That post is true pain! Look, you're a year off from being a playoff team. Alonso you have to keep. And pay. You gave up too much for Lindor, both in prospects and salary, but it could have been worse if you signed his thumbs down partner Baez. Or maybe even worse, given 331 million $ to Correa. Marte and Canha are worthless in that they'll bring back nothing in prospects and you'll have to pay all of their salaries. And they're not the only ones. Even with Verlander and Scherzer, the days of a savvy GM cleaning out the farm for the hope that one of them will lead their team to the promised land at the trade deadline are over. Did that work for the Dodgers 2 years ago when Max had even less mileage on his arm?
It's pretty clear that Stearns is just biding his time until the end of the season, when his contract in Milwaukee ends. Cohen needs a shrewd, modern baseball mind to rein him in, and those guys are hard to find. I'm sure every single owner in MLB is delighted to see Cohen flail and flop and make an absolute laughing stock out of the Mets, as are fans in every MLB market.
The Mets aren't a tear-down IMO. Definitely need to ID key pieces to keep moving forward, but there's a nucleus in the line-up to build around.
The pitching? That's a different story. Some teams have it figured out pretty well, like Tampa, Cleveland and Milwaukee. The Mets have been pretty average in evaluating pitching IMO. Carassco hasn't worked out. Your 86 million dollar duo has been a joke. You let 2 decent starters sign with the Phillies, Wheeler and Walker. On the other hand, you let Degrom and Thor leave town and drain someone else's bank accounts, which was absolutely the right decision.
