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Remember the book Go, Dog. Go!? One little dog going in…three big dogs going out. Two big dogs going up…one little dog going down…
My favorite book as a child describes the comings and goings of the New York Mets offseason.
Gone are Brandon Nimmo, Pete Alonso, Edwin Diaz, Jeff McNeil…and Paul Blackburn, Gregory Soto, Max Kranick…all now with other teams. Oh…there is also…Luis Acuña, Brandon Sproat, and prospect Jett Williams. And Starling Marte and Jesse Winker are no longer on the roster, but they are still out there if the Mets want them back.
Here are pitchers Devin Williams, Luis Garcia, and Freddy Peralta; infielders Jorge Polanco, Marcus Semien, Vidal Brujan, and Bo Bichette, and outfielder Luis Robert, Jr.
David Stearns waited out the market and then swiftly moved to remake the Mets roster. He has repeatedly said that the Mets needed to get younger and more athletic, and it pretty much seems that he accomplished that, even at the cost of players that Mets fans loved. Whether it translates into wins on the field, is yet to be seen.
Alan Karmin is an award-winning journalist and author. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and spent most of his life growing up in the New Jersey suburbs. Alan's family were avid Brooklyn Dodgers fans and when the Dodgers moved west, the Mets became the team to root for. The Mets have always been a true focal point, Alan even wrote a term paper in high school to analyze what was wrong with the Mets. While at the University of Miami, Alan honed his craft covering the, gulp, Yankees during spring trainings in Fort Lauderdale for a local NBC affiliate, as well as the Associated Press and UPI. He broadcasted baseball games for the University of Miami, and spring training games for the Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos. New York Mets Mania is a forum for Alan to write about his favorite team and for baseball fans to chime in and provide their thoughts and ideas about New York's Amazin' Mets.
