On behalf of all Mets fans, I want to tell you how truly sorry I am. Truly. I feel your pain.

This season has to be hard for you.

All those injuries. Aaron Judge missed 43 games. Giancarlo Stanton was missing when he was on the field. Brian Cashman was missing at the trading deadline. And Hal Steinbrenner reminding you how much you miss The Boss. Gut-wrenching stuff.

On top of it all, October is just around the corner and you’re done playing baseball.

Yankees not playing in October? You own October.

Mr. October wore pinstripes. Even Mr. November.

This is the time of year when Yankee fans usually get psyched about the postseason. Only now you’re doing postmortems. It’s not fair.

This marks only the second time since 1994 that the Yankees failed to make the postseason, ending their streak of six straight playoff appearances (tied for fourth-longest in MLB history). 

Instead of aiming for another World Series title, the team’s only goal was to avoid their first sub-.500 season since 1992.

Honestly, nobody knows how much you Yankee fans are hurting then my people. I’m not talking about Jews. I mean Mets fans. We know hurt.

My $340 million Mets, the team with the largest payroll in baseball history, also became just the fourth team in baseball history to post a losing record a full season after winning 100 games. 

We peaked just after Easter, were below .500 before early June and yelled, “Wait till next year” on July Fourth.

Before the dog days of August had arrived, both Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander and their combined $86 million were both gone, as the Mets guaranteed their fans a fifth losing season in seven years. 

I’m giddy at the prospect of finishing in fourth place, thanks to the even lowly Washington Nationals. 

How do Mets fans survive every year knowing the Yanks are playing in October? We don’t watch. We divert our attention away from baseball. Unfortunately, some of us watch the Jets.

So I’ve decided to reach out to my brother Jason and all my Yankee friends, in hopes they’ll allow a Mets fan to help guide them through a baseball-less October with some tips on how to appreciate the splendor of autumn:

Enjoy some hot apple cider. Beer will just remind you of that empty ballpark and how your Yankees haven’t even played in a World Series (or won one) since 2009 - never mind.

Time for quiet evenings at home on the couch with a page turner. Why not make things more comfy by decorating your living room with warm, textured cushions in your favorite fall palette? But remove the TV. It’ll just remind you how your Yankees - never mind.

Plant spring bulbs. Think back to early April, and how much you appreciated those first sights of flowers blooming, when anything seemed possible, before your Yankees - never mind.

Prepare a harvest feast. Thanksgiving comes but once a year, and now you have a good month to plan a menu. It’ll be fun. Plus you can be thankful that you won’t have to watch another inning of your Yankees - never mind.

Prep the fireplace. Stock up on firewood, kindling and long matches. But first get the chimney cleaned professionally. Otherwise, the smoke will come out and cause you to choke like - never mind.

Yankee fans, do you see all that you’ve been missing?

You can do a corn maze, a hay maze, rake leaves, hike, bike, go to a chili fest or a fall fest. Of course, there’s Halloween. Nothing feels better than picking out a perfect pumpkin to carve.

Just give the sharp knife to someone else.

Barry Lewis is a longtime journalist and author who lives with his wife Bonnie in the Town of Neversink. He can be reached at      barrylewisscdemocrat@gmail.com.