After letting many familiar faces leave last winter, the Mets went on a blitz this past January, bringing in Bo Bichette, Freddy Peralta, and Luis Robert Jr. However, that didn’t result in a playoff berth, nor a .500 record, as the Mets finished last in the NL East. It might be a quiet offseason for several reasons but what should the Mets do?
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The outfield is set, as Juan Soto, A.J. Ewing, and Carson Benge are all current and future building blocks for the organization. Francisco Lindor is locked in at short, and Bo Bichette picked up his player option for 2027. Between those two and catcher Francisco Alvarez, most of the infield is set.
Where things get somewhat complicated is the right side of the infield. Marcus Semien hit .215/.280/.340 in his first season with the Mets. He does, however, have two years left on his current deal. So, the probability of the Mets going anything at second is low.
First base and DH are the two wild cards. Jared Young established himself as a regular in 2026, playing a lot of first base and getting the bulk of the starts against right-handed pitching once Andy Green took over as manager. There’s also Brett Baty and Mark Vientos, both of whom are under team control for next season.
But should the club upgrade one year after Pete Alonso left? It’s certainly an option, especially with Japanese corner infielder Teruaki Sato expected to be posted in the winter.
As for the pitching staff, a starting pitcher addition would make sense, even though the odds of the club going big in that department are not high.
The Mets, over the past three offseasons, have not been significant players in the free agent starting pitcher market. Nolan McLean, Christian Scott, and Zac Thornton offer the club a nice, controllable nucleus of arms. Sean Manaea is still under control.
But the club also went through a lot of others (Kodai Senga, Tobias Myers, Robert Stock, David Peterson, Justin Hagenman, plus Huascar Brazoban & Jefry Yan as openers), in addition to Clay Holmes, to start games in 2026. An obvious depth add makes sense as well.
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