a 1-year, $1.3 million deal. Brandon Nimmo re-signs with the Mets on a 1-year, $4.7 million contract. Michael Conforto re-signs with the Mets on a 1-year, $12.2 million contract. Dominic Smith re-signs with the Mets for a 1-year, $2.5 million contract.^[13]
• January 19 – acquired left-handed starting pitcher Joey Lucchesi from the San Diego Padres as part of a three-team trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for catching prospect Endy Rodríguez.^[14]
• January 27 – acquired right-handed pitchers Sean Reid-Foley, Yennsy Díaz, and Josh Winckowski from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Steven Matz.^[15]
• January 30 – left-handed relief pitcher Aaron Loup signs with the Mets on a 1-year, $3 million contract.^[16]
• February 1 – acquired right-handed starting pitcher Jordan Yamamoto from the Miami Marlins in exchange for minor league prospect Federico Polanco.^[17]
• February 10 – acquired outfielder Khalil Lee from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for right-handed pitcher Josh Winckowski and a player to be named later to the Boston Red Sox.^[18] The Mets also signed center fielder Albert Almora Jr. to a 1-year, $1.25 million contract.^[19][20]
• February 11 – infielder Jonathan Villar signs with the Mets on a 1-year, $3.55 million contract.^[21]
• February 20 – right-handed starting pitcher Taijuan Walker signs a two-year, $20 million contract with a player option for the 2023 season.^[22]
• February 21 – outfielder Kevin Pillar signs with the Mets on a 1-year, $5 million contract.^[23]
• March 31 – shortstop Francisco Lindor signs a 10-year, $341 million contract extension with the Mets.^[24]

Regular season

Transactions

2021

• May 18 – acquired outfielder Cameron Maybin from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for cash considerations.^[25]
• May 25 – acquired outfielder Billy McKinney from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for minor league pitcher Pedro Quintana.^[26]
• July 21 – acquired minor league outfielder Carlos Rincon from the Los Angeles Dodgers and cash considerations in exchange for Billy McKinney.^[27]
• July 23 – acquired left-handed starting pitcher Rich Hill from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for right-handed pitcher Tommy Hunter and minor league catcher Matt Dyer.^[28]
• July 30 – acquired shortstop Javier Báez and right-handed pitcher Trevor Williams from the Chicago Cubs for outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong.^[29]

Season standings

National League East

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NL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Atlanta Braves	88	73	.547	—	42‍–‍38	46‍–‍35
Philadelphia Phillies	82	80	.506	6½	47‍–‍34	35‍–‍46
New York Mets	77	85	.475	11½	47‍–‍34	30‍–‍51
Miami Marlins	67	95	.414	21½	42‍–‍39	25‍–‍56
Washington Nationals	65	97	.401	23½	35‍–‍46	30‍–‍51

National League division leaders

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
San Francisco Giants	107	55	.660
Milwaukee Brewers	95	67	.586
Atlanta Braves	88	73	.547

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Los Angeles Dodgers	106	56	.654	+16
St. Louis Cardinals	90	72	.556	—
Cincinnati Reds	83	79	.512	7
Philadelphia Phillies	82	80	.506	8
San Diego Padres	79	83	.488	11
New York Mets	77	85	.475	13
Colorado Rockies	74	87	.460	15½
Chicago Cubs	71	91	.438	19
Miami Marlins	67	95	.414	23
Washington Nationals	65	97	.401	25
Pittsburgh Pirates	61	101	.377	29
Arizona Diamondbacks	52	110	.321	38

Record vs. opponents

2021 National League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2021
Team	AZ	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	—	3–4	2–4	5–1	9–10	3–16	2–5	1–6	1–5	4–3	4–2	8–11	2–17	1–6	3–4	4–16
Atlanta	4–3	—	5–2	4–3	2–4	2–4	11–8	3–3	10–9	10–9	4–3	4–2	3–3	6–1	14–5	6–14
Chicago	4–2	2–5	—	8–11	3–3	4–3	1–5	4–15	4–3	2–5	14–5	5–1	1–6	9–10	4–3	6–14
Cincinnati	1–5	3–4	11–8	—	5–2	3–3	5–2	9–10	3–3	4–2	13–6	1–6	1–6	10–9	5–2	9–11
Colorado	10–9	4–2	3–3	2–5	—	6–13	4–2	2–5	2–5	5–2	4–2	11–8	4–15	3–4	4–2	10–10
Los Angeles	16–3	4–2	3–4	3–3	13–6	—	3–4	4–3	6–1	4–2	6–0	12–7	9–10	4–3	7–0	12–8
Miami	5–2	8–11	5–1	2–5	2–4	4–3	—	3–3	9–10	10–9	2–5	3–4	3–4	0–6	8–11	3–17
Milwaukee	6–1	3–3	15–4	10–9	5–2	3–4	3–3	—	4–2	2–5	14–5	5–2	4–3	8–11	5–1	8–12
New York	5–1	9–10	3–4	3–3	5–2	1–6	10–9	2–4	—	9–10	3–4	4–3	1–5	2–5	11–8	9–11
Philadelphia	3–4	9–10	5–2	2–4	2–5	2–4	9–10	5–2	10–9	—	4–3	4–2	2–4	4–3	13–6	8–12
Pittsburgh	2–4	3–4	5–14	6–13	2–4	0–6	5–2	5–14	4–3	3–4	—	3–4	4–3	7–12	2–4	10–10
San Diego	11–8	2–4	1–5	6–1	8–11	7–12	4–3	2–5	3–4	2–4	4–3	—	8–11	3–3	4–3	14–6
San Francisco	17–2	3–3	6–1	6–1	15–4	10–9	4–3	3–4	5–1	4–2	3–4	11–8	—	2–4	5–2	13–7
St. Louis	6–1	1–6	10–9	9–10	4–3	3–4	6–0	11–8	5–2	3–4	12–7	3–3	4–2	—	2–4	11–9
Washington	4–3	5–14	3–4	2–5	2–4	0–7	11–8	1–5	8–11	6–13	4–2	3–4	2–5	4–2	—	10–10

