The 2024 Mets played 162 games and finished with a 89–73 record. An ‘OMG’ summer and Francisco Lindor’s grand slam sent the Mets on a surprise run to the NLCS.
They made October, which tells you more than the regular-season record does.
How 2024 actually went.
01The Mets started 0–5, fell 11 games under .500 in late May, and looked ready for another sell-off. Then the season became wonderfully strange. A Grimace first pitch lined up with a winning streak, José Iglesias turned OMG into the clubhouse song, and the team found a loose personality that worked because the baseball underneath it improved.
02Lindor moved to the leadoff spot and became the center of the comeback. Mark Vientos claimed third base and added real power, Sean Manaea changed his delivery, and the roster received help from unexpected places. Lindor’s ninth-inning homer in Atlanta clinched a playoff spot during a doubleheader forced into the day after the regular season.
03Pete Alonso’s ninth-inning homer saved the Wild Card round in Milwaukee. Lindor’s grand slam finished Philadelphia at Citi Field, giving the ballpark its first home playoff-series clincher. Los Angeles stopped the Mets in the NLCS, but the joy survived the loss. A season that repeatedly looked dead became one of the most loved rides in team history.
OMG, Grimace, playoff pumpkins, and huge home runs—none of it should have worked, which made it perfectly Mets.
The part you rememberWhy 2024 still matters.
The 2024 season looked lost more than once. The Mets opened 0–5, fell 11 games below .500 in late May, and seemed headed for another summer of trade rumors. Then the clubhouse found its voice. Grimace threw a first pitch, José Iglesias gave the team ‘OMG,’ and what could have felt like a collection of gimmicks became the soundtrack to a real turnaround.
Francisco Lindor was the center of it all. He moved into the leadoff spot, played brilliant shortstop, and kept delivering the hit the season needed. His ninth-inning homer in Atlanta clinched a playoff berth on the final day of the regular season. Pete Alonso followed with the biggest swing of his Mets career in Milwaukee, and Lindor’s grand slam against Philadelphia sent Citi Field into a different universe.
The Dodgers ended the run in the NLCS, but the season had already changed how the team felt. Mark Vientos arrived as a middle-of-the-order force, the bullpen survived by any means available, and the Mets went from lifeless to lovable without warning. It was strange, joyful, stressful, and unmistakably Mets.
The memes were fun, but the baseball made them matter—and by October, nobody wanted the ride to stop.
The moment everybody remembersAn ‘OMG’ summer and Francisco Lindor’s grand slam sent the Mets on a surprise run to the NLCS.
Where it turnedFrancisco Lindor’s ninth-inning home run in Atlanta clinched a playoff spot, and his grand slam eliminated Philadelphia in the NLDS.
How it endedThe Mets beat Milwaukee and Philadelphia before their surprise October run ended against Los Angeles in the NLCS.
Where it fitsSteve Cohen and Lindor
Cohen brought the spending, Lindor became the face, Díaz brought the trumpet, and the expectations got much louder. The next championship is still the part nobody has solved.
Better or worse?The Mets won 14 more games than they did in 2023.
Then came...In 2025, the Mets finished 83–79. Pete Alonso became the franchise’s career home-run leader during a season that ended just short of October. Go to 2025 →
