Legacy? Really?

Everything is context. And the context for #Mets fans is years and years of being gaslit by the #FuckingWilpons (can we make this a thing?). Every winter, they would tell us they were making rational decisions when they were just saving money. 1986–40 years is a long time to be patient.

Fair. But I recall your team has won a few World Series since 1986. So I have somewhat limited sympathy for you.

Polanco is no longer fundamentally sound. Bad defender at this point and has never played first base. The narrative sounds good - fundamentally sound, multi-positional - but the reality is that this offseason has been a straight disaster so far.

Bottom left is Diaz. Easy.

I think Stearns thinks aggressive is a French word that means bad things.

Don’t give them credit for a CF either. Taylor has proven he can’t play there full-time and we don’t know if Benge or Jett is ready.

You feel comfortable with this? We have downgraded with all three moves so far this offseason:

Ninmo to Semien
Diaz to Williams
Alonso to Polanco

Is that what he’s doing? I heard we were building on defense and now we are playing a guy at first who literally has never played the position before.

Checking in on this. So the path forward so far is to just keep losing players. As of December 11, we have no LF, no CF, and no 1B. For the staff, we have no ace, no 8th inning guy (assuming Devin closes). That is lot of holes to fill and there is seemingly no plan to do anything.

I really wish you and your blog the best. But just putting something out with a really thin rationale doesn’t make it interesting. It is not quite a Costanza trade for Griffey and Bonds, but it is along those lines.

The Phillies will laugh and hang up immediately.

Lindor didn’t field that well this year.

Vientos is a lost cause defensively. He may or may not become a really good and consistent hitter as a DH. But that is what he should focus on.

Of course the starting pitching is the culprit. Doesn’t change the fact that Pete simply doesn’t field at a MLB-quality level anymore (arguable to what extent he ever did).

And Vientos is not an option. Vientos is a DH only. If they can trade him for a good bullpen arm with several years of control, do it.

It is less an issue but it is an issue. Pete cost them multiple games with his poor defense (plus Porcelain Senga)