Game log

Legend
Mets Win	Mets Loss	Game Postponed
Bold = Mets team member

2021 Game Log Overall: 77–85 (Home: 47–34; Away: 30–51)
April: 9–11 (Home: 6–4; Away: 3–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location (Attendance) Record – April 1 @ Nationals Postponed (COVID-19, makeup date June 19) – April 3 @ Nationals Postponed (COVID-19, makeup date June 28) – April 4 @ Nationals Postponed (COVID-19, makeup date September 4) 1 April 5 @ Phillies 3–5 Brogdon (2–0) May (0–1) Alvarado (1) Citizens Bank Park (10,782) 0–1 2 April 6 @ Phillies 8–4 Stroman (1–0) Anderson (0–1) — Citizens Bank Park (10,752) 1–1 3 April 7 @ Phillies 2–8 Brogdon (3–0) Peterson (0–1) — Citizens Bank Park (10,807) 1–2 4 April 8 Marlins 3–2 Díaz (1–0) Bass (0–2) — Citi Field (8,492) 2–2 5 April 10 Marlins 0–3 Rogers (1–1) deGrom (0–1) García (1) Citi Field (8,419) 2–3 – April 11 Marlins Suspended (Rain, continuation date: August 31) – April 12 Phillies Postponed (Rain, Makeup: April 13) 6 April 13 (1) Phillies 4–3 (8) May (1–1) Neris (0–1) — Citi Field (N/A) 3–3 7 April 13 (2) Phillies 4–0 (7) Stroman (2–0) Nola (0–1) — Citi Field (7,611) 4–3 8 April 14 Phillies 5–1 Peterson (1–1) Wheeler (1–2) — Citi Field (7,520) 5–3 – April 15 Phillies Postponed (Rain, Makeup: June 25) – April 16 @ Rockies Postponed (Snow, Makeup: April 17) 9 April 17 (1) @ Rockies 4–3 (7) deGrom (1–1) Bard (0–1) Díaz (1) Coors Field (N/A) 6–3 10 April 17 (2) @ Rockies 2–7 (7) Márquez (1–1) Lucchesi (0–1) — Coors Field (13,906) 6–4 11 April 18 @ Rockies 2–1 Stroman (3–0) Senzatela (1–3) Díaz (2) Coors Field (15,082) 7–4 12 April 20 @ Cubs 1–3 Arrieta (3–1) Walker (0–1) Kimbrel (4) Wrigley Field (10,137) 7–5 13 April 21 @ Cubs 4–16 Mills (1–0) Peterson (1–2) — Wrigley Field (10,196) 7–6 14 April 22 @ Cubs 3–4 (10) Winkler (1–0) Díaz (1–1) — Wrigley Field (10,343) 7–7 15 April 23 Nationals 6–0 deGrom (2–1) Fedde (1–2) — Citi Field (8,130) 8–7 16 April 24 Nationals 1–7 Ross (2–1) Stroman (3–1) — Citi Field (8,051) 8–8 17 April 25 Nationals 4–0 Walker (1–1) Corbin (0–3) — Citi Field (7,784) 9–8 18 April 27 Red Sox 1–2 Richards (1–2) Peterson (1–3) Barnes (5) Citi Field (7,917) 9–9 19 April 28 Red Sox 0–1 Pivetta (3–0) deGrom (2–2) Barnes (6) Citi Field (8,051) 9–10 20 April 30 @ Phillies 1–2 Anderson (1–3) Stroman (3–2) Coonrod (1) Citizens Bank Park (10,914) 9–11
May: 17–9 (Home: 9–1; Away: 8–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location (Attendance) Record 21 May 1 @ Phillies 5–4 May (2–1) Neris (1–3) Díaz (3) Citizens Bank Park (10,948) 10–11 22 May 2 @ Phillies 8–7 Barnes (1–0) Kintzler (1–1) Familia (1) Citizens Bank Park (10,964) 11–11 23 May 3 @ Cardinals 5–6 Wainwright (1–3) Lucchesi (0–2) Reyes (8) Busch Stadium (12,686) 11–12 — May 4 @ Cardinals Postponed (Rain, Makeup: May 5) 24 May 5 (1) @ Cardinals 1–4 (7) Helsley (3–0) Stroman (3–3) Reyes (9) Busch Stadium (N/A) 11–13 25 May 5 (2) @ Cardinals 7–2 (7) Yamamoto (1–0) Oviedo (0–1) — Busch Stadium (13,187) 12–13 26 May 6 @ Cardinals 4–1 Walker (2–1) Gant (2–3) Díaz (4) Busch Stadium (12,939) 13–13 27 May 7 Diamondbacks 5–4 (10) Loup (1–0) Crichton (0–1) — Citi Field (7,662) 14–13 28 May 8 Diamondbacks 4–2 Lucchesi (1–2) Kelly (2–3) May (1) Citi Field (7,908) 15–13 29 May 9 Diamondbacks 4–2 deGrom (3–2) Smith (1–2) Díaz (5) Citi Field (7,880) 16–13 30 May 11 Orioles 3–2 Familia (1–0) Valdez (2–1) — Citi Field (7,930) 17–13 31 May 12 Orioles 7–1 Walker (3–1) Harvey (3–3) — Citi Field (8,035) 18–13 32 May 14 @ Rays 2–3 Fairbanks (1–0) Castro (0–1) — Tropicana Field (7,123) 18–14 33 May 15 @ Rays 5–12 McClanahan (1–0) Lucchesi (1–3) — Tropicana Field (7,536) 18–15 34 May 16 @ Rays 1–7 Fleming (3–3) Stroman (3–4) — Tropicana Field (7,355) 18–16 35 May 17 @ Braves 3–1 Reid-Foley (1–0) Fried (1–2) Díaz (6) Truist Park (22,691) 19–16 36 May 18 @ Braves 4–3 Familia (2–0) Smith (0–4) Díaz (7) Truist Park (41,149) 20–16 37 May 19 @ Braves 4–5 Smith (1–4) Barnes (1–1) — Truist Park (22,619) 20–17 38 May 21 @ Marlins 6–5 (12) Smith (1–0) Cimber (0–1) Barnes (1) LoanDepot Park (7,282) 21–17 39 May 22 @ Marlins 1–3 García (3–2) Smith (1–1) — LoanDepot Park (7,513) 21–18 40 May 23 @ Marlins 1–5 Poteet (2–0) Yamamoto (1–1) — LoanDepot Park (7,945) 21–19 41 May 24 Rockies 2–3 Gomber (3–4) Peterson (1–4) Estévez (1) Citi Field (8,438) 21–20 42 May 25 Rockies 3–1 Castro (1–1) Gonzalez (2–3) Díaz (8) Citi Field (9,190) 22–20 — May 26 Rockies Postponed (Rain, Makeup: May 27) 43 May 27 (1) Rockies 1–0 (7) Stroman (4–4) Márquez (3–5) Díaz (9) Citi Field (N/A) 23–20 44 May 27 (2) Rockies 4–2 (7) Loup (2–0) Senzatela (1–5) Barnes (2) Citi Field (9,569) 24–20 — May 28 Braves Postponed (Rain, Makeup: June 21) 45 May 29 Braves 13–2 Walker (4–1) Anderson (4–2) — Citi Field (10,251) 25–20 — May 30 Braves Postponed (Rain, Makeup: July 26) 46 May 31 @ Diamondbacks 6–2 deGrom (4–2) Kelly (2–6) — Chase Field (11,309) 26–20
June: 15–15 (Home: 9–6; Away: 6–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location (Attendance) Record 47 June 1 @ Diamondbacks 5–6 (10) Young (2–4) May (2–2) — Chase Field (9,590) 26–21 48 June 2 @ Diamondbacks 7–6 Castro (2–1) Soria (0–1) Díaz (10) Chase Field (9,810) 27–21 49 June 3 @ Padres 3–4 Darvish (6–1) Walker (4–2) Melancon (18) Petco Park (15,250) 27–22 50 June 4 @ Padres 0–2 Snell (2–2) Lucchesi (1–4) Melancon (19) Petco Park (15,250) 27–23 51 June 5 @ Padres 4–0 deGrom (5–2) Musgrove (4–5) — Petco Park (15,250) 28–23 52 June 6 @ Padres 6–2 Stroman (5–4) Paddack (2–5) — Petco Park (15,250) 29–23 53 June 8 @ Orioles 3–10 Zimmermann (4–3) Peterson (1–5) — Camden Yards (9,431) 29–24 54 June 9 @ Orioles 14–1 Walker (5–2) Harvey (3–7) — Camden Yards (9,584) 30–24 55 June 11 Padres 3–2 deGrom (6–2) Snell (2–3) Díaz (11) Citi Field (26,637) 31–24 56 June 12 Padres 4–1 Stroman (6–4) Musgrove (4–6) Díaz (12) Citi Field (25,463) 32–24 57 June 13 Padres 3–7 Paddack (3–5) Familia (2–1) — Citi Field (19,581) 32–25 58 June 14 Cubs 5–2 Peterson (2–5) Arrieta (5–7) Díaz (13) Citi Field (16,383) 33–25 59 June 15 Cubs 3–2 Walker (6–2) Mills (2–1) Lugo (1) Citi Field (17,804) 34–25 60 June 16 Cubs 6–3 Reid-Foley (2–0) Stock (0–1) Díaz (14) Citi Field (23,545) 35–25 61 June 17 Cubs 0–2 Hendricks (9–4) Stroman (6–5) Kimbrel (19) Citi Field (16,826) 35–26 62 June 18 @ Nationals 0–1 Hand (4–2) Díaz (1–2) — Nationals Park (26,246) 35–27 63 June 19 (1) @ Nationals 5–1 (7) Loup (2–0) Ross (3–7) — Nationals Park (14,434) 36–27 64 June 19 (2) @ Nationals 2–6 (7) Lester (1–2) Gsellman (0–1) Hand (14) Nationals Park (22,111) 36–28 65 June 20 @ Nationals 2–5 Corbin (5–5) Walker (6–3) Hand (15) Nationals Park (30,374) 36–29 66 June 21 (1) Braves 4–2 (7) deGrom (7–2) Muller (0–1) Díaz (15) Citi Field (N/A) 37–29 67 June 21 (2) Braves 0–1 (7) Anderson (5–3) Castro (2–2) Smith (14) Citi Field (18,698) 37–30 68 June 22 Braves 0–3 Morton (7–3) Díaz (0–1) Smith (15) Citi Field (17,063) 37–31 69 June 23 Braves 7–3 Oswalt (1–0) Wright (0–1) Díaz (16) Citi Field (15,645) 38–31 70 June 25 (1) Phillies 2–1 (8) Lugo (1–0) Suárez (3–2) — Citi Field (N/A) 39–31 71 June 25 (2) Phillies 1–2 (8) Bradley (3–1) Reid-Foley (2–1) Neris (11) Citi Field (29,012) 39–32 72 June 26 Phillies 4–3 Díaz (2–2) Neris (1–5) — Citi Field (29,205) 40–32 73 June 27 Phillies 2–4 Wheeler (6–4) Stroman (6–6) Bradley (1) Citi Field (25,488) 40–33 74 June 28 @ Nationals 4–8 Espino (2–2) Eickhoff (0–1) Hand (17) Nationals Park (19,150) 40–34 75 June 29 @ Braves 4–3 Smith (3–1) Minter (1–3) Díaz (17) Truist Park (29,274) 41–34 76 June 30 @ Braves 2–20 Fried (5–4) Peterson (2–6) — Truist Park (28,405) 41–35
July: 14–13 (Home: 9–8; Away: 5–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location (Attendance) Record 77 July 1 @ Braves 3–4 Smith (2–5) Lugo (1–1) — Truist Park (35,777) 41–36 — July 2 @ Yankees Postponed (Rain, Makeup: July 4) 78 July 3 @ Yankees 8–3 Walker (7–3) Montgomery (3–3) — Yankee Stadium (40,047) 42–36 79 July 4 (1) @ Yankees 10–5 (7) Familia (3–1) Chapman (5–3) — Yankee Stadium (42,714) 43–36 80 July 4 (2) @ Yankees 2–4 (7) Green (3–4) Oswalt (1–1) — Yankee Stadium (42,107) 43–37 81 July 5 Brewers 4–2 Lugo (2–1) Woodruff (7–4) Díaz (18) Citi Field (15,145) 44–37 — July 6 Brewers Postponed (Rain, Makeup: July 7) 82 July 7 (1) Brewers 4–3 (8) Díaz (3–2) Suter (8–4) — Citi Field (20,953) 45–37 83 July 7 (2) Brewers 0–5 (7) Cousins (1–0) Stock (0–2) — Citi Field (13,218) 45–38 — July 8 Pirates Postponed (Rain, Makeup: July 10) 84 July 9 Pirates 13–4 Loup (3–0) Brubaker (4–9) — Citi Field (20,350) 46–38 85 July 10 (1) Pirates 2–6 (7) Anderson (5–8) Stroman (6–7) — Citi Field (N/A) 46–39 86 July 10 (2) Pirates 4–2 (7) Familia (4–1) Kranick (1–1) Díaz (19) Citi Field (31,924) 47–39 87 July 11 Pirates 5–6 Bednar (2–1) Díaz (3–3) Rodríguez (12) Citi Field (26,420) 47–40 91st All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado 88 July 16 @ Pirates 1–4 Kuhl (3–5) Stroman (6–8) Rodríguez (13) PNC Park (18,119) 47–41 89 July 17 @ Pirates 7–9 Holmes (3–2) Díaz (3–4) — PNC Park (27,222) 47–42 90 July 18 @ Pirates 7–6 Familia (5–1) Rodríguez (4–2) May (2) PNC Park (17,837) 48–42 91 July 19 @ Reds 15–11 (11) Banda (1–0) García (0–1) May (3) Great American Ball Park (17,080) 49–42 92 July 20 @ Reds 3–4 Miley (8–4) Nogosek (0–1) Garrett (7) Great American Ball Park (19,096) 49–43 93 July 21 @ Reds 7–0 Stroman (7–8) Hoffman (3–5) — Great American Ball Park (19,896) 50–43 94 July 23 Blue Jays 3–0 Megill (1–0) Matz (8–5) Díaz (20) Citi Field (28,126) 51–43 95 July 24 Blue Jays 3–10 Richards (4–0) Walker (7–4) — Citi Field (29,269) 51–44 96 July 25 Blue