Effectively wild Cabrera, big 4th inning sink Mets and seal going-away win for Miami

[Louis Addeo-Weiss]

MIAMI—If the 2025 Miami Marlins were not playing for October themselves, the best they could do on the season's final day was make sure the Mets suffered the same fate.

For the Mets, who committed over $1 billion in new player contracts during the previous offseason, a victory on Sunday was absolutely vital to their playoff hopes. After enduring last-day keel-overs against the Fish in both 2007 and 2008, would this be the third installment of that arc?

Behind five erratically effective innings from Edward Cabrera and a four-run bottom of the fourth, history indeed repeatedly itself. In front of a sell-out loanDepot park, Miami closed out their thirty-third season of play by defeating New York 4-0.

With the win, Miami concludes the season 79-83, a 17-win improvement year over year. The Marlins also won the season series 7-6 over the Mets, marking the first time since 2017 that they've done so. 

After being a season-best 21 games over .500 through play on June 12, the Mets began a free fall that would see them go 39-54 over their final 93 games of play. The team sported a 4.93 ERA over that stretch, which would see their five-and-a-half game lead in the NL East dwindle to the point of having to win and hope for the opposite to happen for their NL Wild Card hopeful foes in Cincinnati. Although the Reds did their part by stumbling to a 4-2 loss, the Mets failed to capitalize. 

When Tyler Phillips—acquired for pocket change on the eve of the season—induced the ground ball double play off the bat of Francisco Lindor, there stood $765 million man Juan Soto in the on-deck circle.

 

Continuing a breakout season with his 26th start, Cabrera walked five in his five shutout innings, lowering his season ERA to 3.53 over a career-high 137 ⅔ innings. 

"I'm very thankful for this season, the best of my career," noted Cabrera.

When asked about what changed for him in 2025, Cabrera remarked on the consistency he showed, something that eluded him in years past. "I was battling a lot of injuries in the past. This season, I was able to stay healthy and do my best out there."

That consistency manifested in better on-field results as well, as Cabrera allowed three or fewer runs in 20 of his 26 starts.

As they did in Friday's win, Miami needed just one inning to do the requisite damage at the plate, putting up four runs in the bottom of the fourth thanks to run-scoring extra-base hits from Eric Wagaman, Brian Navarreto, and Javier Sanoja.

The Mets' best opportunity came in the top of the fifth. After a walk to Juan Soto to load the bases, Pete Alonso, who confirmed his intent to opt out following Sunday's game, lined out to Sanoja to extinguish the threat.

On the day, New York went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position.

 

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The end of Miami's 2025, while overachieving against the expectations most had set for them, still leaves many pontificating on the what-ifs:

• What if Sandy Alcantara delivered a full season of the performance he showed in the second half?
• What if Kyle Stowers didn't get hurt and miss extended time?
• What if the team added at the trade deadline? 

The list goes on.

As we turn the page towards 2026, here's a note from first-year manager Clayton McCullough:

"To have seen so many take advantage of opportunities and watch this group as the season continues to progress, they really enjoy playing with each other. There's a desire to win and a belief in themselves...And I think we have a lot of confidence heading into an important offseason for the guys in there and our staff as we continue to look to get better."

 

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[One Regend]

LOLMETS IS ETERNAL

[MarlinzDude86]

Proud of the Marlins this season. Looking forward to next season for once.

[1993 fan from start]

Marlins been a Thorne to New York in 2025.  

What Sink Mets was Soto and Alonso last at bat. cause game was in ritch .  IT felt like that all they depend on for offense.  

Talk about What if : what if weather did not get injure ?

                                  What if griffen conine did not get injure when did ?

                                  What if Marlins never traded nick fortes ?

Mets announcers comment on marlins taking a team photo after the game. This like their World series.    He put it best why Mets should not be in playoff lol.  OR   did not watch when it happen to Yankees also.

HOW many people had Marlins finshing 3RD in In NL EAST Start of season? 

Who would of Guess Marlins would have Better Record then the Rays?  

FAVORITE Moment Marlins sweep yankees . After Yankees where on a high. after winning 3 straight from Rays. Remember seeing celbrate after game. I was now you have to face the Marlins Yankees ..  , and Griffen Conine catch.

