People have been asking us all winter what we’ve been doing to pass the time during the MLB lockout. I’ll tell you what we do here at MMO — we come up with ideas that not only help us stay busy, but will help you all stay busy, too.

Talking about the best teams and/or players in New York Mets history is always a good debate to have — especially during the cold winter months — but what if we created our own teams with players from different eras? That’d be fun, right? Well, we thought it was, and we think you’ll agree. We’ve created eight different Mets teams, all of which consist of a catcher, first baseman, second baseman, shortstop, third baseman, three outfielders, two starting pitchers, one relief pitcher, and a manager. We took the top eight at each position (as well as the top 24 for outfielders and top 16 for starting pitchers) with the goal of splitting them up across eight teams and making them as evenly matched as possible.

We used four players twice, given their multi-positionality: Edgardo Alfonzo (2B/3B), Jeff McNeil (2B/OF), John Milner (1B/OF), and Dave Magadan (1B/3B).

What we’ve done over the past eight days is introduce each of the squads while taking a look at their perceived strengths and weaknesses. You can check them all out here: Team 1, Team 2, Team 3, Team 4, Team 5, Team 6, Team 7, and Team 8.

We’re at the next phase of this process, which is where we face these teams off against one another so you can vote on who you think would be victorious! The first two matchups are in the books, with Team 7 knocking off Team 2 and Team 1 knocking off Team 5, both in overwhelming fashion.

Before we get to the good stuff, let’s review who is on each’s team’s roster.

The Squad: Team 3

The Squad: Team 6

Who Will Win?

And now, we have the moment of truth — who do you think would win if these two squads faced off at Citi Field? Vote in the Twitter poll below and be sure to share your thoughts in the comments.