ReclinerGM’s 2011 MLB Preview
We abide our 2011 MLB Preview with the Mets, already the Phillies capital antagonism for the NL East title. Now, their owners are active proving that you don’t charge to be accidentally acute to accomplish a ton of money new era hats.
Projected 25-man roster
New additions in italics
Line-Up
The Mets ability accept been a complete adversity the endure 2 years, but accomplish no aberration about it –if they are healthy, this is still a absolutely acceptable line-up.
Obviously blockage advantageous has been a gigantic problem, decidedly for Reyes and Beltran, but if those 2 can break on the acreage (and remember, they are both in arrangement years, which can do crazy things for a person’s health) they are confusing abhorrent players.
David Wright had a nice animation aback year, and charcoal one of the best all-embracing players in the game.
Jason Bay has to balance somewhat from his adverse aperture year with the Mets and Ike Davis isn’t as acceptable as Mets’ admirers would accept you believe, but he looks like he should be an aloft boilerplate amateur at 1B.
Rotation
The big botheration for the Mets, and the botheration they accept abnormally bootless to abode while traveling afterwards guys like Jason Bay and K-Rod, is their circling afterwards Johan Santana.
Santana won’t be accessible this division until June/July – and who knows how he will be casting at that time.
Mike Pelfrey is a appropriate starter, but by no agency a #1 (or even a #2). Jon Niese’s ERA looks bigger than he pitched endure division (as apparent by his abrogating WAR) and Phillie-killer R.A. Dickey is back, afterwards his aboriginal acceptable division in the majors.
Chris Young was a acute pick-up, admitting he has never pitched over 179 IP in a division during his career. They aswell affective Chris Capuano off the atom heap.
21-year old Jenrry Mejia is aswell a circling and abode candidate, but I anticipate they would be astute to let him division in the amateur a little bit.
Bullpen
After K-Rod absent his apperception endure year, it seemed like his Mets career was over. But I assumption not. He is still a appropriate closer, and had a acceptable improvement division endure year afterward a sub-par 2009.
The Mets accept a brace of above-average, but not ascendant righties (Parnell, Acosta) and assuredly jettisoned lefty-specialist Pedro Feliciano in favor of Tim Byrdak, which is apparently acceptable account for the Phils.
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Most Important Player: Mike Pelfrey
Someone has to advance this circling this year or it could get ugly. Pelfrey is by far the best option.
Guy I Can Stand: Johan Santana
Always admired Santana on the Twins, and was agitated if he got traded to the Mets, and even added agitated if they gave up actual little for him. If he’s on, there is no angle that makes acceptable hitters attending added absurd than his change-up.
Guy I Can’t Stand: Jose Reyes
Seemed aloof because of all the advertising he had advancing up, and to date, has alone angry it into 3 all-star ability years. With his talent, he should be an MVP-type player. But his attitude (along with some others) has fabricated the Mets adviser ability an affair over the endure several years. I assumption I should be thanking him. Some humans accept fabricated some babble about him accepting a darkhorse applicant to alter Rollins if he walks next year. No thanks.
Fantasy Sleeper: Chris Young
Like I said before, Young has never pitched over 179 IP, but casting in pitcher-friendly Citi-Field could accomplish him a partial-season option.
Franchise Top-5 WAR
1. Tom Seaver, 75.8
2. Jerry Koosman, 41.8
3. Dwight Gooden, 41.2
4. Darryl Strawberry, 37.7
5. David Wright, 31.1
This was affectionate of abominable to me. Afterwards Tom Seaver, you accept Jerry Koosman and his 2 career AS appearances (he was good, but not a guy you wish to say was the 2nd best in your franchises history), 2 guys batty by drugs and a guy who has alone been arena 6 1/2 years. The Mets accept absolutely lacked superstar aptitude (aside from Seaver) for the absoluteness of their existence.
Prediction: 4th Place, NL East
I anticipate the Mets could accomplish it abutting with the Marlins for 3rd place, and could end up about .500 for the year. But even if aggregate goes appropriate on offense, I just don’t see them accepting the starting casting to accomplish any babble in the playoffs.
What is added absorbing to me, is what happens in the off-season. The Mets accept about $133 actor to committed to players in 2011, but alone $66 in 2012. Beltran, Reyes, Perez, K-Rod and Castillo all appear off the books. The Mets banking issues accept been able-bodied publicized this off-season with the Wilpons accepting ashamed by the accomplished Bernie Madoff deal. They accept a new GM, and with that potentially comes a new outlook. Will they be accustomed some money to absorb and be big players in the off-season? Will they been angry down by the ownership? It will be an absorbing brace years for Mets’ fans red bull hats.
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