State of the Mets, Part 4: The future

Last Tuesday, we published a breakdown of the Mets’ outlook for 2018 and beyond. The first draft of that article was much, much longer, however, and the original provides a much deeper dive into how the Mets got to this point, what the problems with the team currently are, and where the team is probably headed. Over the next few days, we’ll be publishing that longer original in parts, digging into the Mets’ organization to reset our understanding of the current roster. This is Part 4.

As we said, this Mets team is projected as roughly a .500 team, despite some very justifiable disappointment with management and ownership. That projection doesn’t really tell the whole story, however. This…