The Mets are heading into an offseason full of moving parts, and the roster churn could reach some familiar names.
New York needs help on both sides of the ball, and David Stearns and Steve Cohen are going to have to sort through a lot of possibilities to get it. The club has a decent farm system, but there still isn’t much clarity on which prospects it would be willing to move. If the Mets decide to get aggressive, the feeling is they could chase plenty of the players who become available around baseball.
That’s why the latest trade chatter is worth watching. According to SNY, Kodai Senga and Mark Vientos are two big-league options the Mets could deal this offseason.
“As far as who the Mets could deal in a search for impact talent, it's conceivable that they would be open to parting with one of their infield prospects -- given their depth in that area.
“New York also has a few trade candidates of its own, potentially including Kodai Senga and Mark Vientos,” Danny Abriano wrote.
Both names carry their own kind of intrigue. Vientos arrived with real buzz and was expected to develop into one of the better young players in the sport.
He backed that up in his rookie season, but things have gone sideways since then. Senga has flashed promise, but the overall return has been more uneven than the Mets likely hoped for.
All of that makes the picture for next year hard to pin down. With so many potential new faces, it’s tough to know exactly what this team will look like on either side of the baseball.
Still, if New York can turn players like Senga and Vientos, along with a few others, into veteran and young talent, the Mets could put themselves in position to compete - especially if the young core keeps producing the way it did for much of this past season.
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Brett Batys strong second half gave the Mets a more convincing internal option, and the organization also has a crop of promising minor league infielders it believes could factor into the mix. For a team trying to tighten up its infield while keeping the lineup productive, second base has turned into one of the more interesting roster battles of the offseason. [Read more 🡒]
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The appeal is obvious enough: the player in question has made an All-Star team and would give the Mets a proven major league bat at a position where they need help. But the warning signs are just as clear, since his value has always come with some offensive and defensive limitations, and the larger concern is whether he can really supply the kind of power this lineup still lacks. For a club trying to solve multiple problems at once, that makes the third-base decision feel less like a simple upgrade and more like a bet Stearns cannot afford to miss. [Read more 🡒]
Mets Hitting Change Signals A Bigger Debate About Their Young Bats
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For a team trying to get more from its young bats, the next hire matters. The Mets plan to pursue candidates for a role similar to Alberts while Troy Snitker and Rafael Fernandez are set to return, so the overall structure is not being blown up. Even so, moving pieces around a hitting group can say a lot about where the club believes it needs a fresh voice, and this one looks like an early signal that the conversation around development is still very much alive. [Read more 🡒]