One Last Move: Russell Martin

Photo by Rob Carr/Getty ImagesWelcome to One Last Move, where our writers pitch a move to the Mets that would close out their offseason and make the team better in 2020.

Between forcing Devin Mesoraco into retirement and watching Travis d’Arnaud turn things around for another club last season, one would think that the Mets would have learned some sort of lesson about their catching situation by now. Alas, it seems they have not. In early December, Brodie Van Wagenen cited the addition of Ali Sanchez to the 40-man roster as the reason the Mets feel “pretty comfortable” with their catching situation.

Of course, that line of reasoning is weak at best and absurd at worst, and not much has changed…