The Mets have been eliminated from playoff contention.

After a season that started with so much promise, with New York leading the NL East for roughly three months, the Mets began to collapse soon after the All-Star break and fell out of first place while getting swept by the Phillies in Philadelphia from Aug. 6-7.

It was the Phillies' 3-0 win over the Pirates on Saturday afternoon that officially eliminated them.

New York endured a brutal 2-11 stretch against the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants later in August as their deficit in the division widened, and were playing meaningless games by the second half of September.

The Mets have made the playoffs just three times in the last 21 seasons.

What did the 2021 Mets in was a combination of things, but their failure to put together any kind of consistency on offense was a main culprit. They also sorely missed ace Jacob deGrom in the second half as the rest of the rotation minus Marcus Stroman sagged.

With their playoff fate now sealed, the Mets will play out the string, with the season set to come to a close on Oct. 3 against the Braves in Atlanta.

In the coming weeks, the Mets will need to make a decision on the future of manager Luis Rojas, whose contract expires in October.

Their search for a new president of baseball operations is also expected to ramp up, with Billy Beane among the candidates.

In the coming weeks, the Mets have to make decisions on whether or not to make Qualifying Offers to Noah Syndergaard and/or Michael Conforto, and how hard they'll attempt to retain other pending free agents including Stroman, Javier Baez, and Aaron Loup.

The last time the Mets made the playoffs was 2016, when they lost to the San Francisco Giants in the Wild Card game at Citi Field.

In 2015, they went on a magical run to the World Series after winning the NL East, but lost to the Kansas City Royals in the Fall Classic in five games.

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