 

[THOMAS JOSEPH]

Don La Greca's rant to Mets fans and the team's tepid response to their lost season was hilarious. It had a big focus on criticisms of the Marlins. Still, he couldn't help himself from the usual condescending anti-Marlins blather. That included a spiel that the Marlins are (paraphrasing) hopeless, and the players know that they are hopeless, hence the Mets series was the Marlin "Super Bowl." Accordingly, I savor the knockout series he laments AND will relish another Yankee playoff failure here shortly. 

[One Regend]

12 hours ago, THOMAS JOSEPH said:

Don La Greca's rant to Mets fans and the team's tepid response to their lost season was hilarious. It had a big focus on criticisms of the Marlins. Still, he couldn't help himself from the usual condescending anti-Marlins blather. That included a spiel that the Marlins are (paraphrasing) hopeless, and the players know that they are hopeless, hence the Mets series was the Marlin "Super Bowl." Accordingly, I savor the knockout series he laments AND will relish another Yankee playoff failure here shortly. 

Has he even watched baseball games outside of his own Mets games? The Marlins were literally in the playoff chase until the last 5 or so days of the season. There's a world where the Marlins could've been in the playoffs and his Mets weren't. After the Marlins absolutely nuked the roster in last year's deadline and during the offseason, and after having a tepid Trade Deadline this year, the fact that the Marlins were this close to making the playoffs is impressive all on its own, and for him to say the Marlins are "hopeless" is incredibly short-sighted.

If anything, the fact the Mets spent OVER A BILLION DOLLARS in the offseason, crowned themselves as The Offseason Champions™️, and STILL DIDN'T MAKE THE PLAYOFFS is failure all on its own.

You tell me which team is "hopeless."

[THOMAS JOSEPH]

On 9/30/2025 at 8:56 PM, One Regend said:

Has he even watched baseball games outside of his own Mets games? The Marlins were literally in the playoff chase until the last 5 or so days of the season. There's a world where the Marlins could've been in the playoffs and his Mets weren't. After the Marlins absolutely nuked the roster in last year's deadline and during the offseason, and after having a tepid Trade Deadline this year, the fact that the Marlins were this close to making the playoffs is impressive all on its own, and for him to say the Marlins are "hopeless" is incredibly short-sighted.

If anything, the fact the Mets spent OVER A BILLION DOLLARS in the offseason, crowned themselves as The Offseason Champions™️, and STILL DIDN'T MAKE THE PLAYOFFS is failure all on its own.

You tell me which team is "hopeless."

Amen and right on. You and I know that many New York sports fans are quite dismissive of other cities and their sports teams, almost to the point of pure disrespect. It's not a becoming trait. Personally, I am pulling for the Brewers to win their first WS title, with Toronto as the fallback. As long as the Dodgers, Phillies, or Yankees don't win, I can live with any of the other teams.

[One Regend]

6 hours ago, THOMAS JOSEPH said:

Amen and right on. You and I know that many New York sports fans are quite dismissive of other cities and their sports teams, almost to the point of pure disrespect. It's not a becoming trait. Personally, I am pulling for the Brewers to win their first WS title, with Toronto as the fallback. As long as the Dodgers, Phillies, or Yankees don't win, I can live with any of the other teams.

I want the Seattle Mariners to win the World Series, with the Brewers as my second favorite to don the trophy. I think this is the Mariners best chance to finally break through, and honestly, Mariners fans have suffered long enough.

Although, I think the Marlins finishing with a better record than the Braves is the real World Series for me. I have lived through countless years being dominated by the Braves, so it feels nice to finally be on top of them for once.

[THOMAS JOSEPH]

17 hours ago, One Regend said:

I want the Seattle Mariners to win the World Series, with the Brewers as my second favorite to don the trophy. I think this is the Mariners best chance to finally break through, and honestly, Mariners fans have suffered long enough.

Although, I think the Marlins finishing with a better record than the Braves is the real World Series for me. I have lived through countless years being dominated by the Braves, so it feels nice to finally be on top of them for once.

I hear you. I could definitely live with the Mariners taking the title. You know, a Mariners - Brewers World Series would have the additional benefit of riling the hell out of MLB and the networks. Count me in! Cheers.