Happy New Year! ‘Tis the season of new beginnings; one for making resolutions. You’ve probably made your own New Year’s resolutions by now. So have we—and we’ve made some for the New York Mets, too.
Here’s what we here at Metsmerized want to see happen this year.
Pete Alonso. Photo by Roberto Carlo
Christian De Block
My New Year’s resolution for the Mets is to sign Pete Alonso to a long-term deal this off-season!
Chris Bello
My New Year’s resolution for the Mets is for the Amazins’ to make it back to the playoffs!
Dan Quiñones
My New Year’s resolution for the Mets is to give their top pitching prospects opportunities in the majors. I think Mike Vasil is the most likely to get the first shot, but I would love to see if Christian Scott can build off his terrific 2023 season and succeed at the major league level.
Johnluke Chaparro
My New Year’s resolution for 2024 is to see the Mets remain competitive whilst building up the organization from its core. Winners aren’t built in a day nor are they built in a season. The team finally has someone in Stearns who is capable of building from the ground up and developing a culture that this franchise hasn’t ever seen.
Along with extending Alonso, Álvarez and bringing in a few more major League bodies on the short term, my resolution above is what I’m hoping for in ‘ 24 and beyond.
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Patrick Glynn
The Mets in 2024, outside of trying to compete, need to make strides in developing their pitching the in the organization. Steve Cohen has learned you can’t just buy a team and spend $350 million a year. You need to find players who will provide value on smaller contracts. It’s clear David Stearns is trying to do that with his dozen signings so far this offseason, but it can’t be throwing darts at a board. (I don’t feel that’s what is happening this offseason.) The pitching “lab” needs to start showing results this year, both with the bullpen and how the team’s pitching prospects are developed.
Allison Waxman
My New Year’s resolution for the Mets is to give Brett Baty and Mark Vientos their fair shot. From there, the Mets must decide, based on their performances, how they fit into the organization. With Ronny Mauricio’s injury and Baty and Vientos’ slow starts in the majors, they must get the chance to play as everyday players. In doing so, the club can properly evaluate them, and if they don’t see them fitting into their plans moving forward, can make a trade.
Matt Mancuso
In 2024, we’re all aiming to be our best selves. The Mets should be no different. This coming year, I’d like to see the Mets continue to revamp the organization from the bottom up. The creation of their pitching lab and acquisition of young talent last summer were a good start; now it’s time for those moves to start paying dividends.
John Sheridan
Mets New Years Resolution can be summed up in one word – Extension. Give Alonso his extension. Then, start doing what the Braves do best. Extend Álvarez. Call up Jett Williams in the second half and then extend him. Take all of this young talent about to burst onto the scene for the Mets and ensure they’re around for a long time at a cheap price.
Michelle Ioannou
Just let me be happy in October. Is that so much to ask for?
MMO Admin – Michael Lloyd
My New Years resolution for the Mets is to balance my expectations with the realities of what is actually occurring with this team… This team is at a delicate point in the Ownership of Steve Cohen, and his plan of benchmarking the Dodgers for success. The hiring of his hand picked president, David Stearns, and the infrastructure he and Cohen are building in the player development and scouting departments are paramount to any sustainability model they’ve conceived. The farm system, it’s continuing development of future players, and the progress of that development is what will be most telling and will be responsible for any successes this season brings.
I have cheered Cohen for his aggression in player procurement in the past… This year, I’m willing to balance my expectations. To be a bit more patient. To let ‘Stearns the chef’ cook, and Cohen to just eat like the rest of us. What choice as Mets fans do we really have?
