We are officially to the point in the season when we as Mets fan need to look to the future. We need to find out what we have to look forward; whether our farm system can give us any hope.
We still have some good pieces in place. I've said the names before: Wright, Reyes, Davis, Thole, Tejada, Santana, Pelfrey, Niese, Mejia, Parnell. I still believe that they can help turn things around, but they can't do it themselves. They will need a little help. The problem remains that they have roughly $120 million tied up in 15 players so the team won't be able to sign any new players. The solution is to promote our guys within and get back to being a homegrown team. Then at the end of the day, even if they do suck, at least they will be a team we can get behind.
Anyways, they have actually started making some personnel changes in the recent months to begin the process. First there was OF Fernando Martinez and 1b Mike Hessman. Then they promoted Pat Misch to take Hisanori Takahashi's spot in the rotation and Luis Hernandez to provide relief to the infield when Reyes got banged up. When the calendar turned to September and they were allowed to expand their roster they then called up 5 new faces: C Mike Nickeas, OF Lucas Duda, SS Joaquin Arias, SP Jennry Mejia and SP Dillon Gee, who is expected to start on Monday. All these moves of course are in addition to the youth movement brought about by Davis, Thole, Parnell and Niese.
One month of action is not going to decide who deserves a roster spot next year. At 67-70, all remaining Mets game are meaningless so it's tough to put any weight into player performances. That being said, each player is getting the opportunity to show that they are not intimidated and that they have the potential to be an important part of the team moving forward.
The Mets have a lot of work to do in the off season. There is no better time to get started than right now.
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