The 2026 season for the New York Mets has been nothing short of a disaster, plain and simple. With only one game left on the road against the Washington Nationals, the team sits at a truly gross 74-87 record. Their home slate is completely finished, and what a brutal finish it was, with a 36-45 record at home, the fourth-worst mark in all of MLB. This kind of showing on the field absolutely set the stage for what came next with their attendance numbers.
The Numbers Don’t Lie
USA Today’s Bob Nightengale dropped the hammer on just how bad the Mets’ attendance was this year. Their numbers are way down, and the most jaw-dropping stat has to be their sellouts, which were all but nonexistent. Nightengale reported that the Mets’ attendance was down a massive 14.8% from last season. They averaged only 33,901 fans a game, a drop that sent them tumbling from fifth in the league to 12th. Seriously, a team with a fanbase as strong as the Mets going from fifth to 12th is a huge difference. And get this: their *only* sellout for the entire season was on opening day. Just one. That’s a stark reflection of how badly this year went down.
What Went Wrong on the Field
It’s no shocker that such a poor season led to a significant drop-off in attendance. The 2026 season was a complete mess for the Mets, and you can point to a few things that surely hammered fan enthusiasm. They were absolutely hammered by injuries, with key guys like Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor, and Francisco Alvarez sidelined for much of the year. Then, at the trade deadline, they shipped out players like Freddy Peralta, Luke Weaver, and Clay Holmes, signaling a real capitulation on the season. Honestly, if it wasn’t for the encouraging years from rookies A.J. Ewing, Carson Benge, and Nolan McLean, this would easily be argued as the worst season of any team in 2026. All those issues on the field fed directly into those brutal attendance figures.
With only one more game to play on the road, the Mets will put this disaster of a season behind them. The fan attendance numbers, especially that lone sellout, show just how much hope drained away as the year unfolded.
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Originally reported by The Sporting News.
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