Waquoit said:
From an outsiders perspective, the Mets need Cespedes. Even with all that pitching, they were on the outside looking in until he got there. He got you to the playoffs. Once, there, Murphy got you to the Series. If both end up leaving, how can you think of being better than you were in late-June.
Easy, the while Cespedes was greet for 6 weeks he was also terrible for 7. The main mis-conception is that we were nothing before Yo. That's wrong. We didn't score bc we had Muno, Ceciliano, Recker/Plawecki, Campbell and Mayberry playing A TON of games all together due to injuries. The lineup turned around when we brought Conforto up, Wright came back, TDA came back, Uribe and Johnson were coming off the bench. The 2017 team has more depth, and a bench full of real major leaguers. The lineup is deeper with guys who can hit at least 15-20 HRs 1-7 (not Lagares). Cespedes would be icing on the cake, much like last year. A lot depends on Wright's health and TDA but unlike last year we have real MLers to back up Wright and hopefully TDA won't miss 100 games again. Also, if need be, not signing Yo will allow them the flexibility to get another bat at the deadline for 3rd, CF, 1st, C, wherever it is needed. If we got Yoenis back, it really limits their flexibility to upgrade in July. Also, this team will be getting a full year of Thor, Matz (hopefully), no innings limits and Wheeler back in late June/July and a revamped pen.