I commented somewhere else -
www.faithandfearinflushing.com - what I think could have been:
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Man, if not for the mentioned atrocious defense, bullpen ablaze, and the dunderheaded manager each costing what felt like five wins over the course of the season, this might have been a 100-win team.
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… "dunderheaded" being the adjective of choice at that site in lieu of the more vulgar terms that I use around my home.
The Mets need to get some **** in order. They have some very good players, but their idiot GM saddled them with Cano's contract and now you gotta play him. Now McNeil is out of position, so either McNeil or J.D. Davis end up in leftfield, where neither of them belongs. Or McNeil ends up even in right, and they play infielders on both corner outfield positions. That moves Conforto to center. Conforto is NOT a centerfielder. Just... NO.
Given that I don't think Lagares will (or should) be back, the Mets really need a CF first this winter. Conforto in right, *maybe* McNeil in left, and eat Davis' ****ty glove at third base with Frazier gone, too. Rosario is a black hole on defense, too, but apparently we're stuck with him.
Also get rid of the Gagnon-Bashlor-Flexen Brigade of sewage relief. Can all of them. Nobody needs them. Gagnon came this close to making a 10-0 blowout "interesting" again last night.
The rotation has deGrom, Syndergaard, Stroman, and Matzie. Let Wheeler go, he's overvalued anyway. Find a #5 in the $5m bin and don't overpay for Wheeler. Pay a good centerfielder. No, I don't know a spell that creates a good centerfielder, either.