New York Mets: Three simple reasons Robinson Cano is a bad idea

Second Base is Taken

It’s always fun to talk about big names in trades. It’s something we all do as fans. No matter what the sport is we always throw names around. Lately the buzz word is Le’Veon Bell to the Jets.

Cano to the Mets is a similar idea. Here is a guy that achieved great success in New York. He has been to the All-Star game. He has won titles. Cano was loved in the Bronx and now the Mets are going to bring him back to the area to share that influence.

The problem is he actually doesn’t have a position on this team. In case anybody forgot, Jeff McNeil was brought up at the end of last season and he performed well enough to be the starter going into 2019.

In 63 games McNeil batted .329 with three home runs and 19 RBI. He also notched 11 doubles and six triples. His OBP was .381.

Why do they need Cano to play second base? Andy Martino of SNY writes about how in this scenario the Mets could move McNeil to third base. Now while McNeil had experience at third base in the minors (161 games), more came at second base (271 games).

There is no need to move a player to a secondary position for a 36-year-old player that isn’t going to put this team over the top.