LAS VEGAS — The theme of the Mets offseason is run prevention, which is really just a fancy word for defense. For a team with some great individual defenders, the Mets played some mind-boggling bad defense at times in 2025.

Yes, there were great plays made and games that were saved by outstanding defensive efforts, but the little things the Mets failed to do resulted in the Mets giving up an average of 4.41 runs per game. As a team, the Mets had a total fielding run value of -6, and finished the season with -13 outs above average. In 2024, the Mets had 6 outs above average over the course of the regular season.

The bottom line: Every player on the roster has to improve their abilities to field their positions cleanly. This is the message from president of baseball operations David Stea

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