The new-look Mets won’t have the Wilpons and Brodie Van Wagenen in charge. They have a new owner in Steve Cohen, a new president (also tasked with baseball decisions, at least for now) in Sandy Alderson, and will have a new general manager any day now. They will also have a new starting catcher, since Wilson Ramos won’t be back in 2021, and presumably a couple of new starting pitchers, outfielders or even some relievers.
But the offensive structure, sans the suspended Robinson Cano, will be virtually the same as 2020. Jeff McNeil will be back, as will Michael Conforto, Pete Alonso, Brandon Nimmo, JD Davis, and one of the season’s breakout performers: Dominic Smith.