The New York Mets Are In a Really Dark Place Right Now

Pete Alonzo, Brandon NMO, Edwin Diaz. These were all players that were integral pieces of the Mets 2024 run to the NLCS. And yet, as it stands today, none of them are going to be on the 2026 team. So far, they’ve been replaced by Devin Williams and Marcus Simeon. Two players that, while I do think productive for them, are pretty obvious downgrades, relatively speaking. So today I wanted to ask the question, what the hell are the Mets doing and what do they need to do before opening day to have a competitive chance at making a deep playoff run? GM David Stern said earlier this off season what at least their stated goal is. They want to get better at run prevention, which involves better defense and better pitching. So far, they’ve pretty much only added those two affformentioned pieces to the puzzle. We’ll start with Simeon. He is a pretty big upgrade with the glove over the player that took the majority of innings at that position in Jeff McNeel last year who was about average. While Marcus is a perennial gold glove candidate, will he hit well enough to justify his $25 million a year price tag for the next three seasons? I guess that’s the question, but you can’t argue he does fit the mold in what Sterns outlined. So too does Williams, who despite a 2025 that featured a 479 ERA, still has a career mark of 2.45 45 with a K per 9 in the same range as Diaz at 14.1 and an identical fifth to his ERA. Will he be as good as Edwin was last year? Honestly, probably not. But I don’t think the difference will be as big as some people are making it out to be. Williams is almost certainly more like the guy who put up a 1.93 erra back in 2022 than the unmititigated disaster he was at times last year. So, if you’re following me, these two moves make the team better, at least in accordance to what Sterns laid out. However, the cupboard is still pretty sparse. Where do they go from here? Well, according to recent reports, they are very much in on Kyle Tucker, who while he certainly isn’t a Gold Glove right fielder or anything at this point, is still at least average. Something that Juan Sto last year 100% was not. This would allow them, if they indeed managed to sign him, to either move Sodo to first base, where I do think he would actually perform relatively well, or DH, where he projects to play in the future. Anyway, this is not even considering the value that it would add to a lineup that currently looks like this, desperately needing another truly productive player. There really isn’t a world where they shouldn’t add at least one more quality addition to the outfield and or infield on top of this. However, this isn’t even the main area of concern in my opinion. No, that would have to be their pitching layout, which currently looks like this. Of all those hurlers listed, there literally is only six that managed to pitch over 60 MLB innings last year, including starters. And of those six, only three had an RA below four. I don’t even know how many different pieces you would need to stabilize this group, especially because again, they’re trying to go with a defense pitching first approach with a personnel that would look more at home on a team like the Rays than the Mets. And yeah, they definitely do have some arms in the minor leagues, but those guys are all relatively unproven. And even if they manage to acquire somebody like Trick Scoo, I don’t think that will come close to solving their problems. They need way more than just that. I’m not saying it can’t happen, but I do understand right now why New York fans are panicking a little bit. He’ll need to sign or acquire, I would say, at minimum, three to five guys. That’s an awful lot of contract ink that has to dry before spring training. From here, I guess all we can do is see how the rest of the offseason plays out and if the Mets actually will be poised to be a better team in 2026 than they were in 2025. All right, everybody. If you made it this far, I appreciate you watching. And if you did, consider checking out any of these other videos on your screen right now for other content just like this. Also, if you ever see anything you’d like to see me detail in the video, feel free to reach out to my email [email protected]. And if I end up using your idea, I’ll give you a shout out. Thanks for watching. Ter yesterday.

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34 comments

  3. Nimmo needed to go, Alonso was not surprising and Diaz hurt as a Mets fan. Also Alonso hurt but the way last year's off season went anyone who didn't see this coming is an idiot

  10. The fans went crazy after signing Soto. Claiming it was a Mets town and even one of their players said it. Plus Francisco Alvarez saying they had the best lineup in baseball 🤣🤣🤣🤣 LOL Mest

  12. The Cohen Casino is almost up and running. Buying the Mets was strictly a business move

    Enjoy Soto leading league in walks and not in playoff wins for the next 5 years

  17. I’m a Phillies fan and this pisses me off. My buddy who’s a Mets fan is devastated losing three guys. He says he’s gonna be a Yankees fan which sucks. I know he’s not serious but this makes no sense when you sign Soto for 3/4 of a billion dollars.

  23. Cohen is at blame for allowing Stearns to ruin this franchise. Players seeing the way Stearns treats a franchise great and this franchise as a whole, why would they wanna join and be treated like this?! Stearns is ruthless and heartless, cocky and arrogant, stubborn with moneyball mentality, and has shown he doesn't care an ounce about this fanbase, organization and city. He's earned his now title as NY public enemy #1. Even if he's let go after all of this, the damage has been done.

  29. C'mon man, that's clickbait. Being rid of Nimmo's corpse and Pete's dying body is the best long-term thing that could be happen for this team. When the owners eat 2027, they're going to either get a hard cap or much more onerous penalties for eclipsing the soft cap. In 2028, needing to waste two roster spots and 60-something million dollars on an absolutely unplayable Nimmo and a barely-playable Pete would have killed them for that year and two more years after. It's the hard but smart move. Those moves may have saved the team's future. Diaz… well, yes, that sucks, but the dude wanted the easiest path to a ring on the the last contract he's gonna get where he holds all the cards for where he goes. That sucks but that's on Diaz, not the team.

  30. This just shows the fundamental differences between the Mets FO and Dodgers FO. Both rich asf but completely different mindsets on how to spend. The Mets made a big move in Soto, don’t get immediate results, then instantly get cold feet and start penny pinching. Imagine if after the Freddie and Mookie dodgers got bounced in the playoffs early the Dodgers FO decided to save money. Instead they gave shohei a bag and gave Yamamoto the biggest pitching contract of all time

  33. The Mets were awful last year after the buzz of their hot start wore off and reality set in and they choked themselves down to only 83 wins. Why run that back by adding to that core? They needed a tear down and that's what they're doing. And they're not doing a small market sell everyone tear down. They're letting expensive and one-dimensional guys go, but they're also adding some high priced guys too. It's not that bad of a strategy.

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