{"id":216105,"date":"2021-04-01T02:11:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T23:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/overhauled-mets-start-season-with-target-on-backs\/"},"modified":"2021-04-01T02:11:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T23:11:09","slug":"overhauled-mets-start-season-with-target-on-backs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/overhauled-mets-start-season-with-target-on-backs\/","title":{"rendered":"#Overhauled Mets start season with target on backs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Overhauled Mets start season with target on backs<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Mets boarded busses outside Nationals Park on Sept. 27 as a battered team that had just completed a last-place, pandemic-shortened season.<\/p>\n<p>Changes were coming, with Steve Cohen\u2019s purchase of the team and Sandy Alderson\u2019s return to oversee the entire organization, including the front office. Nearly half the 40-man roster was overhauled during a winter highlighted by Francisco Lindor\u2019s arrival in a trade with Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>Now, six months later, the Mets return to Washington ready to display how far they have come since their last <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>. It starts for real Thursday night with two potential Hall of Famers, Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer, scheduled to pitch and two of the NL\u2019s best lineups ready to roll.<\/p>\n<p>If not the NL East favorite, the Mets are certainly in that conversation, in a division that might be baseball\u2019s best from top to bottom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to all those people who picked us, that\u2019s awesome, that\u2019s a huge compliment,\u201d Pete Alonso said. \u201cBut also we need to go out there and work every day, because with that, it comes with a target, and we need to play like we\u2019re getting everybody\u2019s best effort and just because we are picked to the division doesn\u2019t mean that is necessarily going to h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en, because there are four other teams in this division that are extremely talented and can win in a lot of different ways. We just need to be on the attack all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Podcast\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188px\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/amazin-but-true\/metsseasonpreview-predictionsfeat.wallybackman?accentColor=2a2a2a&amp;bgColor=f6f6f6&amp;font-family=proxima%20nova&amp;logo=false&amp;secondaryColor=cc3333\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n        <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After four straight seasons missing the playoffs the Mets have at least as much ammunition in the lineup as they have enjoyed perhaps in the franchise\u2019s history. Whether they return to the postseason will likely hinge on the rotation pieces beyond deGrom, the bullpen and the obvious need to stay healthy.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday will mark the Mets debuts for Lindor and James McCann, two additions that strengthened the Mets up the middle, at shortstop and catcher, respectively. Another of the team\u2019s significant offseason additions, Trevor May, will be available to pitch from the bullpen.<\/p>\n<p>Other key new additions include Carlos Carrasco (who is sidelined with a right hamstring tear), Taijuan Walker, Joey Lucchesi, Kevin Pillar, Albert Almora Jr., Jonathan Villar and Aaron Loup.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Pete Alonso (20) warms up before a MLB Spring Training game.\" class=\"wp-image-17717788 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/pete-alonso-mets-target-nl-east.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/pete-alonso-mets-target-nl-east.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/pete-alonso-mets-target-nl-east.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/pete-alonso-mets-target-nl-east.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/03\/pete-alonso-mets-target-nl-east.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Pete Alonso is back on a new-look Mets team this season.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe feel like a complete team,\u201d manager Luis Rojas said. \u201cI think we have speed, power, starters that can give you depth, that can give you the length. \u2026 We talked about the long-reliever roles in the bullpen and we have multiple guys in our bullpen that can be used as closers in different innings in different parts of the game, so you definitely feel you have a complete team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The three-time defending NL East champion Braves certainly have the firepower to repeat, but the Mets, Nationals, Phillies and Marlins (who qualified for the expanded playoffs last season) all have to be considered as contenders.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the love for the Mets comes from the PECOTA projections \u2014 as of March 25 \u2014 that give them 91.8 victories and first place in the division. The Nationals (83.4), Phillies (83.5), Braves (83.0) and Marlins (70.1) are next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know we have a target on our back,\u201d Brandon Nimmo said. \u201cI am sure Atlanta is pretty pissed off that everyone is talking about us after the good years that they\u2019ve had, and same with the Marlins, with them making the playoffs last year and everybody thinks they are not going to do well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo there\u2019s a lot of people that are going to have chips on their shoulders and wanting to prove people wrong and those are dangerous people to play, so we have got to be ready right from the [start] and we have to put a chip on our shoulder as well.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Changes were coming, with Steve Cohen\u2019s purchase of the team and Sandy Alderson\u2019s return to oversee the entire organization, including the front office. 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