Despite a tough World Series in 2015, it was a great season for the New York Mets and there fans. For a season that most thought would be a development year for the team, turned into a National League East division title and raising the National League pennant for the first time in 15 years.
Now that the season is over, general manager Sandy Alderson has a lot of decisions to make regarding free agents. The team has several free agents including Yoenis Cespedes, Daniel Murphy, Tyler Clippard, and Juan Uribe. It is unlikely the Mets bring back any of these names next season though.
A lot of these guys are asking for too much money or they just simply won't fit with the team next season, so I can see why Sandy and the Wilpons won't resign them. What concerns me is locking up the young pitchers.
Many baseball analysis's and former big leagues have said that the Mets young pitching could potentially be the best rotation in major league history. In order to do this the Wilpons are going to have to open up the checkbook and lock these guys up. The Mets have 5 aces on their team, so they are going to have to be paid top money like aces. Over the next couple of seasons their contracts are going to expire starting with Matt Harvey at the end of the 2016 season.
As a Met fan I'm so excited for our pitching, but worried about the future and how the Wilpons will handle this. Event though the Mets play in the biggest market in the country, the Wilpons are very hesitant about handing out big contracts. They handle the payroll as if the Mets play in Tampa Bay or San Diego. The time to win is now and it all starts with signing Harvey, DeGrom, Syndergard, Matz, and Wheeler in the upcoming seasons. The Mets have something very special that does not happen very often. Its your move Mr. Wilpon. Sign these pitchers long term and years from now we'll be talking about the greatest pitching staff in baseball history.
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