A common term we heard this spring with a positive twang to it when spoken by the New York Mets front office was “depth.” The d-word was getting tossed around plenty when Brodie Van Wagenen and others talked about the strength of the team.
Understandably so, the Mets haven’t had those horrendous lineups we have seen in the past. Beyond a small number of games, there is rarely a lineup on the field where we suffer through more than a pair of names that belong in the minor leagues. We can argue who those players are, but instead, let’s look at how the Mets have used their depth—or haven’t in many cases.