Discussing the Mets' outlook for the 2024 season!
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- MLB Tonight discusses the Mets' roster entering the 2024 season, Pete Alonso's future with the franchise and the lineup questions.
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Alonso runs the offense. You cannot replace him right now. Recker is also totally right, the Mets are going to evaluate the young guys this year and see if they are part of the future. Could change the course of the year. LFGM
Alonso can absolutely be replaced. Easily .
You are an Alonso hater for some strange reason, I just don't get it. Why don't you go root for the Yankees?
@@sheldonforman72 lol I’m not. Alonso isnt an elite player. He’s not on Freeman or Olson’s level. Nowhere near
LETS GO 2024 NEW YORK METS
A bunch of money comes off the books after 2024, especially if Verlander’s option doesn’t vest (with his shoulder issues, he may not get to 140 IP), so it makes sense to wait and re-sign Alonso (the way they did with Nimmo) rather than extend him now. Having said that, they’re more likely to be deadline sellers than buyers, so will they trade him midseason to get something more than just a comp pick if he walks, or are they that confident they can get a deal done?
I will not stand for this pete alonso slander
I know these guys don’t actually watch the Mets they just look at the stats and read about teams. If you watch the Mets play you know that Alonso is so far from a one-dimensional player. He had a down year with average but he hits more homeruns than anyone else and is getting better at defense and is a good guy
@@bena4072 for real. They were talking like he is a career .215 hitter... smh.. shame on you sny!
@@biglink93this ain’t SNY
And look where they are now before the all star break, what a great turn around!
The Stearns hate is so absurd. Been here 5 minutes and MLB of all the major US sports takes the longest to development and grade talent short of several YEARS.
I like his approach so far. But he better sign Alonso long term or I'll be livid. Alonso brought excitement back to Mets baseball for me. I've been waiting since 1968 for a home grown slugger like Pete to come along. I'll never forget 2019. Ed Kranpool never cut the mustard but still love him.
Agreed... all these know it all ... honestly, switch teams, the real fans know there are good and bad years.
@@snowman9667 we had more bad years than good let’s be honest
I don't hate him ....I don't know him..... his reputation is excellent.....but answering legitimate questions about the cleanup hitter.... and contract concerns..... deserve a better answer than a childish smile or grin. I'm not saying he needs t be transparent because there is no need for that.....but be more grown up than grinning about the situation.
@@edschneidmuller9496 More than likely, he’ll be traded at the deadline.
IAM A BIG NEW YORK METS FAN
Sterns looks like that friend who tricked you and stole your best baseball cards as a kid
@@kirinirik10your mom
Who is the guy in the middle? He’s good
Pete Alonso is the face of the NY Mets and has earned a big contract.
This year had to be a no signing of the highest free agents ...all because of the reckless/gamble on signing those high paid old men last year. It didn't work so they took 1 year off to refresh. Cohen is a businessman and hopefully he will make good business decisions. Mets current players need to step up this year...young boyz and vets. Starting pitching and bullpen are definitely concerns that they willl need to address next year.
Finally someone noticed that the biggest Mets problem is they absolutely suck at scoring runs early in games. I believe they were last in scoring first inning runs last year in the entire league. It goes beyond that. They rarely put any crooked numbers on the scoreboard until innings 5 through 9. They need to be more effective in that regard..... particularly first time through the lineup. It was a huge issue last season.
this is going to be an uncertain year for the mets. Their starting rotation has many new blood. A lot of players had many stats and the record of win and lose shows. Just let them play and hope for the best.
Stearns looks high as hell
71-91
ya the red sox figured it out...after losing betts and bogarts
That dude never knows what he is talking about
But only made the playoffs once and almost made the World Series in 21 since the mookie betts trade
Reck sounds bitter
Keep smiling and make it appear as if everything is wonderful.
Dumb boring anti Mets anti Alonso BS - no story here, no analysis of any substance.
Not good let's just say that.
