The 2024 Mets really liked it here. Will that matter for free agency?

J.D. Martinez has played successful nan fields for 14 seasons connected six teams. His shot estimation revolves astir hitting and astir being a affirmative beingness successful clubhouses.

He knows beardown groups, and he knows anemic groups. He had plentifulness of logic to sour connected nan Mets done October, erstwhile he slumped and started conscionable 5 of 13 postseason games. He did not.

“These guys are great. I had a awesome clip here, and it’s been a nosy year,” Martinez, past a pending free supplier and now a full-fledged free agent, said successful nan losing clubhouse successful Los Angeles aft nan deciding Game 6 of nan NLCS. “How could you not want to travel backmost aft nan twelvemonth we had?

“The clubhouse is not afloat of egos. I’ve been successful a batch of clubhouses — this clubhouse is different conscionable because everybody was a family. It’s different.”