It doesn’t take a spreadsheet programmed by a bunch of Russian sabermetricians to tell us the New York Mets have a wide range of potential outcomes, based largely on the health of its starting rotation, but also on a lineup that features five regulars older than 30.
After reaching the World Series in 2015 and earning a wild card in 2016, in 2017 we saw what happens when things go bad. The Mets churned through 12 starting pitchers, nine of whom posted an ERA on the wrong side of 5.00. The offense slugged the most home runs in the National League even though just two of their players even played 130 games.