Feb 17
There is nothing than watching baseball highlights on TV in February. Because you know as well as I that it is only a matter of time before we get to see the New York Metropolitans in action!
We are always focused on the weaknesses of the Mets but for today’s question, I would like to focus on the strengths.
What is the main strength of the Mets?(not counting the Farm System). In other words, when the Mets take the field, what is the strongest part of the team?
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10 comments
Bryan
2/17/2013-10:19am at 10:19 am (UTC -4)
I like the infielder. Three of the four positions are real sound defensively, and most of the offense is going to come from it. No real platoon situations, just four good players that will play everyday.
Stick
2/17/2013-10:42am at 10:42 am (UTC -4)
Not the OF, that is for sure.
the safest bet (on paper) is the IF, since that is a solid, legit ML unit.
but, I am going with the rotation as the upside unit. Going with the long shot here.
Hazmet
2/17/2013-10:50am at 10:50 am (UTC -4)
Corner IF D & O followed by Starting Pitching. I’ve always been very pro Tejada as a young talent but he’s gotta stay healthy and Murph surprised me last year that he was better than I expected at 2B. But, the middle is still weaker than the corners so I can’t state the entire infield. From my point of view until Tejada proves he can stay on the field and Murph isn’t reliant on playing 2B at an almost 4th outfielder position on the RF grass I can’t go entire IF.
srt
2/17/2013-10:55am at 10:55 am (UTC -4)
I’m going with SP. Like our starting 5 and for the first time in a few years we’ve actually got some depth there.
IF would be next.
BP is one big question mark at the moment but I think it will be much improved over last year. We certainly have enough internal candidates along with signings to make sure it’s better than last years.
Weakness is definitely the OF. Can’t see any Met fan disagreeing with that.
greggofboken
2/17/2013-11:00am at 11:00 am (UTC -4)
The rotation. Given the loss of Dickey, that’s saying something. They’re solid 1-5, and w/Wheeler on-deck, Mejia in AAA, and Laffey as a long-man/spot starter, they have some more depth than last year.
They led the league w/101 quality starts last year — and Dickey had 27 of them to his credit. Marcum will pick up some of the load (he had 12), and a full season of Harvey (who sounds like pitching deep is a priority this year — and he had 6 in 10 starts last year), I think it can remain a strong suit.
The Mets also had 20 games in which they took a loss despite notching a quality start — 4 most “tough losses” in the league. Daming indictment of the offense and the pen.
Hazmet
2/17/2013-11:07am at 11:07 am (UTC -4)
I’d have gone starting pitching too if factoring in the farm but with Santana, Gee, Marcum all coming off of seasons with significant time due to injury, even though Gee’s wasn’t baseball related, I couldn’t go there until I see something in FLA.
Reese
2/17/2013-11:27am at 11:27 am (UTC -4)
Apparently the greatest strength the team has is the loyalty of its fan base (unlike the Marlins). We keep coming out, buying tickets, buying logo merchandise and supporting the team despite what the front office is (or more often, is not) doing. In fact, if the fans weren’t so loyal then there would have been more moves made to improve the team.
Mr North Jersey
2/17/2013-1:14pm at 1:14 pm (UTC -4)
I’d like to think that the infield and starting pitching will be a strength.
Paul
2/17/2013-3:15pm at 3:15 pm (UTC -4)
The starting rotation. The Mets gave up the reigning Cy Young winner, and the starting pitching still looks pretty decent on paper if everyone is healthy.
kingman 26
2/17/2013-9:29pm at 9:29 pm (UTC -4)
Starting pitching, without any question.
We can fantasize about St. Dimples being the player he has not been over a full year since 2008, we can pretend Murph is a top-5 whatever 2B, we can pretend Duda has 40 HR potential, we can hope (as I do) that Parnell is ready to fulfill his potential, but if this team is to be a real factor in the coming years, it is most definitely going to be based on the rotation.