When Steve Cohen took over because the proprietor of the Mets, it signaled that the Mets group was uninterested in enjoying little brother to their rivals within the Bronx. Cohen flashed his countless 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 needed to usher in massive names to fill the seats at Citi Subject.
The Mets felt they had been shifting in the suitable path till a disastrous 2025 season, when all the things that would have gone unsuitable appeared to go unsuitable. The Mets missed the postseason completely within the first yr of the Juan Soto period, and vital modifications had been wanted in order that wouldn’t occur this season.
So what did the Mets do to forestall this from occurring once more?
They let each Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz stroll in free company. Wait, that should 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 Collection champs, and the Baltimore Orioles? The Dodgers outbid groups on a regular basis, however that shouldn’t be the case while you had Steve Cohen!
Then the Alonso scenario is senseless. It’s reported that the Mets had been all in on Kyle Schwarber, however weren’t in a position to pull him away from the Phillies. After lacking out on Schwarber, the Mets didn’t even provide 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 residence 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 following decade. So what’s the plan now? Choices are beginning to get comparatively skinny totally free company.
You’ll not less than need to deliver 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 the perfect obtainable 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 unsuitable, however except they make an enormous transfer, this may very well be a disappointing offseason for Steve Cohen and the Mets.
