When Steve Cohen took over because the proprietor of the Mets, it signaled that the Mets group was uninterested in taking part in little brother to their rivals within the Bronx. Cohen flashed his limitless pockets early on with massive signings of Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, Edwin Diaz, Kodai Senga, and some others. It actually felt like a brand new period of Mets baseball, the place they might not be outbid in the event that they wished to herald massive names to fill the seats at Citi Subject.
The Mets felt they have been shifting in the fitting course till a disastrous 2025 season, when every thing that would have gone mistaken appeared to go mistaken. The Mets missed the postseason completely within the first yr of the Juan Soto period, and important adjustments have been wanted in order that wouldn’t occur this season.
So what did the Mets do to stop this from occurring once more?
They let each Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz stroll in free company. Wait, that have to be an error on my finish. Why would the Mets let their franchise first baseman and famous person nearer stroll out the door to the defending World Sequence champs, and the Baltimore Orioles? The Dodgers outbid groups on a regular basis, however that shouldn’t be the case whenever you had Steve Cohen!
Then the Alonso state of affairs is senseless. It’s reported that the Mets have been all in on Kyle Schwarber, however weren’t capable of pull him away from the Phillies. After lacking out on Schwarber, the Mets didn’t even supply Alonso a contract. I do know that Alonso has some flaws, like his protection and his inconsistency on the plate, however now, the place else are you going to discover a 40 dwelling run bat available on the market?
I’ve seen Mets followers on-line declare that they want a rebuild, however that’s by no means going to occur with the Lindor and Soto contracts on the books for the subsequent decade. So what’s the plan now? Choices are beginning to get comparatively skinny without cost company.
You’ll at the very least need to convey again Starling Marte to this lineup, and likewise look into Alex Bregman and Kyle Tucker. Each of these choices really feel such as you’ll find yourself overpaying for, however what else on the market will make up for what you misplaced this offseason, and transfer you nearer to returning to the playoffs?
For the rotation, Chris Bassitt is an attention-grabbing return to New York, and Framber Valdez and Lucas Giolito are one of the best accessible choices available on the market for starters. There simply aren’t many choices that make the Mets all that higher from final season.
I don’t perceive letting confirmed commodities stroll, whereas additionally not being aggressive in free company. Possibly the Mets will get into the Tarik Skubal sweepstakes and show me mistaken, however except they make a giant transfer, this might be a disappointing offseason for Steve Cohen and the Mets.
