If there’s one team the Philadelphia Phillies need to fear during the offseason, it’s the New York Mets. The Mets are expected to be among the top teams in Major League Baseball next year because their owner, Steve Cohen, is looking to spend heavily in free agency.

On paper, the Phillies are a better team than New York. Unfortunately, that didn’t end with Philadelphia finding more success than the team from Queens during the year, as they lost in the National League Championship Series.

Neither team won a World Series, so, at the end of the day, it isn’t the end all be all.

Nonetheless, when the offseason comes around, the Phillies will have to worry about what the Mets do in free agency. That includes some of their own free agents, as there’s a chance Cohen will look to poach guys from Philadelphia to New York.

Of those players is Jeff Hoffman, arguably the best right-handed reliever in baseball in 2024. Hoffman was lights out for the Phillies, giving them excellent innings in the back end of their bullpen.

He’s set to hit free agency this winter, perhaps their biggest priority.

Manny Gomez of NJ.com doesn’t expect him to return. He recently predicted that Hoffman would sign a two-year, $12.5 million deal with the Mets in free agency.