# 2020 New York Mets season

The 2020 New York Mets season was the franchise's 59th season and the team's 12th season at Citi Field. The team hired Carlos Beltrán to be their manager in November 2019, however in the wake of the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal, on January 16, 2020, Beltrán and the Mets agreed to part ways. On January 24, 2020, Luis Rojas was hired as the Mets manager. The season is also the last season to have Fred Wilpon as the team's majority owner before being sold to billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen.
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC restricting large public events. On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season. Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day.
On September 23, the team suffered its 31st loss, sealing their third losing season in four years. On September 26, the Mets were eliminated from playoff contention in a 4–3 loss to the Washington Nationals, continuing a four-year-long playoff drought. The Mets finished the regular season 26–34, giving them a last place finish as a result of a 4–6 record against the Washington Nationals, who also went 26–34. This was the first season since 2003 where the Mets finished last place in the National League East.
The Mets led MLB in batting average (.272) and OPS+ (122), however they also grounded into the most double plays (53, tied with the Milwaukee Brewers) and had the most runners left on base (445).

## Offseason
### Transactions
#### 2019

* December 12 – Rick Porcello signs with the Mets on a one-year, $10 million contract.
* December 13 – Michael Wacha signs with the Mets after reaching a one-year, $3 million contract which includes $8 million in performance bonuses.
* December 24 – Dellin Betances signs with the Mets for a one-year, $10.5 million contract.

## Season standings
### National League East

vteNL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Atlanta Braves | 35 | 25 | .583 | — | 19‍–‍11 | 16‍–‍14 |
| Miami Marlins | 31 | 29 | .517 | 4 | 11‍–‍15 | 20‍–‍14 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 32 | .467 | 7 | 19‍–‍13 | 9‍–‍19 |
| Washington Nationals | 26 | 34 | .433 | 9 | 15‍–‍18 | 11‍–‍16 |
| New York Mets | 26 | 34 | .433 | 9 | 12‍–‍17 | 14‍–‍17 |

### National League division leaders

vteDivision Leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 43 | 17 | .717 |
| Atlanta Braves | 35 | 25 | .583 |
| Chicago Cubs | 34 | 26 | .567 |
vteDivision 2nd Place :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| San Diego Padres | 37 | 23 | .617 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 28 | .517 |
| Miami Marlins | 31 | 29 | .517 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Cincinnati Reds | 31 | 29 | .517 | +2 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 29 | 31 | .483 | — |
| San Francisco Giants | 29 | 31 | .483 | — |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 28 | 32 | .467 | 1 |
| Washington Nationals | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
| New York Mets | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
| Colorado Rockies | 26 | 34 | .433 | 3 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 25 | 35 | .417 | 4 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 19 | 41 | .317 | 10 |

### Record vs. opponents

2020 National League recordvte
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2020 :
| Team | ATL | MIA | NYM | PHI | WSH | AL |
| Atlanta | — | 6–4 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 11–9 |
| Miami | 4–6 | — | 4–6 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 10–10 |
| New York | 3–7 | 6–4 | — | 4–6 | 4–6 | 9–11 |
| Philadelphia | 5–5 | 3–7 | 6–4 | — | 7–3 | 7–13 |
| Washington | 4–6 | 4–6 | 6–4 | 3–7 | — | 9–11 |

