Discussing the lineup is one of the baseball fan’s most beloved pastimes. There has not been a manager in history whose lineups have not been second guessed by his team’s fans—myself doing the second-guessing included. And that’s why I bring to you:what the Mets’ lineup should actually look like.
A lot of my ideas stem from the sabermetric process of building a lineup and stray from the more conventional way of thinking when it comes to lineup construction. That is explained here, in an article I consider a must-read even though it is nearing a decade old at this point.