A little iffy about that smirk on his face…don’t know if he’s being real or fake 🤔
Love Pete but if he leaves, it won't hurt like DeGrom
Ryan Clifford is looming overhead. If he gets a cup of coffee this year and pops off we’re gonna have an awkward conversation.
DeGrom leaving didn’t hurt AT ALL, bc we all knew he’d get seriously hurt last season and he predictably did. Imagine if we burned EVEN MORE $$$?!
@@ltccherno2536Ryan Clifford is basically Lucas Duda. No awkward conversations will need to be had, at least not involving him.
@@mst3k54 I get that but he was our guy and I wanted him to be a life long Met. SO it did hurt when he left. Do I think he was worth that money? No
Lying is Stearns best suit when he smiles he depends on analytics to much
I don’t understand why they haven’t signed Bauer. He’s willing to sign for league minimum. The guy still got it. he has that it factor and won’t let them get bossed around.
hes a douche and potentially an abuser not worth the headache
Because he’s a crappy human being. He’s old, and he’s a headache that nobody needs. His band of incel fanboys can go watch him play in the California Penal League.
Highest payroll of all time but people cry about the dodgers 🤣
This dude still bitter lol 😂
David Sterns has the worst poker face I swear.
The spin that too many Met fans have brought into this year is just so "pitiful. " For too long this season GM Stearns has smirked his way through press conferences stating his single minded plan in 2024 to depend on wannabe comeback players and unproven prospects only. This a quitting philosophy that should be shunned by Met fans who know that a creative and proactive GM unlike Stearns has been is to contractually and aggressively put into action needed players available who can help the Mets this season and beyond their out there if the Mets just bother to go for it and not punt on a saeson.
Pete Alonso is so much more important to the team and fan base than Lindor is. They never should have given this dude the contract he did but Pete on the other hand is home grown and has produced every single year and stayed on the field. Give the Polar Bear whatever he wants...
Saved you nine minutes: prepare for disappointment Mets fans!
We don't prepare we go in with disappointment 😂.
85 wins is realistic
The Mets success has always relied on solid pitching, not bats. Nothing has changed. They don’t have the pitching and they’re not going anywhere…again.
No not really
@@sca13 Yes. Yes, really.
This is fucking rebuild
Re-sign Pete!!........Please!!
Thank god the knicks are okay 😢.
Gonna blow up
@@michaelarcher1799 don't do that to me 😅
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz boooorrrrriiiiiinnnnngggg!!!
It’s gonna be the same old Mets team I know it.
What a boring line up. Nothing new except Bader. It’s gonna be a long season. Nothing to protect Pete!
Glad we're dedicating time to talk about the third team in the division that didn't even make the playoffs. Good segement MLBNetwork. What's next, the outlook for the Pirates?
They should talk about the front running team that won 104 games only to not win a playoff series
Frontran so hard we've got b5b division titles and the most in the divisional era. You can retort when you win a World Series in my lifetime.
Talking about a New York team gets them views no body cares about Atlanta bro why would they market a city that won’t generate them views you seem sad 🤣 face it buddy no matter how bad the Mets may be they will be talked about more than the Braves because they are a New York team that’s just how it is don’t like it too bad
@@MiguelP-rl2sn Yeah buddy, except even this year you can't scream off season champs or practice your world series celebration in spring training.
Last time your team was relevant on the national level it was fueled by cocaine.
@@ZachFreeman78 It was truist park's finest last year that laughed and cheered loudly when Alonso got beamed - zero class down there. For how good the braves are, they are not exciting or fun. I'm Mets fans and have to admit that the Phillies are 1000 times more interesting than the boring Braves. If Acuna, the most exciting player in the MLB wasn't on the team, it would be a total snoozefest
Why does stearns permanently sport a goofy forced smile? It is getting cringy
The mets will lose pete Alonzo he will go elsewhere trust me, a team will give Him what he wants and he will leave, it's stupid cause our owner is a billionaire and we look like fools
Reck is right . Alonso isn’t a true super star. One dimensional . A legend in his own mind .
