The rebuilding process starts with pitching! Don’t trade Jacob deGrom or Noah Syndergaard. Not yet. The timing is not right. It still all starts with pitching, and do you really trust Mets management to make a deal right now that brings back can’t-miss prospects? https://nypost.com/2018/06/11/keeping-aces-is-just-first-step-in-blueprint-for-fixing-mets/ This about says it all about the Mets. The ownership does not fund a payroll befitting this market, and baseball operations has not found talent on the margins to make smaller payrolls more successful. https://nypost.com/2018/06/16/how-mets-and-their-fans-obsess-on-small-points-but-miss-big-picture/