The New York Mets have not had the off-season that their fans would have liked until now, far from it.
Indeed, on the trade side of the market, one of the crowd favorites, Brandon Nimmo, was traded to the Texas Rangers for Marcus Semien, just before Jeff McNeil was sent to the Sacramento A’s. Then, Pete Alonso signed a long-term contract with the Baltimore Orioles, while number one reliever Edwin Diaz chose the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the free agent market.
This is what makes many doubt the seriousness of the Métropolitains and their president of baseball operations, David Stearns, in wanting to build a champion team.
But the main person concerned does not agree with these allegations.
We are committed, universally, from the top down, to making sure the Mets’ next five years are better and that we win more games and meet the high expectations we all have for ourselves.
It’s one thing to say it, but now we have to walk the walk, because the Queens representatives don’t have anywhere near what it takes to be aspiring for anything right now. Luckily for Mets fans, Stearns knows this.
What we did before wasn’t good enough. We all know it. I know it very well. We must do better, and we are determined to do it.
Although this would be extremely expensive and not enough to get an aspiring club, the Mets still took a step in that direction by offering star outfielder Kyle Tucker a short-term contract with an annual value of no less than $50 million.
It remains to be seen whether the latter will choose New York and what David Stearns will do next. Because it will take more than that to silence the discontent among the partisan base.
