{"id":12624,"date":"2020-06-22T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mets-mailbag-citi-field-could-make-for-messy-spring-training\/"},"modified":"2020-06-22T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T13:00:00","slug":"mets-mailbag-citi-field-could-make-for-messy-spring-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mets-mailbag-citi-field-could-make-for-messy-spring-training\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mets mailbag: Citi Field could make for messy spring training"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Mets mailbag: Citi Field could make for messy spring training<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 22, 2020 |<\/span> 9:00am |<\/span> Updated June 22, 2020 | 12:02am<\/span><\/p>\n

\n You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York\u2019s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series<\/a> of regularly published mailbags. In today\u2019s installment: the Mets<\/em><\/p>\n

What\u2019s the point of trying to play at this point? \u2014 @jfc19622000<\/strong><\/p>\n

From the players\u2019 perspective, there is the obvious incentive of getting paid a fraction of their salaries as compared to the $300,000 veteran maximum if the season is scrapp<\/a>ed entirely. Players also have concerns about how a missed calendar year would affect their skills. It\u2019s one thing to work out independently and quite another to participate on a daily basis in the heat of competition. The older players, especially, would have to worry about regaining their mojo from a year without baseball. (For somebody like Yoenis Cespedes, who will be trying to get a contract, the layoff would be close to three years since last playing).<\/p>\n

Even if you buy the owners\u2019 assertion they will lose money by playing a shortened season without fans, in the big picture do they really want to go 17 months without their product on display? That would be the length between the end of the last World Series and the first pitch of the 2021 season. The diehard fans will return regardless, but you risk losing a sizeable portion of your audience that could deem baseball \u201cnon-essential.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond the players and owners, there are thousands of people whose livelihoods are connected to the game<\/a> who could have the terms of their employment affected by a canceled season.<\/p>\n

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Will the Mets re-sign Marcus Stroman? \u2014 @sweepsking61<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stroman should be general<\/a> manager Brodie Van Wagenen\u2019s top priority, especially given the fact Jacob deGrom and Steven Matz are the only healthy starting pitchers under contract or team control for next year. That said, the issue is complicated by the possible sale of the team, which might occur before or after the offseason. As we touched upon last week, the Mets could be facing a severe payroll crunch if the Wilpons and Saul Katz don\u2019t complete a team sale before spring training. Stroman\u2019s return would help validate Van Wagenen\u2019s trade last July that sent pitching prospects Anthony Kay and Simeon Woods-Richardson to the Blue Jays for the veteran right-hander.<\/p>\n

How well-equipped is Citi Field to host spring training Part Deux? \u2014 @MetsDaddy 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not ideal, but the Mets would have the option of staggering their workouts between morning and afternoon, and could explore using MCU Park in Brooklyn. The biggest concern, as always in a preseason camp, is building up the pitchers. There are two mounds in each bullpen at Citi Field and one on the main field. Team officials would have to decide if that is enough or whether additional bullpen mounds could be accommodated.<\/p>\n

For the third straight year the Mets finished bottom five in the league in Defensive Runs Saved and bottom 10 in Ultimate Zone Rating per Fangraphs. How should the Mets fix this? \u2014 @AlbanyFrom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Any improvement will have to come incrementally. For instance, Robinson Cano can become the Mets\u2019 permanent DH after this season (or maybe even in 2020 if Cespedes isn\u2019t cleared to resume), allowing the team to shift Jeff McNeil to second and search for an upgrade at third, essentially strengthening two positions defensively. Does Andres Gimenez or Ronny Mauricio become the starting shortstop in 2021 or \u201922, displacing Amed Rosario, for a potential defensive boost? Wilson Ramos is signed only through this season, but finding a defensive catcher who can bring anything offensively is like trying to unearth buried treasure. The Mets went for a defensive stud in center field in the first round of the draft, selecting Pete Crow-Armstrong, but we probably won\u2019t see him for five years. Pete Alonso has set a Gold Glove as his next goal, so maybe there is still hope for defensive improvement at first base. If not, the Mets will gladly take the tradeoff of a player with the potential to hit 40-plus homers for the next several seasons.<\/p>\n

How do we get our money back for the game we have already paid for, the night Jerry Koosman\u2019s number was to be retired? \u2014 Ronald J. Bergeron<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s disappointing the Mets, like many teams, haven\u2019t treated their customers better. At this point, without certainty fans will be allowed in ballparks should the season occur, every ticket for 2020 should have been refunded by now. This is just another example of why it\u2019s difficult to sympathize with the owners in their battle to reach a financial agreement with the players. Calling the Mets\u2019 ticket office probably won\u2019t get you anywhere, so we\u2019ll send a message right here: Fred Wilpon, Jeff Wilpon and Saul Katz, give the fans their refunds.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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