LogFAQs > #926010718

Man, the Mets probably have 4 guys who will get MVP votes this year (Alonso/McNeil/deGrom/Conforto) and they probably won't make the playoffs. That's pretty depressing. I mean yeah they're playing well now, but those 4 guys have been playing fantastic all year (or almost all year). And yet they're only a couple over .500 in mid-August. This team really should be much better, they just weren't given the supporting cast and depth to do so.

Their window to win is probably 2021.

-After 2019, just Wheeler comes off the books of important players. No real $ comes off. But as I've talked about before here, the payroll goes way up in 2020, so competing then will be hard w/o opening the checkbook (lol Wilpons). deGrom's payroll goes up from 9M this year to 25M next year, for one among others.

-After 2020, just Stroman (and Cespedes/Lowrie, and Wright's final payment which are good things to get rid of those big contracts). So there should be a lot of room to add for 2021.

-After 2021, Syndergaard, Matz, and Conforto all are FAs. So that is why they really need to act fast and now to win before 2021 ends. That is the end of all the Mets pitching, except deGrom.

So like, please do things. They were supposed to add properly in this offseason, and instead the moves they made in the 2019 offseason only made it harder for them to compete the next 2 years.The same team will mostly be here next year. Improve it where it's weak and there is a top 3 team, the same thing that should've been done this past offseason, they can still do it, but it will just now result in a higher payroll (again, lol wilpons)
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