Paying for Wilson Ramos with money instead of paying for J.T. Realmuto with Brandon Nimmo has prevented a potentially serious mistake on the part of the Mets, but they are still facing a pretty serious problem with outfield depth: they don’t have any.
The Mets 40-man roster has just four outfielders listed, one of whom - Yoenis Cespedes - will be out until the All-Star Break if not longer and another of whom - Juan Lagares - hasn’t cracked 100 games since 2015. Brandon Nimmo and Michael Conforto are two bright young outfield stars, but it’s easy to forget that Conforto is less than 18 months removed from a potentially career-ending shoulder surgery and Nimmo was notoriously injury-prone until just recently.