I really think that in the off season so far the Mets have
weakened themselves. They traded Jon
Neise for Neil Walker. Since Steven Matz
will be the left hander in the Mets rotation, Neise was expendable. It remains to be seen if Walker will be a
better second baseman than Daniel Murphy whose value on the open market likely
increased with his performance in Division Series and League Championship
series. The Mets signed free agent Asdrubal
Cabrera as their shortstop leaving Ruben Tejada and Wilmer Flores as backups.
They signed Alejandro De Aza to a one-year contract to play
in the outfield. I am not thrilled with
his career statistics and if he will just platoon with Juan Lagares then this
is a significant downgrade from Yoenis Cespedes who is obviously gone.
I think it was a good move to sign Bartolo Colon to a one
year contract , but a think $7.25 million is excessive for him. He will be the 5th starter until
Zach Wheeler returns.
Baseball salaries are excessive these days and the Mets
among other teams have been burned by overpaying free agents. Jason Bay who was given a large 4 year
contract a few years ago did not work out.
Any team needs to take a risk. I
wish the Mets would have signed Daniel Murphy as he was with the team for
several years. We become attached to a
player and before you know it they are gone.
The Mets lucked out by getting into the World Series in 2015
as they had the 5th best record in the National League. Had the Washington Nationals played as
expected, the Mets would not have made the playoffs.
Before you know it pitchers and catchers will report for
spring training and the 2016 season will be here. We shall see what we shall see.
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