Yahoo Sports senior MLB analyst Jordan Shusterman and Jake Mintz discuss how the New York Mets turned things around this offseason to construct “one of the most notable pivots, roster refreshes…”. Hear the full conversation on the “Baseball Bar-B-Cast” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.
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…let’s now talk about the Mets’ offseason, because maybe there’s another big move coming.
Maybe they trade away a starter to simplify that mix.
We’ll see.
I think, however, as a whole, we can zoom out and evaluate.
Z- what is one of the most notable pivots, um, roster refreshes that I can remember over the winter in some time.
Incomings this winter: Bo Bichette, Jorge Polanco, Marcus Semien Luis Robert Jr., Freddy Peralta, Devin Williams, Luke Weaver Luis Garcia, Tobias Myers, and then out the door, right?
It’s Alonso, it’s the whole crew.
Alonso Diaz.
McNeil, Nimmo.
It is going to be a drastically different group.
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And now it’s Lindor and Soto, baby, and I guess Bichette for the time being.
There’s just so much change that I just need to see the results.
Like, I need to spend some time and sink my teeth into all of this.
Like, it is overwhelming, the differences, and I think that…
But, like, the idea of it, the decision to do it this way, that I am fascinated by.
Like, that to me is really hard to do, and I give David Stearns credit for having the chutzpah to go down that road.
You still have to have the, as you mentioned, the front office courage to plow ahead and get rid of all of the players who everyone has jerseys of.
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So that is, that is a choice, but there was no…
This was not a half measure.
The Mets, we know, catastrophic.
Didn’t even get to the tournament.
In the Mets’ case, that was the kind of season that you would want to then shake it up.