I haven't seen a Mets thread for this year so my apologies if I've missed it.
The Mets seems to be just taking care of business this off season without too much controversy.
Here's what I am liking about this season and what I'm pretty worried about:
Likes
- The dark knight is rounding into form
- DeGrom is back
- Thor seem poised to take it to another level
- Lugo and Gsellman in year 2
- Cespedes poised for an MVP like year
- Cabrera and Walker are back
- Duda seems to be back
- Wright is already out... I know this one is a bit controversial but I think Wright is toast and the Mets needed to move on so I think they are better off that this happened now as opposed to May/June
- Familia... but can we trust him?
Dislikes
- Matz hurt again
- Wheeler seems to be a shell of the player we thought he was going to be
- Injuries Injuries Injuries - Lagares, Matz, Duda, Wright
- Old age: Cabrera, Duda, Grandyman
- Jay Bruce vs Conforto... I think the lack of a committed spot is going to hurt Conforto's development. Best case Bruce starts out hot and Mets flip him for relief pitching
- Familia's suspension... seems like MLB is going to try and maximize the negative impact of the suspension on the Mets by waiting till the last second to announce it
- Reed is not a closer
- Bullpen overall... I don't trust any of these guys.
- All or nothing baseball... I'm still not sure if the Mets can generate enough runs to keep their arms healthy with their homerun or nothing style of play
- terry collins... amazing player manager terrible game manager. He needs to start getting the Mets to play more aggressive ball.
My prediction is Mets win at least 90 but I think the Nets win 98.
The Mets seems to be just taking care of business this off season without too much controversy.
Here's what I am liking about this season and what I'm pretty worried about:
Likes
- The dark knight is rounding into form
- DeGrom is back
- Thor seem poised to take it to another level
- Lugo and Gsellman in year 2
- Cespedes poised for an MVP like year
- Cabrera and Walker are back
- Duda seems to be back
- Wright is already out... I know this one is a bit controversial but I think Wright is toast and the Mets needed to move on so I think they are better off that this happened now as opposed to May/June
- Familia... but can we trust him?
Dislikes
- Matz hurt again
- Wheeler seems to be a shell of the player we thought he was going to be
- Injuries Injuries Injuries - Lagares, Matz, Duda, Wright
- Old age: Cabrera, Duda, Grandyman
- Jay Bruce vs Conforto... I think the lack of a committed spot is going to hurt Conforto's development. Best case Bruce starts out hot and Mets flip him for relief pitching
- Familia's suspension... seems like MLB is going to try and maximize the negative impact of the suspension on the Mets by waiting till the last second to announce it
- Reed is not a closer
- Bullpen overall... I don't trust any of these guys.
- All or nothing baseball... I'm still not sure if the Mets can generate enough runs to keep their arms healthy with their homerun or nothing style of play
- terry collins... amazing player manager terrible game manager. He needs to start getting the Mets to play more aggressive ball.
My prediction is Mets win at least 90 but I think the Nets win 98.