MIAMI — On the final day of another disappointing season, General Manager Sandy Alderson again emphasized that signing David Wright and R. A. Dickey to contract extensions was the organization’s top priority for the winter.

And his pitch to them, one he previewed with reporters Wednesday, will be of interest to any fan anxious about the current state of the team.

“My message would be, look, I think we’re very definitely headed in the right direction,” Alderson said before the Mets beat the Marlins, 4-2. “But at the same time, we will not in the near future have unlimited funds. So recognize what our immediate situation is, what we expect will be our mid- and long-term situation, and evaluate us on that basis.”

Evaluating the Mets on that basis, the goal of next season will apparently be to improve with the same or comparable pieces, while keeping one eye trained on a potentially brighter future, one with more financial freedom.