The New York Mets are off to an Amazin’ start in 2025

BY: DANIELA PEREZ LEAL / CHIEF A&E EDITOR

(AP Photo, Terrance Williams)

The New York Mets are proof that anything is possible through teamwork. 

The Mets have picked up right where they left off from last season. Fresh off a trip to the National League Championship Series, New York wields the best record in baseball after becoming the first team in the majors to reach 20 wins.

The team boasts an elite core of Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso. Their “big 3” is flanked by key contributors such as Mark Vientos, Jesse Winker, and Luis Torrens. Catcher Francisco Alvarez, who was sidelined to start the season after suffering a fractured hamate bone in his left hand, finally re-entered the lineup on April 25 and crushed a home run in his second game back with the club. 

But it’s more than just their roster that’s driving their success. Alongside the highly talented lineup, the organization also comprises an exceptional coaching staff, a sharp baseball operations team, and a committed ownership group – all united by the collective goal of winning ball games, and that’s exactly what they’re doing. 

The Mets won seven games in a row at home from April 17-23, sweeping the Cardinals and the Phillies. The club started the season with a 12-1 record at Citi Field for the first time in franchise history.

New York ran into some trouble down in Washington D.C., where they were walked off by the Nationals twice in four games. The latter loss was particularly deflating, as the Mets forfeited a six run lead and lost on an overthrow to first base. 

Righty reliever Ryne Stanek, who was on the mound for both heartbreaking defeats, didn’t hit the panic button. Instead, he told reporters that the goal remains the same: keep working hard and try to be better the next time out.

“You just go back to work,” Stanek said Sunday. “I mean, that's the job. You go out there -- I mean, they get paid to play ball, too. So like, you go out there and you execute your game plan and, yeah, a couple balls fall or squeak through or whatever happens like that -- that's out of your control. You go out there and you execute and you move on, go to the next day and execute the next day.”

They did just that. On Monday, the club made a statement by thumping the Nationals 19-5 to split the four-game set. 

Jeff McNeil hit a solo-homer in the fifth inning and Vientos added the cherry on top with a three-run bomb in the ninth. But the MVP of the game was Brandon Nimmo, who went 4-for-6 with two home runs. The left-fielder drove in a whopping nine runs, setting a new career-high and tying the Mets’ franchise record for the most RBIs in a single game. Former first-baseman Carlos Delgado previously set the mark on June 27, 2008, in a Subway Series matchup against the New York Yankees. 

Despite Nimmo getting off to a sluggish start to the season, there wasn’t a doubt in manager Carlos Mendoza’s mind that the slugger would figure it out. “He’ll get through it,” he said, adding “He’s fighting through it now, and he’s a good hitter.”

Mendoza was right and then some, as Nimmo accomplished something that wasn’t just historic for the franchise, but a rare feat across all of Major League Baseball. He became the first player to record nine RBIs in a game since last September, when Shohei Ohtani drove in ten on his way to starting the 50/50 club, and just the 31st in the last 100 years to accomplish the feat.

“We started seeing the Nimmo that we all know,” Mendoza said. “Pretty good player, and it was good to see him go out there and have that type of performance.”

The Mets are firing on all cylinders, and it doesn’t look like they’re letting up any time soon.