The Mets will not win 82 games this year. Mark my words. They have done nothing to improve the bats on this team. You cannot go from 75 wins and expect to improve without making an significant changes. Buck Showalter getting fired is not significant enough.
Nobody knows what the hell they are doing I don't even think they know what they are doing 😂
Time to break the ice the Mets ain’t doing shit this year stop the 🧢
Batting avg went down league wide. Pete's glove is solid, not gold glove yet but he's improving every season
I'm so sick of hearing Alonso is a bad fielder. He's not that bad, his fielding % was better than Matt Olson's. Most of his errors are when throwing from what I recall. Pete was at .995 Olson .994 Freeman .999 And Pete runs the bases like a gazelle....okay, make that like a Rhino.
lol there’s NO WAY I would take “Throw it again” Pete over Olson or Freeman.
Agree he is a decent fielder now and getting better
@@tangofett4065literally didn’t ask 😊
@@excelsior3381 ya, see? That’s the beauty of TH-cam comment sections. People don’t have to ask for opinions… they’re just given freely. 😎
and I give a rats ass what you "think"@@tangofett4065
Anthony Reckers suit is fire
How are they supposed to compete without starting pitching?
67 WINS TOPS LOTS OF FIRINGS NEXT OFF SEASON FORGET IT IVE BEEN A METS FAN SINCE 1962 BUT REALISTIC
The only way to do that is to have a monster offense that can carry this team and win despite giving teams 4 plus runs and their offense doesn't scare anyone outside of Alonso which is the real problem. Really needed a power threat to protect him with Soler. That will come back to bite them in the ass when they are trading Alonso at the deadline
@@HelloooTherejust stop with the foolishness
@@nevg21FOOLISHNESS IS STANDING AROUND HOPING “UNCKIE STEVIE” WILL FIX EVERYTHING I CALL IT LIKE I SEE IT NOT LIKE YOU OR THESE OTHER GOO GOO EYED FANS SAYING METS GONNA BE GREAT THIS YEAR THEY DONT KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT I AM A FAN SINCE 1962 AND I HAVE BEEN EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND BACK THIS TEAM ISNT GOING ANYWHERE FOR THREEE YEARS AT LEAST REMEMBER WHERE YOU HEARD IT
Drives me nuts when smart analysts like Kelly say things like “he hits 217” about alonso or he’s “one dimensional.” He had a 205 babip last year, it wont happen again. Hes a 260-350 guy generally w 40-100+ in a pitchers park. He has a 914 career road ops. He had +6 DRS and 0 OAA last year so hes become an average fielder. Hes not freeman but hes the best run producer in baseball for a reason. Advanced analytics were meant to show value in other areas when HR and RBI were misleading. They’re not w alonso - he has a 945 ops w RISP career… thats how you drive in 100 consistently.
It's pretty simple. When have the Mets EVER had a player who's consistently hit 40+ homers a year? The Mets NEED to re-sign Pete. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.
Biggest thing in regards to Alonso is the fact that we had no real protection in the lineup. The average isn’t there because he probably feels like he has to do it all. I guarantee that if he leaves for another market or team he will be a 250-260 avg hitter and he will develop a better glove. Every player the Mets have had and traded away ALWAYS tend to be much better elsewhere and it’s so gut wrenching to see.
Avg isn’t there cause he hits like Schwerber, feast or famine…
That’s a weak ass excuse .
@@millennial9252 look at the numbers they say different.
@@kyleknapp1985 I mean am I wrong? He has no protection in that lineup.
Pete is being severely underrated after one down season. Last year was his first FULL season batting under .260 and these analyst are acting like he’s abysmal, yet they don’t give guys like Kyle Schwarber that energy. And he’s a better defender than some numbers might say. I get that the entire Mets team underperformed last year so that can cloud judgement but let’s look at Pete’s total numbers. Anything can happen ina new season.
