{"id":48051,"date":"2020-08-17T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mets-mailbag-wilson-ramos-losing-his-grip-on-starting-job\/"},"modified":"2020-08-17T16:02:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T13:02:00","slug":"mets-mailbag-wilson-ramos-losing-his-grip-on-starting-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mets-mailbag-wilson-ramos-losing-his-grip-on-starting-job\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mets mailbag: Wilson Ramos losing his grip on starting job"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Mets mailbag: Wilson Ramos losing his grip on starting job<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 17, 2020 |<\/span> 9:02am |<\/span> Updated August 17, 2020 | 8:09am<\/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

If the sale goes through in December, will there be enough time to stand up a new front office and make moves to improve the team for 2021? \u2014 @earlamcduck<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ideally any potential sale of the team would be app<\/a>roved by the time the World Series concludes \u2014 provided we get that far during a pandemic season. Teams usually begin formulating offseason plans in October, with action picking up at the general<\/a> managers\u2019 meetings in November and the winter meetings in early December. It\u2019s possible a new ownership group would overhaul the front office immedia<\/a>tely, but there is also a strong chance a new boss would extend Brodie Van Wagenen\u2019s regime while trying to learn about the organization. Perhaps a new owner would hire a team president to whom Van Wagenen would answer. There are so many variables (including whether the sale will happen and to whom) that it\u2019s difficult to speculate on how it will unfold.<\/p>\n

Why don\u2019t the Mets go to a six-man rotation the rest of the way, add Seth Lugo and two young arms like Franklyn Kilome, Thomas Szapucki or Kevin Smith? It would ease the grind on Jacob deGrom and David Peterson, give Lugo a chance to build up and give a couple of young arms to show what they\u2019ve got going into 2021? \u2014 @FSchaeffer06<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the Mets get buried in the playoff race, they can consider going this route. But if you are trying to win a sprint, it probably makes the most sense to get Jacob deGrom (provided his neck tightness doesn\u2019t linger) on the mound as often as possible, and that means a traditional rotation. The idea of adding Lugo to the rotation mix might have more validity, given the steadiness Jeurys Familia, Edwin Diaz and Dellin Betances, among others, have provided recently in the late innings.<\/p>\n

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How long before they start playing Thomas Nido more? \u2014 @MetsSouthFla<\/strong><\/p>\n

We may have reached that point already. The Mets wanted J.T. Realmuto or Yasmani Grandal two winters ago because the presence they could bring behind the plate in addition to their bats, but were forced to settle for Wilson Ramos, an offensive-minded catcher with defensive flaws. Now Ramos has stopped hitting and Nido \u2014 the superior defensive option \u2014 has shown improvement offensively. If Ramos doesn\u2019t get rolling soon, I suspect we will see Nido in the lineup more often than not.<\/p>\n

If universal DH stays, do you think Dom Smith and Pete Alonso start a rotation of playing first? Or is it strictly one or the other moving past this year? \u2014 @Doug_Calderone<\/strong><\/p>\n

Smith and Alonso rotating at first can work, keeping both players fresh and giving the manager options in the DH spot. Robinson Cano will still be part of that DH mix and if the Mets look to upgrade at third base, J.D. Davis still might figure into that equation. Smith\u2019s star is on the rise and Alonso has slumped, certainly changing the calculus at first base. When the season began it appeared Alonso would own the position for the next decade. That might no longer be true.<\/p>\n

Can they trade Robinson Cano for a fifth pitcher? \u2014 @garthsmalley<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cano is under contract for another three years after this season (a stretch in which he is owed $72 million), so I don\u2019t see him departing for a fifth starter. Plus, he\u2019s become one of the Mets\u2019 most productive hitters, so there is no reason to rush him out the door.<\/p>\n

What will it take to fix Steven Matz? Phil Regan? Dan Warthen? Jeremy Accardo? \u2014 @degiap01<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dave Eiland, Regan, Jeremy Hefner and Accardo have all been involved with overseeing Matz in the past two seasons. Eiland had success early last year with Matz, but the lefty nosedived in June. It was under Regan (who replaced Eiland as pitching coach near midseason) that Matz got on track and had a solid second half. It might be time for the Mets to call the 83-year-old \u201cVulture\u201d and see if he\u2019s got time for an important project. The Mets need to get Matz right.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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