Under the microscope of potential buyers, it’s virtually a certainty everyone will lay low, and the August trade deadline will pass without the mention of the New York Mets. Mets 2020: A Lame-Duck Front Office (Photo: ) With the almost certain sale of the Mets by Fred Wilpon and company by year’s end, front office personnel like Brodie VanWagenen, wary of buying the next Jason Bay as the Mets next bad acquisition, manager Luis Rojas, coaches, and other higher-up workers will (most probably) be glued to their seats. For fans of either team, it’ll be six games of excitement between the Mets and Yankees, plus six more versus Tampa Bay and still viable Boston Red Sox and Blue Jays teams. The kicker comes in-between when the 2020 Mets will be pitted against teams in the American League East. Additionally and in the background, lurk the Miami Marlins as spoilers. In addition to the 40 games (10 each) against the World Champion Washington Nationals, last year’s Division winner Atlanta Braves, and the up and coming Phillies serve as credible and challenging competition for the Mets. The revised 2020 MLB schedule, while still subject to change, pits the Mets playing NL East opponents for two-thirds of the regular season 60-game schedule. That same confidence carries over to the 2020 Mets, but the road that lies ahead is a treacherous and difficult one to navigate. 2020 Mets: Surviving And Thriving In The Undertow Propelled by the record-setting performance by Pete Alonso in the Home Run Derby, and the ongoing assault by Jacob deGrom to win a second consecutive Cy Young, the persona of the Mets changed (seemingly) overnight. Standing at 40-50 before the All-Star Break, the Mets put together the best record in baseball since the break, 27-10 by late August, and went on to finish the season well over. But the run they put on in the second half was self-propelled by the 25 men in that clubhouse. The 2019 Mets didn’t win anything, failing again to qualify for the postseason. The 2020 Mets that we’ll see taking the field to face the San Francisco Giants in the season opener have been racked and almost ruined by an inept and debt-ridden ownership team.Īdded, we see a stumbling front office, and, for the most part, a well-deserved onslaught by fans and New York media detailing all the dysfunction.īut the one thing that never seems to waver is the players who gather in the clubhouse, somehow putting the blinders on to the circus around them – seeking only to maintain a will to win. Filled with minefields, it’s all or nothing for this underachieving team. The 2020 Mets 60-game schedule is precisely what the team and franchise needs.
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