Jays 5–4 Lugo (3–1) Barnes (1–2) Díaz (21) Citi Field (23,675) 52–44 97 July 26 (1) Braves 0–2 (7) Muller (2–3) Stroman (7–9) Smith (20) Citi Field (N/A) 52–45 98 July 26 (2) Braves 1–0 (7) May (3–2) Jackson (1–2) Díaz (22) Citi Field (24,384) 53–45 99 July 27 Braves 5–12 Morton (10–3) Eickhoff (0–2) — Citi Field (24,000) 53–46 100 July 28 Braves 2–1 May (4–2) Fried (7–7) Díaz (23) Citi Field (25,787) 54–46 101 July 29 Braves 3–6 Chavez (1–2) Walker (7–5) Smith (21) Citi Field (26,080) 54–47 102 July 30 Reds 2–6 Gray (3–6) Castro (2–3) — Citi Field (31,787) 54–48 103 July 31 Reds 5–4 (10) Díaz (4–4) Cessa (3–2) — Citi Field (26,477) 55–48
August: 10–19 (Home: 7–8; Away: 3–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location (Attendance) Record 104 August 1 Reds 1–7 Gutiérrez (6–3) Stroman (7–10) — Citi Field (23,443) 55–49 105 August 2 @ Marlins 3–6 Luzardo (3–4) Megill (1–1) Floro (3) LoanDepot Park (8,771) 55–50 106 August 3 @ Marlins 4–5 Neidert (1–1) Walker (7–6) Floro (4) LoanDepot Park (7,682) 55–51 107 August 4 @ Marlins 5–3 Castro (3–3) Bass (1–7) May (4) LoanDepot Park (9,760) 56–51 108 August 5 @ Marlins 2–4 Detwiler (2–1) Familia (5–2) Bender (2) LoanDepot Park (9,745) 56–52 109 August 6 @ Phillies 2–4 Gibson (8–3) Stroman (7–11) Kennedy (17) Citizens Bank Park (30,106) 56–53 110 August 7 @ Phillies 3–5 Hammer (1–0) Megill (1–2) Kennedy (18) Citizens Bank Park (37,057) 56–54 111 August 8 @ Phillies 0–3 Wheeler (10–6) Walker (7–7) — Citizens Bank Park (39,186) 56–55 112 August 10[a]/11 Nationals 8–7 May (5–2) Thompson (0–1) Díaz (24) Citi Field (N/A) 57–55 — August 11 Nationals Postponed (Rain, Makeup: August 12) 113 August 12 (1) Nationals 4–1 (7) Stroman (8–11) Nolin (0–1) Díaz (25) Citi Field (N/A) 58–55 114 August 12 (2) Nationals 5–4 (7) Familia (6–2) Finnegan (4–4) — Citi Field (25,870) 59–55 115 August 13 Dodgers 5–6 (10) Jansen (2–4) Familia (6–3) — Citi Field (38,395) 59–56 116 August 14 Dodgers 1–2 (10) Bickford (2–1) Díaz (0–2) Knebel (3) Citi Field (38,669) 59–57 117 August 15 Dodgers 4–14 Scherzer (10–4) Carrasco (0–1) — Citi Field (31,205) 59–58 118 August 16 @ Giants 5–7 Gausman (12–5) Castro (3–4) McGee (26) Oracle Park (23,511) 59–59 119 August 17 @ Giants 2–3 Webb (7–3) Stroman (8–12) Leone (1) Oracle Park (23,610) 59–60 120 August 18 @ Giants 6–2 (12) Familia (7–3) Chatwood (1–3) — Oracle Park (25,360) 60–60 121 August 19 @ Dodgers 1–4 Phillips (0–1) Walker (7–8) Treinen (4) Dodger Stadium (42,133) 60–61 122 August 20 @ Dodgers 2–3 Buehler (12–3) Carrasco (0–2) Jansen (26) Dodger Stadium (48,117) 60–62 123 August 21 @ Dodgers 3–4 Scherzer (11–4) Hill (6–5) Jansen (27) Dodger Stadium (44,783) 60–63 124 August 22 @ Dodgers 7–2 Stroman (9–12) Price (4–2) — Dodger Stadium (52,749) 61–63 125 August 24 Giants 0–8 Long (2–1) Megill (1–3) — Citi Field (28,558) 61–64 126 August 25 Giants 2–3 Watson (5–3) Walker (7–9) McGee (29) Citi Field (24,384) 61–65 127 August 26 Giants 2–3 García (5–3) Lugo (3–2) Rogers (12) Citi Field (25,000) 61–66 128 August 27 Nationals 1–2 Espino (4–4) Hill (6–6) Finnegan (6) Citi Field (20,276) 61–67 129 August 28 Nationals 5–3 May (6–2) Harper (0–1) Díaz (26) Citi Field (27,870) 62–67 130 August 29 Nationals 9–4 Megill (2–3) Fedde (6–9) — Citi Field (24,247) 63–67 131 August 31 (1) Marlins 6–5 Familia (8–3) Floro (0–1) — Citi Field (8,199) 64–67 132 August 31 (2) Marlins 3–1 (7) Loup (4–0) Cabrera (0–1) Díaz (27) Citi Field (18,101) 65–67
