Over the last three seasons combined, the Marlins have been the weakest link in the National League East (.394 winning percentage). But the Mets have been the division’s laughing stock, insisting that they are ready to contend for the postseason yet failing to do so, hindered by a series of their own transactional and tactical mistakes.
During a painfully slow 2020-21 winter across Major League Baseball, the Mets are among a small number of teams actually addressing their deficiencies. This past week, they officially made Jared Porter their new general manager and reportedly won the bidding war for catcher James McCann with a four-year, $40-plus million deal and hired Dave Jauss as bench coach.