## Game log
### Regular season

On April 28–30, the Mets were supposed to play against the Miami Marlins in the Puerto Rico Series in San Juan. But due to the pandemic, MLB canceled the Series.
2020 game log: 26–34 (Home: 13–17; Away: 13–17) :
July: 3–5 (Home: 1–4; Away: 2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumRecord
1July 24Braves1–0Lugo (1–0)Martin (0–1)Díaz (1)Citi Field1–0
2July 25Braves3–5 (10)Jackson (1–0)Strickland (0–1)—Citi Field1–1
3July 26Braves1–14Chacín (1–0)Porcello (0–1)—Citi Field1–2
4July 27@ Red Sox7–4Wacha (1–0)Osich (0–1)Lugo (1)Fenway Park2–2
5July 28@ Red Sox8–3Peterson (1–0)Hall (0–1)—Fenway Park3–2
6July 29Red Sox5–6Hembree (1–0)Wilson (0–1)Workman (1)Citi Field3–3
7July 30Red Sox2–4Pérez (1–1)Matz (0–1)Workman (2)Citi Field3–4
8July 31@ Braves10–11Dayton (1–0)Lugo (1–1)Martin (1)Truist Park3–5 :
August: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumRecord
9August 1@ Braves1–7Tomlin (1–0)Wacha (1–1)—Truist Park3–6
10August 2@ Braves0–4Matzek (1–0)Peterson (1–1)—Truist Park3–7
11August 3@ Braves7–2deGrom (1–0)Soroka (0–1)—Truist Park4–7
12August 4@ Nationals3–5Corbin (1–0)Matz (0–2)Hudson (2)Nationals Park4–8
13August 5@ Nationals3–1Porcello (1–1)Fedde (0–1)Lugo (2)Nationals Park5–8
14August 7Marlins3–4Tarpley (2–0)Wacha (1–2)Vincent (1)Citi Field5–9
15August 8Marlins8–4Peterson (2–1)Castano (0–1)—Citi Field6–9
16August 9Marlins4–2deGrom (2–0)López (1–1)Lugo (3)Citi Field7–9
17August 10Nationals4–16Corbin (2–0)Matz (0–3)—Citi Field7–10
18August 11Nationals1–2Scherzer (1–1)Porcello (1–2)Hudson (3)Citi Field7–11
19August 12Nationals11–6Familia (1–0)Sánchez (0–3)—Citi Field8–11
20August 13Nationals8–2Peterson (3–1)Voth (0–2)—Citi Field9–11
21August 14@ Phillies5–6Neris (1–0)Lugo (1–2)—Citizens Bank Park9–12
22August 15@ Phillies2–6Nola (2–1)Matz (0–4)—Citizens Bank Park9–13
23August 16@ Phillies2–6Wheeler (3–0)Porcello (1–3)—Citizens Bank Park9–14
24August 17@ Marlins11–4Shreve (1–0)Yamamoto (0–1)Kilome (1)Marlins Park10–14
25August 18@ Marlins8–3Wilson (1–1)Mejía (0–1)—Marlins Park11–14
26August 19@ Marlins5–3Díaz (1–0)Kintzler (1–2)—Marlins Park12–14
—August 20@ MarlinsPostponed (COVID-19); Makeup: Aug 25
—August 21YankeesPostponed (COVID-19); Makeup: Aug 28
—August 22YankeesPostponed (COVID-19); Makeup: Aug 30
—August 23YankeesPostponed (COVID-19); Makeup: Sep 3
27August 25Marlins0–4 (7)Bleier (1–0)Porcello (1–4)—Citi Field12–15
28August 25@ Marlins0–3 (7)Smith (1–0)Hughes (0–1)Vincent (2)Citi Field12–16
29August 26Marlins5–4Brach (1–0)Vincent (1–2)—Citi Field13–16
—August 27MarlinsPostponed (strikes due to shooting of Jacob Blake); Makeup: August 31
30August 28@ Yankees6–4Lockett (1–0)Green (2–2)Díaz (2)Yankee Stadium14–16
31August 28Yankees4–3Hughes (1–1)Chapman (0–1)—Yankee Stadium15–16
32August 29@ Yankees1–2Chapman (1–1)Betances (0–1)—Yankee Stadium15–17
33August 30@ Yankees7–8 (8)Green (3–2)Díaz (1–1)—Yankee Stadium15–18
34August 30Yankees2–5 (8)Holder (1–0)Smith (0–1)Cessa (1)Yankee Stadium15–19
35August 31Marlins3–5Rogers (1–0)deGrom (2–1)Kintzler (7)Citi Field15–20 :
September: 11–14 (Home: 6–7; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumRecord
36September 1@ Orioles5–9Eshelman (3–0)Kilome (0–1)—Camden Yards15–21
37September 2@ Orioles9–4Peterson (4–1)Means (0–3)—Camden Yards16–21
38September 3Yankees9–7 (10)Díaz (2–1)Abreu (0–1)—Citi Field17–21
39September 4Phillies3–5Arrieta (3–4)Hughes (1–2)Workman (9)Citi Field17–22
40September 5Phillies5–1Lugo (2–2)Howard (1–2)—Citi Field18–22
41September 6Phillies14–1deGrom (3–1)Nola (4–3)—Citi Field19–22
42September 7Phillies8–9 (10)Workman (1–1)Castro (1–1)Neris (3)Citi Field19–23
43September 8Orioles2–11Means (1–3)Wacha (1–3)—Citi Field19–24
44September 9Orioles7–6Familia (2–0)Harvey (0–1)Díaz (3)Citi Field20–24
45September 11@ Blue Jays18–1deGrom (4–1)Anderson (0–1)Ramírez (1)Sahlen Field21–24
46September 12@ Blue Jays2–3Ray (2–4)Lugo (2–3)Dolis (4)Sahlen Field21–25
47September 13@ Blue Jays3–7Ryu (4–1)Peterson (4–2)—Sahlen Field21–26
48September 15@ Phillies1–4Arrieta (4–4)Porcello (1–5)Neris (4)Citizens Bank Park21–27
49September 16@ Phillies5–4Castro (2–1)Neris (2–2)Díaz (4)Citizens Bank Park22–27
50September 17@ Phillies10–6Wilson (2–1)Workman (1–3)—Citizens Bank Park23–27
51September 18Braves2–15Fried (7–0)Matz (0–5)—Citi Field23–28
52September 19Braves7–2Peterson (5–2)Anderson (3–1)—Citi Field24–28
53September 20Braves0–7Wright (2–4)Porcello (1–6)—Citi Field24–29
54September 21Rays1–2Fleming (4–0)deGrom (4–2)Anderson (6)Citi Field24–30
55September 22Rays5–2Lugo (3–3)Snell (4–2)Díaz (5)Citi Field25–30
56September 23Rays5–8Glasnow (5–1)Wacha (1–4)—Citi Field25–31
57September 24@ Nationals3–2Peterson (6–2)Corbin (2–7)Díaz (6)Nationals Park26–31
–September 25@ NationalsPostponed (rain); Makeup: September 26 as part of a doubleheader
58September 26@ Nationals3–4 (7)Scherzer (5–4)Castro (2–2)Harris (1)Nationals Park26–32
59September 26@ Nationals3–5 (7)Sánchez (4–5)Porcello (1–7)Hudson (10)Nationals Park26–33
60September 27@ Nationals5–15Voth (2–5)Lugo (3–4)—Nationals Park26–34 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Mets team member :