September/October: 12–18 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location (Attendance) Record – September 1 Marlins Postponed (Rain, Makeup: September 28) 133 September 2 Marlins 4–3 Familia (9–3) Alcántara (8–13) Díaz (28) Citi Field (23,737) 66–67 134 September 3 @ Nationals 6–2 (10) Díaz (5–4) Voth (3–1) — Nationals Park (26,779) 67–67 135 September 4 (1) @ Nationals 11–9 (9) May (7–2) Finnegan (4–6) Hembree (9) Nationals Park (13,916) 68–67 136 September 4 (2) @ Nationals 3–4 (7) Rogers (1–0) Megill (2–4) Finnegan (7) Nationals Park (22,420) 68–68 137 September 5 @ Nationals 13–6 Loup (5–0) Machado (1–2) — Nationals Park (22,162) 69–68 138 September 6 @ Nationals 3–4 Finnegan (5–6) Díaz (5–5) — Nationals Park (17,623) 69–69 139 September 7 @ Marlins 9–4 Carrasco (1–2) Campbell (1–3) — LoanDepot Park (5,848) 70–69 140 September 8 @ Marlins 1–2 (10) Bender (3–2) Díaz (5–6) — LoanDepot Park (6,378) 70–70 141 September 9 @ Marlins 2–3 Bleier (3–2) Familia (9–4) Floro (9) LoanDepot Park (8,075) 70–71 142 September 10 Yankees 10–3 Megill (3–4) Montgomery (5–6) — Citi Field (37,288) 71–71 143 September 11 Yankees 7–8 Holmes (7–3) May (7–3) Chapman (26) Citi Field (43,144) 71–72 144 September 12 Yankees 7–6 Lugo (4–2) Green (7–7) Díaz (29) Citi Field (33,805) 72–72 145 September 13 Cardinals 0–7 Wainwright (16–7) Hill (6–7) — Citi Field (19,057) 72–73 146 September 14 Cardinals 6–7 (11) Reyes (8–8) Reed (0–1) Kim (1) Citi Field (21,825) 72–74 147 September 15 Cardinals 4–11 Lester (6–6) Megill (3–5) — Citi Field (21,001) 72–75 148 September 17 Phillies 3–4 Wheeler (14–9) Walker (7–10) Kennedy (23) Citi Field (26,967) 72–76 149 September 18 Phillies 3–5 Nola (8–8) Carrasco (1–3) Kennedy (24) Citi Field (33,442) 72–77 150 September 19 Phillies 3–2 Loup (6–0) Gibson (10–8) Díaz (30) Citi Field (24,832) 73–77 151 September 21 @ Red Sox 3–6 Brasier (1–1) Stroman (9–13) — Fenway Park (32,146) 73–78 152 September 22 @ Red Sox 5–12 Sale (5–0) Walker (7–11) — Fenway Park (30,254) 73–79 153 September 24 @ Brewers 1–5 Lauer (7–5) Megill (3–6) — American Family Field (27,452) 73–80 154 September 25 @ Brewers 1–2 Burnes (11–4) Hill (6–8) Hader (34) American Family Field (35,388) 73–81 155 September 26 @ Brewers 4–8 Peralta (10–5) Carrasco (1–4) — American Family Field (43,430) 73–82 156 September 28 (1) Marlins 5–2 (7) Stroman (10–13) Thompson (2–7) Díaz (31) Citi Field (N/A) 74–82 157 September 28 (2) Marlins 2–1 (9) Hand (6–7) Bass (3–9) — Citi Field (20,647) 75–82 158 September 29 Marlins 2–3 Okert (3–1) Lugo (4–3) Floro (13) Citi Field (22,610) 75–83 159 September 30 Marlins 12–3 Hill (7–8) Guenther (0–1) — Citi Field (24,312) 76–83 160 October 1 @ Braves 4–3 Megill (4–6) Ynoa (4–6) Díaz (32) Truist Park (32,659) 77–83 161 October 2 @ Braves 5–6 Smyly (11–4) Carrasco (1–5) Webb (1) Truist Park (37,616) 77–84 162 October 3 @ Braves 0–5 Strider (1–0) Syndergaard (0–1) — Truist Park (33,202) 77–85

