No singular player addition is going to make the majority of Mets fans fine with what’s happened over the past few weeks as the team bled successful, popular players.
So you cannot look at Jorge Polanco as the answer, for example, to replacing Pete Alonso.
It is possible that a blockbuster name will emerge such as Tigers ace Tarik Skubal or Padres closer Mason Miller. And the Mets have Steve Cohen’s money and a deep enough farm system to play in the largest sandboxes.
But the most likely scenario right now for the Mets is that this is going to be a mosaic offseason, and Polanco is a tile as David Stearns tries to assemble a roster that covers for the offensive loss of Alonso and Brandon Nimmo with the totality of a lineup, better overall defense, a more cohesive clubhouse and less dollars invested far into the future.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
