Some major takeaways from the 2018 New York Mets season
Still not a lot of talent
As much as I just talked about the potential of the Mets’ players, that is all it is, potential. It is also at only a few positions too. So, in 2018 the Mets showed they need talent.
They might have more homegrown talent than what it initially felt like, they also could have just struck lighting in a bottle, but what the Mets did going into 2018, they must not do as we partially reflect going into 2019.
The Mets’ offseason was spent not actually getting much better. The players they signed, the Jason Vargas’, Anthony Swarzak‘s, and Todd Frazier‘s of the world are although not terrible, they didn’t make the team much better.
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Going into 2018, the Mets simply had a few leaks in the lineup so instead of spending the proper money and time to fix it, they made temporary fixes to it. Just patched it up and moved on.
Even a the season itself progressed, the Mets did little to nothing to fix problems. To their defense they were out of it by the deadline, but still why did they pick up Jose Bautista? Austin Jackson? Why did Adrian Gonzalez ever start games at first?
There might not have been better options, but a takeaway from the 2018 season is one that is a takeaway from many seasons before it, being cheap in an attempt to get better, does not make you better.
The Mets need to leave 2018 and takeaway that there is still plenty of talent to go out and get. No matter how much it pains them, they need to make upgrades.