Roster

2021 New York Mets
Roster
Pitchers 77 Anthony Banda 40 Jacob Barnes 68 Dellin Betances 71 Akeem Bostick 59 Carlos Carrasco 50 Miguel Castro 48 Jacob deGrom 39 Edwin Díaz 64 Yennsy Díaz 43 Jerad Eickhoff 27 Jeurys Familia 44 Robert Gsellman 52 Brad Hand 40 Geoff Hartlieb 53 Heath Hembree 35 Trevor Hildenberger 21 Rich Hill 29 Tommy Hunter 32 Aaron Loup 47 Joey Lucchesi 67 Seth Lugo 65 Trevor May 38 Tylor Megill 85 Stephen Nogosek 55 Corey Oswalt 23 David Peterson 52,72 Jake Reed 61 Sean Reid-Foley 62 Drew Smith 89 Robert Stock  0 Marcus Stroman 34 Noah Syndergaard 63 Thomas Szapucki 46 Stephen Tarpley 52 Nick Tropeano 99 Taijuan Walker 29 Trevor Williams 45 Jordan Yamamoto		Catchers 76 Patrick Mazeika 33 James McCann  3 Tomás Nido 77 Chance Sisco Infielders 20 Pete Alonso 23 Javier Báez 73 Travis Blankenhorn 28 J. D. Davis 13 Luis Guillorme 12 Francisco Lindor  6 Jeff McNeil 18 José Peraza 72 Wilfredo Tovar  1 Jonathan Villar		Outfielders  4 Albert Almora Jr. 30 Michael Conforto 35 Brandon Drury 81 Johneshwy Fargas 86 Jake Hager 26 Khalil Lee 15 Cameron Maybin 60 Billy McKinney  9 Brandon Nimmo 11 Kevin Pillar  2 Dominic Smith 70 Mason Williams		Manager 19 Luis Rojas Coaches 49 Jeremy Accardo (assistant pitching) 25 Ricky Bones (bullpen) 10 Gary DiSarcina (third base/infield) 80 Rafael Fernandez (BP pitcher) 93 Jeremy Hefner (pitching) 54 Kevin Howard (assistant hitting) 58 Dave Jauss (bench) 78 Eric Langill (bullpen catcher) 79 Ricky Meinhold (assistant pitching) 56 Hugh Quattlebaum (hitting) 57 Dave Racaniello (bullpen catcher) 22 Brian Schneider (catching/field coordinator) 51 Tony Tarasco (first base)

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	152	561	81	147	27	3	37	94	3	60	.262	.519
Jonathan Villar	142	454	63	113	18	2	18	42	14	46	.249	.416
Francisco Lindor	125	452	73	104	16	3	20	63	10	58	.230	.412
Dominic Smith	145	446	43	109	20	0	11	58	2	32	.244	.363
Michael Conforto	125	406	52	94	20	0	14	55	1	59	.232	.384
Jeff McNeil	120	386	48	97	19	1	7	35	3	29	.251	.360
James McCann	121	375	29	87	12	1	10	46	1	32	.232	.349
Brandon Nimmo	92	325	51	95	17	3	8	28	5	54	.292	.437
Kevin Pillar	124	325	40	75	11	2	15	47	4	11	.231	.415
J. D. Davis	73	179	18	51	12	0	5	23	1	24	.285	.436
Javier Báez	47	167	32	50	9	0	9	22	5	13	.299	.515
Tomás Nido	58	153	16	34	5	1	3	13	1	5	.222	.327
José Peraza	64	142	21	29	7	0	6	20	1	9	.204	.380
Luis Guillorme	69	132	13	35	3	0	1	5	0	23	.265	.311
Billy McKinney	39	91	15	20	6	1	5	14	1	11	.220	.473
Brandon Drury	51	84	7	23	5	0	4	14	0	3	.274	.476
Patrick Mazeika	37	79	6	15	3	0	1	6	0	4	.190	.266
Albert Almora	47	52	3	6	3	0	0	0	0	2	.115	.173
Mason Williams	17	33	3	7	1	0	1	1	0	4	.212	.333
Cameron Maybin	9	28	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.036	.036
Travis Blankenhorn	23	23	3	4	2	0	1	4	0	1	.174	.391
Johneshwy Fargas	7	21	1	6	3	1	0	3	0	0	.286	.524
Khalil Lee	11	18	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.056	.111
Wilfredo Tovar	6	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.182	.182
Chance Sisco	5	9	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.111	.222
Jake Hager	5	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125
Pitcher Totals	162	250	12	36	7	0	0	8	1	10	.144	.172
Team Totals	162	5210	636	1243	228	18	176	604	54	495	.239	.391

