Right now if nothing changes and everything goes as expected, the New York Mets will win 85-86 games in this upcoming season. Losing Zack Wheeler and Josh Edgin obviously does not help the cause, but the Mets having a surplus of starting pitching and trading for Left-Handed relief pitchers, Jerry Blevins and Alex Torres helps even things out.
This upcoming season, is the season of "If's". If Michael Cuddyer can stay healthy, if David Wright and Curtis Granderson can have bounce-back years, if Travis d'Arnaud, Jacob deGrom, Lucas Duda, and Juan Lagares can continue to develop into all-stars, if Daniel Murphy can keep hitting, if Jenry Mejia and Jeurys Familia can repeat last season's success, and if Matt Harvey can return to the ace he was. That is way too many "Ifs" to bubble the Mets in as a playoff team, but clearly all the pieces are there.
This roster is the best the Mets have had in several years, and if everything goes as planned, they can be a 2nd Wild Card team or maybe even be NL East divsion winners. Everything is in place for the Mets to succed this season. There are no more excuses to pull out of a hat. If this possible playoff team cannot win, the Wipons will be saying sayonara to Terry Collins and Sandy Alderson and having to start over again. New York is the biggest stage to play sports on, if you cannot win, you are not long in this city.
That is why the Mets need to win. I have them as an 86 win team, barely getting into the playoffs as a 2nd Wild Card team. The feeling around this orginization is that they will win this season, after a great spring from the hitters and pitchers. Only time will tell, expect for the worst and hope for the best with this team.
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