Back in December, New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen boldly declared that the Mets were the team to beat in the NL East. His message to the rest of the National League East was that the team he had assembled was ready to dominate the division. Instead, his squad has literally become the “team to beat” as the Mets have underperformed in every aspect of the game.
The crazy thing is that the Mets’ roster currently includes the reigning NL Cy Young winner in Jacob deGrom as well as the current league batting leader, Jeff McNeil and Pete Alonso, who is tied for second in all of baseball with 30 home runs.