FLUSHING, NY - 1984: Keith Hernandez #17 of the New York Mets reaches and tags out the runner during a 1984 season game against the Montreal Expos at Shea Stadium in Flushing, New York. (Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
It’s the 1983 New York Mets season all over again in our simulated history and Keith Hernandez is coming to the Big Apple.
The virtual New York Mets haven’t had a winning season since 1976 and are now beyond ten years of seeing playoff baseball. We’ve shifted beyond the Tom Seaver years in this simulation and are now approaching an era led by Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, and some veterans about to put on a Mets uniform for the first time.