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Pete Alonso | 57 | 208 | 31 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 35 | 1 | 24 | .231 | .490 |
| Michael Conforto | 54 | 202 | 40 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 3 | 24 | .322 | .515 |
| J. D. Davis | 56 | 190 | 26 | 47 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 31 | .247 | .389 |
| Brandon Nimmo | 55 | 186 | 33 | 52 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 1 | 33 | .280 | .484 |
| Jeff McNeil | 52 | 183 | 19 | 57 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 20 | .311 | .454 |
| Dominic Smith | 50 | 177 | 27 | 56 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 42 | 0 | 14 | .316 | .616 |
| Robinson Canó | 49 | 171 | 23 | 54 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 9 | .316 | .544 |
| Amed Rosario | 46 | 143 | 20 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 4 | .252 | .371 |
| Wilson Ramos | 45 | 142 | 13 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 10 | .239 | .387 |
| Andrés Giménez | 49 | 118 | 22 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 7 | .263 | .398 |
| Luis Guillorme | 29 | 57 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 10 | .333 | .439 |
| Todd Frazier | 14 | 49 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .224 | .388 |
| Jake Marisnick | 16 | 33 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .606 |
| Robinson Chirinos | 12 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .219 | .375 |
| Yoenis Céspedes | 8 | 31 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .161 | .387 |
| Tomás Nido | 7 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | .292 | .583 |
| Billy Hamilton | 17 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .045 | .045 |
| Guillermo Heredia | 7 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .235 | .588 |
| Brian Dozier | 7 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .133 | .133 |
| Ali Sánchez | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .111 | .111 |
| Ryan Cordell | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .125 |
| René Rivera | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 |
| Eduardo Núñez | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .500 |
| Juan Lagares | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .--- | .--- |
| Team Totals | 60 | 2023 | 286 | 551 | 106 | 7 | 86 | 278 | 20 | 197 | .272 | .459 |
Source:

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Jacob deGrom | 4 | 2 | 2.38 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 68.0 | 47 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 104 |
| Rick Porcello | 1 | 7 | 5.64 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 59.0 | 74 | 41 | 37 | 15 | 54 |
| David Peterson | 6 | 2 | 3.44 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 49.2 | 36 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 40 |
| Seth Lugo | 3 | 4 | 5.15 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 36.2 | 40 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 47 |
| Michael Wacha | 1 | 4 | 6.62 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 34.0 | 46 | 26 | 25 | 7 | 37 |
| Steven Matz | 0 | 5 | 9.68 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 30.2 | 42 | 33 | 33 | 10 | 36 |
| Jeurys Familia | 2 | 0 | 3.71 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 26.2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 23 |
| Edwin Díaz | 2 | 1 | 1.75 | 26 | 0 | 6 | 25.2 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 50 |
| Chasen Shreve | 1 | 0 | 3.96 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 34 |
| Jared Hughes | 1 | 2 | 4.84 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 22.1 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 21 |
| Justin Wilson | 2 | 1 | 3.66 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 0 | 0 | 0.63 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14.1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Robert Gsellman | 0 | 0 | 9.64 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 14.0 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 9 |
| Corey Oswalt | 0 | 0 | 4.85 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13.0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 11 |
| Brad Brach | 1 | 0 | 5.84 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 14 |
| Dellin Betances | 0 | 1 | 7.71 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 |
| Franklyn Kilome | 0 | 1 | 11.12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11.1 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 13 |
| Miguel Castro | 1 | 2 | 4.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| Walker Lockett | 1 | 0 | 5.63 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Drew Smith | 0 | 1 | 6.43 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Paul Sewald | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| Ariel Jurado | 0 | 0 | 11.25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Hunter Strickland | 0 | 1 | 8.10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Luis Guillorme | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Todd Frazier | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 34 | 4.98 | 60 | 60 | 11 | 513.1 | 511 | 308 | 284 | 219 | 574 |
Source:

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse Mets | International League | Chad Kreuter |
| AA | Binghamton Rumble Ponies | Eastern League | Lorenzo Bundy |
| A-Advanced | St. Lucie Mets | Florida State League | Rich Donnelly |
| A | Columbia Fireflies | South Atlantic League | Reid Brignac |
| A-Short Season | Brooklyn Cyclones | New York–Penn League | Ed Blankmeyer |
| Rookie | Kingsport Mets | Appalachian League | Chris Newell |
| Rookie | GCL Mets | Gulf Coast League | David Davalillo |
| Rookie | DSL Mets 1 | Dominican Summer League | Manny Martinez |
| Rookie | DSL Mets 2 | Dominican Summer League | Yucary De La Cruz |