New York Mets fans are clinging to hope amid what has been another rollercoaster of a season, but there is one particular statistic that might make them feel better about their team’s chances as October quickly approaches.
The Mets entered Monday with a record of 81-76, which gave them solo control of the third and final Wild Card spot in the National League. They are looking to hold off both the Cincinnati Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks, who are just one game back of the Mets.
The Mets exceeded expectations early in the year and looked like the best team in baseball for a while. They even had the best record in the league more than two months into the season. New York then lost seven straight games from June 13 through June 20. The Mets have since had two other losing streaks of seven-plus games.
If the Mets manage to make the playoffs, they will become only the second team in MLB history to do so in a season in which they had three different losing streaks of seven or more games. The only other team to do that was the 2006 St. Louis Cardinals, who won the World Series.
The Mets lost 7 straight in June. They lost 7 straight again in August. They lost 8 straight in September.
— OptaSTATS (@OptaSTATS) September 24, 2025
The only team in MLB history to have 3 separate 7+ game losing streaks & yet still make the playoffs was the 2006 Cardinals, who went on to win the World Series that year. pic.twitter.com/jYMmWELgqU
Optimism is not a familiar emotion for most Mets fans. The team has not won a World Series since 1986, and they seem to find creative new ways to choke every year.
At the very least, the 2025 Mets have some form of history on their side.
