Don’t take this the wrong way, but you need some very, very basic education. The Mets were never going to even remotely consider signing BJ Upton. Upton got in the neighborhood of a not unexpected 5/73 deal.

There was NO chance the Mets were ever going to sign him. If you’re that out of touch with the team’s finances, there’s no way your analysis is going to make any sense at all and, sadly, it does not.

It’s as if you thought only willpower was keeping the club from a $125m payroll, a figure we’re enormously unlikely to see for the next five years.

2012 turned to 2013
2013 turned to 2014
2014 turned to 2015
2015………………………………..you get the picture….one of these years theyll have a good year then you;; here these same predictors say,”I told you so”

If Niese and Davis get off to good starts they will be sold in July.

Famous last predictions….and they only predicted the season ahead…
Anyone who thinks they know how good a team will be two years from now if just grasping at a straw to fell better about what he knows he will have to sit through this year!

BTW I have it on the authority of the Amazing Kreskin that the Mets will win it
all in 2016! Start saving up for those WS tickets!

He will put Duda at 1st and tell us all about Snydergaard on the way so be patient we aren’t ready to compete yet….

What I do find odd is that this 2015 is dependent on signing guys we passed on this offseason while we once again WAIT for the market to settle…

Well the Market settled and now so too will we…..for the crap thats left.

anyway, looking at 2015 as the year they can in effect be fully back as a sustained contendor is fine. Does not mean that they can’t also compete in 2014, or 2013. heck, they managed to hang around the race for 1/2 the year in 2012 until injuries (primarily) took them down.

certainly possible a few things break right and they do the same in 2013, and maybe stay in the race up until the end. Not likely, but feasible.

and also, IMO, OF should be the easiest spot to “fix” quickly. If they can get say 1 guy to come up and produce (or a guy like Duda “clicks”), find 1 good FA or trade guy (Bourn or Upton could have fit this year, I like Gomez next off season), and you can cover 1 spot with a couple of veteran split guys (the cody ross/scott hairstons of the world).

so in the next 1-2 years, the OF could be easily revamped. Duda/gomez/Vaughn? or many other possible permutations.

now, finding top end pitching, that is a whole lot harder to do!

Lets stop talking about contending until we win 75 games first, a task made more difficult by the loss of Dickey.

Lets start talking about contending when we see a 100+ RBI bat playing corner outfield.

Lets start talking about contending when Wheeler and Harvey can become 13 game winners.

Lets start talking about contending when the starting catcher bats over .220.

Lets start talking about contending when one prospect attained by Alderson actually makes the team and has even a tiny bit of success.

Lets start talking about contending when the Mets stop shedding their best talent for prospects.

Lets start talking about contending when the Mets are “honestly” buyers at the trade deadline instead of sellers.

Lets start talking about contending when the starting catcher bats over .230.

Lets start talking about contending when the Mets don’t lose bidding wars to the Pirates and Royals.

Lets start talking about contending when the talent in the majors exceeds the potential of the lower minors.

Lets start talking about contending when the team plays meaningful games in September again.

Lets start talking about contending when the GM says we are not punting and actually means it.

Wake me up when any of that happens.

Players get put on the trade block that you do not expect, players turn the corner in development that maybe you do not expect.

I mean realistically with two wildcards, you can win 85-88 games and be in the playoffs. I don’t think the Mets have to wait until 2015 for that.

Adding an established guy like Ellsbury, Murphy or Choo and using our SP depth to acquire a young OF should allow the Mets to build a team capable of winning at least 82 games next season. If our pitchers in A and A+ continue to progress, we should be able to package one or two of them with someone like Kirk or Duda and get someone good.

Or a guy like Flores who probably has no future on this team since 3B is occupied and he likely can’t play 2B can be traded for a good young OF.

Forget wanting to win now… I’m feeling fondness for the days when we only gave up on the upcoming season, not two entire seasons ahead of us.