ESPN Ranks The Mets As The 10th Best Team In Baseball
So the Worldwide Leader has been doing a countdown of every team in baseball by ranking all the teams. David Schoenfield put the Mets at number 10, ahead of teams like the Red Sox, Yankees, Giants, and every NL East team that doesn’t have Bryce Harper on it.
Schoenfield lists Matt Harvey as the most intriguing player (can he go undefeated after Tommy John Surgery? I bet yes). David Wright as the player most likely to have a better year (since he’ll be healthy, until, you know, he’s injured again). Lucas Duda as the player most likely to have a worse year (not a terrible choice since he went from mental misfit to the Incredible Hulk). He lists all of Silver Fox Cuddyer’s warts in the “sobering realities” section and pencils the Mets in as a wild card because their rotation is just ridiculously deep.
I really can’t argue with any of the choices or logic by Schoenfield. The offense is still missing one big bat from making the Mets a favorite in the National League. The two biggest x-factors for a team is a catcher with injury issues (d’Arnaud) and a slugger who seems to have a problem believing in himself (Duda). But that starting pitching has a chance to be the best in the league, even if there are a few injuries, and the bullpen quietly came together at the end of last season. If the Wilpons actually decide to spend some money during the season to improve the offense (trust me, I realize this is a STRETCH), the Mets could be legit.
Sometimes it’s hard for people to imagine the Mets actually being good. Trust me, I get it. But the Mets are like cicadas. Every 10-15 years, they come back from the dead to cause some havoc before delving into pure dumpster fire mode again. The latest brood is ready, folks. Let’s fucking do this.