Some seasons expose a team’s flaws so clearly that the front office has no choice but to respond with something bigger than a patch. For the New York Mets, 2025 was exactly that kind of year, particularly when it came to the bullpen. Relief pitching became a nightly concern, the sort that forces a contender to rethink its entire structure. Now the Mets seem determined not to repeat the same mistakes, and the early buzz around their offseason plans hints at something unusually aggressive.

The Mets didn’t sit still at the trade deadline. They tried to reinforce a shaky relief corps by bringing in Gregory Soto, Ryan Helsley, and Tyler Rogers. Those names looked impressive on paper, but not everything clicked. A couple of those moves fizzled outright, and with all those midseason additions he

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