Carlos Mendoza will have a tight leash to begin the season, but also a little more control of things. He never got to handpick his coaching staff. The coaches he and David Stearns inherited are largely gone with the New York Mets headed in a new direction. Is it the right one?
We won’t know for sure where the Mets are going. What we can surmise is how certain players who went unused or received irregular playing time could be off the roster. These five players experienced a reduction in playing time this past year. In the proverbial doghouse, it’s reasonable to project a trade for all five of them.