The New York Mets are 50-55. They are not contenders. They are not going to make the playoffs. They are not very good.
Any sane organization in the Mets' position would understand the current situation and would begin selling off some of its veteran pieces for younger players and prospects in order to facilitate a rebuild. It's the natural course of action in the MLB.
Unless you're the Mets.
With rumors swirling that New York could (and probably will) trade Noah Syndergaard by Wednesday's trade deadline, the Mets went out and acquired Marcus Stroman in a deal with the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday.
Apparently, New York's plan was to trade for Stroman and then turn around and send Syndergaard packing.
You know: the Syndergaard who is younger, better, and under team control for one year longer than Stroman. Oh, and Stroman is a heavy ground-ball pitcher who will now be pitching for a Mets' team that has the worst infield defense in the majors.
Please explain how this makes any sense whatsoever?
Apparently, Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen is still under the assumption that New York can contend this year and next year and is opposed to going into a complete teardown, but in that case, why would you then be trying to trade Syndergaard? Shouldn't you, then, hold on to Syndergaard if you seriously want to contend this season and in 2020?
Trying to figure out what the Mets are doing has always been a difficult task, regardless of whom is running the team. Omar Minaya. Sandy Alderson. Van Wagenen. It doesn't matter.
Obviously, the Wilpons—the owners of the Mets—deserve the lion's share of the blame. I mean, they are the owners, after all, and they are the ones who hire their general manager and approve these deals.
But how a franchise can be this inept is mind blowing. It has seriously gotten to the point where the Knicks may no longer be the worst-run franchise in New York, and that is saying a mouthful.
The Mets play in the same city as the Yankees, but the difference in how the two organizations operate is staggering, which is the reason why the Yanks have 27 world championships while the Mets have a meager two.
Think about this for a second: the Miami Marlins, well-known for being the butt of a huge sum of MLB jokes over the last decade or so, have also won two titles. The catch? The Marlins entered the league in 1993. The Mets have been a franchise since 1962. The Marlins also don't generate the type of income the Mets do.
It's moves like the one the Mets made on Sunday that makes you truly understand why this franchise has been in a ditch since last winning the World Series in 1986. Their scouting is bad, they hand out bad contracts, they make bad trades, and they flail in every which direction whenever an ounce of pressure is placed upon them.
Plain and simply, the Mets are a bad MLB franchise, and it's clear as day that Van Wagenen doesn't have a clue as to what he's doing at the moment. But when do the Mets ever have a clue?
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