As a slightly different way to gauge progress through the off-season, every so often we’ll take a look at the Mets starting lineup/rotation/bullpen to see how the team is progressing going into Spring. This is a good week to start since all of the Free Agents have declared and the Mets (or really anyone) has yet to make a move that would change this in any way.
Here are your 2014 New York Mets:
Catcher: Travis d’Arnaud
First Base: Ike Davis / Josh Satin
Second Base: Daniel Murphy
Shortstop: Omar Quintanilla / Ruben Tejada
Third Base: David Wright
Left Field: Eric Young Jr. / Matt den dekker
Center Field: Juan Lagares
Right Field: Lucas Duda
Starting Rotation:
Jon NieseZack Wheeler
Dillon Gee
Jeremy Hefner
Carlos Torres / Jenry Mejia
Bullpen:
Bobby Parnell
Vic Black
Scott Rice
Carlos Torres / Jenry Mejia
Gonzalez German
Scott Atchison
The Mets didn’t lose too much by way of free agency. The big piece lost is LaTroy Hawkins who they hope to resign. This roster looks slightly better than end of the season because Parnell is back from injury a long with a few others. That’s pretty much it from the positives. The other way to look at it are all of the question marks:
– 2 Holes in the rotation
– At Least One Hole in the Outfield- Questions at First Base (and moving Duda would make 2 Holes in the Outfield or moving Murphy would make a hole at Second)
– Shortstop needs an upgrade
Right now it is very difficult to make a batting order because of the position battles. If Young gets LF, then he hits leadoff. If den dekker does, then Lagares gets lead off. If the lineup has den dekker, then dekker or Tejada battle for the bottom part of the lineup. If Satin is in the lineup, then first base hits much later. Hopefully the Mets make a move or two so there becomes a clear Leadoff and a clear cleanup hitter (which right now is either Duda or a prayer with Davis)
Lets see what happens over the next few weeks!
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