I never understand the Pete hate. When it’s anyone else all I hear about is power and driving runs in. When it’s Pete it’s all batting average and fielding. And he’s an underrated fielder. Not great, but not as bad as everyone acts like.
Mets are in a position to compete long term, 2025 is where is time to access whats going on. People were shitting on the Knicks until 2 weeks ago. Now they are legit long term contenders
*2026
if brunson can stay healthy 😩
When does that start?
Why can’t they compete this year?
Scott Boras should be banned from the game of baseball! He is ruining the sport!
Jeff McNeil hopefully returns to his batting average champion form. How much of a fair opportunity is given to Luis Angel Acuna to win the second base job in spring training is something to watch for early on.
Starling Marte also stands to lose his job to McNeil. Marte had a negative WAR while McNeil turned out to be our best defensive Right Fielder.
I think Alvarez is backing up Alonso and there batting average will determine there success.
Baty may not get enough patience to prove himself and Vientos has to hit better than Jeff Kent to overcome his defensive limitations.
Bader could also become a backup if Gilbert wins the job in spring training.
They will be as good as the three young guns can make them... And probably the weakest link out of Gilbert, Acuna and Baty loses the job to Mauricio next year.
Senga, Severino, Maena, Vassil, Megills sounds a lot better if you could put Snell in front of them.
Keep dreaming about the "kids" taking over this year. Outside of Baty and Vientos (who haven't proven anything), the rest of them haven't even played AAA. They are projected to come up in 2025. We are wasting prime years of Alonso, Lindor, Nimmo and McNeill just to see if 2 .200 hitting 24 year Olds are bona-fide major leaguers.
i dont like mcniel for some reason mayb hes attitude n i feel hes a little over rated cuz a good year or two id see if i can trade him
I ain’t holding my breath. Jeff McNeil is toast idk how he didn’t get traded
Toast huh? Let's circle back to this comment in July.
@@josereyes1148 yeah when Jeff McNeil is cut or traded. He’s a bad locker room guy too apparently
I agree with everything that they said. Here. The glaring thing to me is how they blow games in the first couple. Innings. If you can't fix that in the off season by the time the new season starts to get from inning one to at least ending five or six, then you're dead in the water. Just look around at these clubs surrounding you. Second chances aren't for real.
Do we rebuild or reload?????
Verlander and Scherzer getting 40+ million this year on the books, plus the luxury tax! Cohen is a business man first! This is an evaluation year.
Gonna surprise people
Get back on TH-cam tv.
Alonso has a career .251 average, Kenney thinks hitting .217 one season defines his entire career. Pete just hit .271 in 2022. Kenny is such a piss-poor "analyst", he's long overdo for a FIRED.
no quality player in there prime drops to 217 for a season
@@roseforyoubabe 🤦🏽♂️
Jeff McNeil and injury .hopefully it isn't bad. This team is way short I'm starting pitching
.z
Smiles and grins by David Stearns look very fake...... especially when you consider the subject matter..... the question was serious and you're answering a legitimate question about probably the most important player in the lineup and his answer has no answer.... other than an unnecessary grin in a very unprofessional manner. The question was valid. The grin and smile were juvenile. I hope he's a better GM than his press conference appearances show him to be.
After losing Senga need another starting. Yet nothing being done. Nit signing Alonso is badl. Need a another strong hitter which they havent don. How can I beong a Met since 1968. A big Tom Seaver fan. Been a Met since 1968bhave any interest in watching this tea ill watch them but it m down on Sterns and Cowen
Starting pitching not thrilled aboutl.bwas hoping they would get lefty Snellm but its not happening. Marte needs to stay healthy and come hack strong. Diaz is back.bHe has to stay strong and healthly
How did they not get Bloom? Just bad timing? Like signing Bonilla instead of Bonds?
Pete will be gone at the end of the year, Mets will finish last, Stearns will be packing his bags in the off season !!!
the mets not in the playoffs agian LOL
The Mets have to promote Drew Gilbert, Luisangel Acuna, Christian Scott and Mike Vasil as soon as possible. They will be part of the Mets core.