Source:

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
Marcus Stroman	10	13	3.02	33	33	0	179.0	161	70	60	44	158
Taijuan Walker	7	11	4.47	30	29	0	159.0	133	84	79	55	146
Jacob deGrom	7	2	1.08	15	15	0	92.0	40	14	11	11	146
Tylor Megill	4	6	4.52	18	18	0	89.2	88	46	45	27	99
Miguel Castro	3	4	3.45	69	2	0	70.1	48	30	27	43	77
David Peterson	2	6	5.54	15	15	0	66.2	64	44	41	29	69
Rich Hill	1	4	3.84	13	12	0	63.1	62	29	27	19	59
Edwin Díaz	5	6	3.45	63	0	32	62.2	43	27	24	23	89
Trevor May	7	3	3.59	68	0	4	62.2	55	29	25	24	83
Jeurys Familia	9	4	3.94	65	0	1	59.1	57	31	26	27	72
Aaron Loup	6	0	0.95	65	2	0	56.2	37	9	6	16	57
Carlos Carrasco	1	5	6.04	12	12	0	53.2	59	39	36	18	50
Seth Lugo	4	3	3.50	46	0	1	46.1	41	18	18	19	55
Drew Smith	3	1	2.40	31	1	0	41.1	28	13	11	16	41
Joey Lucchesi	1	4	4.46	11	8	0	38.1	34	20	19	11	41
Trevor Williams	0	0	3.06	10	3	0	32.1	37	14	11	9	29
Robert Gsellman	0	1	3.77	17	1	0	28.2	27	14	12	7	17
Yennsy Díaz	0	2	5.40	20	0	0	25.0	25	16	15	12	21
Sean Reid-Foley	2	1	5.23	12	0	0	20.2	22	15	12	9	26
Jerad Eickhoff	0	2	8.69	5	4	0	19.2	30	24	19	10	13
Jacob Barnes	1	1	6.27	19	0	2	18.2	19	13	13	5	18
Heath Hembree	0	0	3.45	15	0	1	15.2	13	6	6	5	15
Brad Hand	1	0	2.70	16	0	0	13.1	12	7	4	5	14
Corey Oswalt	1	1	3.48	3	1	0	10.1	12	4	4	2	10
Tommy Hunter	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	8.0	4	0	0	3	6
Anthony Banda	1	0	7.36	5	0	0	7.1	14	8	6	1	7
Jordan Yamamoto	1	1	4.05	2	1	0	6.2	10	6	3	2	3
Robert Stock	0	1	5.40	2	2	0	5.0	6	3	3	3	6
Jake Reed	0	1	3.86	4	0	0	4.2	5	3	2	0	5
Geoff Hartlieb	0	0	14.54	3	0	0	4.1	7	7	7	6	5
Thomas Szapucki	0	0	14.73	1	0	0	3.2	7	6	6	3	4
Stephen Nogosek	0	1	6.00	1	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	0	5
Trevor Hildenberger	0	0	15.43	2	0	0	2.1	3	4	4	3	4
Noah Syndergaard	0	1	9.00	2	2	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	2
Nick Tropeano	0	0	4.50	1	0	0	2.0	4	1	1	1	0
Dellin Betances	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	1	1	1	1
Luis Guillorme	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	1	0
Albert Almora	0	0	27.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	3	3	1	0
Akeem Bostick	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
Brandon Drury	0	0	27.00	1	0	0	0.2	3	2	2	1	0
Kevin Pillar	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Stephen Tarpley	0	0	inf	1	0	0	0.0	1	2	2	2	0
Team Totals	77	85	3.90	162	162	41	1379.1	1221	668	597	475	1453

Source:

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Mets	Triple-A East	Chad Kreuter
AA	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	Double-A Northeast	Lorenzo Bundy
High-A	Brooklyn Cyclones	High-A East	Ed Blankmeyer
Low-A	St. Lucie Mets	Low-A Southeast	Reid Brignac
Rookie	FCL Mets	Florida Complex League	Chris Newell
Rookie	DSL Mets 1	Dominican Summer League	Manny Martinez
Rookie	DSL Mets 2	Dominican Summer League	Yucary De La Cruz

Notes

1. game suspended in the top of the 2nd inning with the Nationals leading 3–1; game completed on July 18 before the regularly scheduled game^[30][31]