Alejandro De Aza. John Mayberry Jr. Chris Young. Michael Cuddyer. Willie Harris. Keon Broxton. What do all of these men have in common? I mean other than being Mets, you dang weisenheimer.
The answer is that they were all outfielders acquired to fill holes in the roster by the Mets within the past ten-ish years at relatively low prices who ended up being varying levels of bad. Now that we’ve taken this horrible trip down memory lane, we can finally get to the man who, at least in his role, follows in the cleat-steps of the aforementioned guys: Albert Almora Jr.