The New York Mets enter the 2018 Major League Baseball Winter Meetings with numerous holes still to fill despite new GM Brodie Van Wagenen being aggressive early on.

Van Wagenen got his elite reliever in Edwin Diaz and improved the Mets offense by acquiring Robinson Cano in just one deal.

The Mets have been front and center thus far this offseason in rumors as well, ranging from being open to trading frontline starter Noah Syndergaard to showing significant interest in arguably the best catcher in baseball, J.T. Realmuto.

The meetings are expected to be busy as usual (though not yet as I type this from the media room at 8:21 a.m. PT), but will Van Wagenen continue to be aggressive?

Catcher is an obvious need for the Mets despite them deciding to hold the oft-injured Travis d’Arnaud and still waiting for Kevin Plawecki to hit at the major league level.

Good thing for the Mets is the catcher market is strong without even mentioning Realmuto (whom has a reportedly high price tag).

Free agents Yasmani Grandal and Wilson Ramos were two of the best catchers in baseball last year, ranking second and fifth in fWAR respectively at the position in 2018.

The Mets have also shown interest in signing defense-first backstop Martin Maldonado. The trade market reportedly also included the Pirates Francisco Cervelli and Blue Jays Russell Martin.

While Diaz, ranked fourth among AL pitchers last year with 4.8 win probability added, certainly improves the Mets bullpen, they still need likely two more pen pieces.

They’ve sniffed around the top end of the free agent market for righty David Robertson and lefties Andrew Miller and Zach Britton. Van Wagenen has said he sees the Mets signing at least one reliever, with back-end help and a possible lefty to replace Jerry Blevins as needs.

The Mets have been pretty quiet in the outfield market outside of Van Wagenen mentioning free agent A.J. Pollock by name during a radio interview.

Van Wagenen knows the Mets need to improve their bench as well. They non-tendered Wilmer Flores, which leaves multiple spots to fill. There’s been reports of the Mets showing interest in super utility guy Marwin Gonzalez. Though just about every team in baseball is likely to show interest, so the price tag could be high.

Finally, the Mets are currently going into the 2019 season with veteran Jason Vargas as their No. 5 starter. That could prove unwise after a 2018 that saw him get knocked around in the first half before settling down towards the end of the season.

Reports have said the Mets could have interest in Gio Gonzalez and pitchers of that ilk, though they are unlikely to sign one unless they trade Syndergaard.

Van Wagenen said he was going to come out of the gates creative and aggressive, that has proved to be true so far, but can he keep that up through the winter meetings?