I love Gilbert's makeup. I expect nice things from him. Gamer. Both he and Alvarez seem to have that factor when the AB is bigger, they thrive. Some guys just cannot do that.
Acuna needs more time to develop
Vasil’s a back-end starter. Acuña’s not ready. Gilbert is going to spend most of his career on the IL. Scott might actually be decent, but we’ll see.
It’s possible none of these guys pan out. You never know in this game
How has he never spoken to Pete wtf
100 W I BELIEVE LGM
Trade him
That lineup just won't get it done. Hopefully they don't let Pete walk.
Pete will sign with the Yankees and Mets will sign Soto. hehehe
@@lordt78Yankees > Mets . Mets need to sell their poverty franchise
@@SiTengoHambre Richest owner in baseball. Poverty my ass!
That linneup woud be better with Marte hitting #2 Alvarez #5 McNeil #6 and Stewart DHing at #7......trade Vientos for pitching
Media is hilarious saying Mets have a problem?? Try being a fan of a small market team and as soon as are players put up the right numbers, the big market teams pay them big market money to leave. Funny when the player does not produce the numbers expected...
If they can hear themselves when they use words like 'mediocre'.
To me in this day and age in media waves it is totally unacceptable and very unprofessional...
Stearns is not anything good
Lol
Yes, let's rush kids up here and totally skip AAA. That sounds like a great strategy!
Boras will take Alonso to free agency!
HI FROM PUERTO RICO
Sign pete!!!!!!
IAM FROM NEW YORK
Mark ventos watch for him
🚮
He hit .217 1 season out of 5. BK is a clown making it seem like that’s his career average.
The problem with the mets is the pitching. They clearly have none atm. Give sterns time but yea it looks like its gonna be a wash year and eating some of the contracts and mistakes of paying 2 40 year old pitchers and then some…. Give pete what he wants…
If the Mets wanted to keep Alonso a deal would of been done by now or even last year. Good chance they deal it at the deadline even though he’s the face of that team
Once Alonso signed with Boras, there was no chance an extension was getting done.
They should trade Alonso if they are out of contention or no contract extension seems viable. Better to get something instead of just letting him walk.
Bring up Acuna and let him grow into the lead off spot and move Nimo to batting third or sixth
Batting Nimmo and his .360+ OBP sixth is just silly, and the Mets’ future leadoff guy is Jett Williams, anyway. I think people are seriously overrating Acuña because of his big brother. Luisangel’s ceiling is much, much lower.
@@IdliAmin_TheLastKingofSambar Bring up Acuna in my opinión is a better option than Batty or Vientos . Play acuna at second McNeil plays Third and utility. Bro Vientos , Batty combo is like 30 errors at third lol . Nimmo is looking like a 25 to 30 HR guy his 360 OBP is a waist he cant steel a base and if he does he runs the risk of getting hurt have you seen him slide at second when steeling a base. lol. The game is played with young kids at the top of the order . With the exception of Phillies.
@@thethrill2877 Again, Acuña isn’t ready (he took a step back, honestly), and while I agree that neither Baty nor Vientos is good defensively, the team isn’t going to give up on them yet. They’re going to get a LOT of rope this year. The Mets hope to be competitive, but they don’t actually care that much if they make the playoffs, because they know that if they do, it’ll be just barely, and they’ll get knocked out immediately. This is a bridge year. And you don’t bat Nimmo third or sixth even if you want to take him out of the leadoff spot (which is about getting on base, not stealing bases, but whatever). You bat him second, at the lowest. And again, the Mets have their future leadoff guy in Double-A, and his name is Jett Williams.
took a step back he bated 294 28 doubles 53 stolen bases 93 runs 153 hits ha what else you want he’s 21 or 22 he’s ready and on top of that a 360obp yeah it’s all in the minors but it’s time to bring him up some time before the summer .
i get that it’s a bridge year but the bride will be destroyed if Pete is no sign and we know who he’s agent is .
