Fansided · Dec 10, 2025
Discouraging NY Mets rumors reveal a weak plan to fill first base vacancy
This might be the worst possible first base plan the Mets could move forward with.
Division Series - Toronto Blue Jays v New York Yankees - Game Four | Jim McIsaac/GettyImagesTim Healey no longer covers the New York Mets, now focusing on the Boston Red Sox. Even so, he delivered one of more discouraging Mets rumors you can ever expect to see.
In the wake of losing Pete Alonso to the Baltimore Orioles, the Mets now have a huge vacancy at first base. How will they fill it? One idea floating around in the team's head has the Mets platooning Jeff McNeil alongside free agent Paul Goldschmidt.
The Mets are going to need to do a lot more if this is their first base plan