This will be a big winter for the Mets.
What looked like a World Series team went sideways at the end, letting the NL East crown slip away to the Braves before a wild card round no-show against the Padres. And now the front office must not only retain its own key free agents but also look to add to a roster that won 101 games, but fell short when it mattered.
Here are five position players the Mets should be in on:
Yankees RF Aaron Judge. Judge is on the wrong side of 30 but will command a potentially historic contract after his epic 62-homer prove-it season.