@@thethrill2877 His good numbers were in the Texas League, which inflates offensive numbers. After being traded to the Mets and assigned to Binghamton (Eastern League), he hit .243/.317/.304. Both leagues are in Double-A. The Mets don’t believe he’s ready, they tend to like their prospects to get time in Triple-A, and I can promise you he will not be on the Opening Day roster.
Sota to Mets and Alonso to Yankees in 2025….lol….that would be a fun 2025 in NYC
Anthony Recker is a good analyst. He’s absolutely right that the Mets’ rotation gives them a much lower ceiling than teams like the 2023 Marlins or Diamondbacks, who may have only won 84 games apiece, but were much stronger at the top of their respective rotations. Even if the Mets were to somehow make the postseason, they’d be an easy first-round knockout, barring significant moves at the deadline and/or a a surprising contribution from someone like Christian Scott. I think the Mets’ front office would prefer an 82-win, non-playoff season in which guys like Baty take a big step forward to an 85-win, first-round knockout driven by, say, a big September from Joey Wendle.
This is a 75 win team at best.
*55 they will be the new pirates
I would add this regarding the 2024 Mets season....... they desperately need to figure out a way to score runs early in games. It seemed impossible for them last year. Every game..... they waited until the 5 th inning or later to score runs. Hopefully they realize that......not sure they do.
They lost a lot of games because of the bullpen last year not because they didn't score early . Baseball is not basketball it doesn't matter if you get runs early or late it just matters that you get more than the other team when the last out is recorded.
@@emmanuelwood8702You make no sense..... early runs helps the entire pitching staff and makes managing the bullpen easier.
If you remember 2022, how many games they would score runs in the first thing... They were doing it everyday practically. That adds up to a winning season or at least damn good one.
Let's See....
- Highest Payroll in Baseball for Players NO LONGER on the Team Apart from Pete Alonso.
- New Manager that they Pulled from their Neighbors in the Bronx when Craig Counsell decided that Driving to Chicago was better than Flying to the 'Big Apple'.
- NOT Trading Pete Alonso when he's in the Final Year of his Contract before going to the Highest Bidder.
- MAJORITY of their 'Star' Players are 30+ Years Old.
- Fangraphs Prediction: .500 Team at 81-81.
SoundFX09's Prediction:
*NL EAST BASEMENT.* As Broken as the City they reside in.
Washington and Miami are on the Right Track and have a better mindset than whatever the Mets are on right now.
LolMets! SFX09 always brining the knowledge and common sense. Go Braves!
Can someone explain why the Mets were so bad last season?
@tronrobojim6526 This man is the only guy I’ve seen who gets hate before even gets a real
Chance to show his intelligence. Haters need to pipe down, watch and learn.
This team goes as far as Baty and Vientos take them. The starting pitching is capable, the bullpen is decent, the closer superb, great defense, good base running. Hitting is the BIG question mark!
Mets coming in 4th in the division .Phillies or Braves 1st & 2nd,3rd Marlins 4th Mets..
Ceiling 84-78, compete for low wild card spot
reasons I think this could happen:
chavez as hitting coach should help the offense, diaz return should net us a few more wins
floor...between 72-90 and 75-87
reasons I think this could happen
the rotation is iffy
LFGM
It’s going to be a long season for us Met fans this year 🤦🏽♂️
One thing that was so obvious what these guys didn't touch. The lack of leadership. They have a bunch of clowns all for themselves and their stats. McNeil failed hard after that contract. He's to mental there. Nimmo wants to be a leader, but acts too polite to step on anyones toes, Lindor is more focused on his brand and Gucci gloves. Marte has either checked out or knows he's done and is saving it for another team. The most damning? The young guns in the Braves excel, while the young Mets, who excelled in triple A comes in, does great the first couple of times at bat. Then they takes a nose dive? What is going on in that club house? These young guys are seeing to much laziness and no leadership, so they falter