I think this is a good summary of what has gone wrong with the Mets this season for anyone who doesn't follow the team closely (tl;dr - almost everything), although it never does answer the...
I think this is a good summary of what has gone wrong with the Mets this season for anyone who doesn't follow the team closely (tl;dr - almost everything), although it never does answer the question posed in the headline. Maybe because there is no answer other than to sell what they can at the trade deadline, and then reload in the offseason and try again next year.
This is a good test to see how much Cohen will let ego get in the way of logic. I have a feeling his answer to the problem is to just throw more money at the whole thing.
This is a good test to see how much Cohen will let ego get in the way of logic. I have a feeling his answer to the problem is to just throw more money at the whole thing.
He probably needs to gut a lot of the roster. It would mean trading some big name players but retaining their crazy salaries. But truthfully I don't know how much can be addressed before next...
He probably needs to gut a lot of the roster. It would mean trading some big name players but retaining their crazy salaries.
But truthfully I don't know how much can be addressed before next year. I personally don't think Lindor is worth the contract he was given but no one else is going to bite on a trade for him unless the Mets are eating the salary. Jeff McNeil could rebound or he could just remain average. And Scherzer is due like 45 million or something wild next year, and beyond getting Diaz back, I'm not familiar enough with the farm system to know how much they can address pitching internally.
Of their struggling players, I think Alonso is the most likely to return to what's expected, but maybe that means he needs to be dealt next year at the deadline if he does start playing better.
I don't know, really. The thing is, baseball doesn't really have another owner like Cohen, who can eat huge losses like that. On the other hand, you have to wonder how many years he'll be willing to be above the luxury tax threshold without winning.
I think this is a good summary of what has gone wrong with the Mets this season for anyone who doesn't follow the team closely (tl;dr - almost everything), although it never does answer the question posed in the headline. Maybe because there is no answer other than to sell what they can at the trade deadline, and then reload in the offseason and try again next year.
This is a good test to see how much Cohen will let ego get in the way of logic. I have a feeling his answer to the problem is to just throw more money at the whole thing.
The article doesn't offer any solutions but what do you think the right move is. If Cohen puts ego aside, what's the move he should make?
He probably needs to gut a lot of the roster. It would mean trading some big name players but retaining their crazy salaries.
But truthfully I don't know how much can be addressed before next year. I personally don't think Lindor is worth the contract he was given but no one else is going to bite on a trade for him unless the Mets are eating the salary. Jeff McNeil could rebound or he could just remain average. And Scherzer is due like 45 million or something wild next year, and beyond getting Diaz back, I'm not familiar enough with the farm system to know how much they can address pitching internally.
Of their struggling players, I think Alonso is the most likely to return to what's expected, but maybe that means he needs to be dealt next year at the deadline if he does start playing better.
I don't know, really. The thing is, baseball doesn't really have another owner like Cohen, who can eat huge losses like that. On the other hand, you have to wonder how many years he'll be willing to be above the luxury tax threshold without winning.