Baseball How Will New York Mets Look In 2012? by Staff Post July 21, 2011 Maybe the body is barely breathing or maybe the cadaver has been rotten for weeks, it depends on who you ask but as they sit 12.5 games out of 1st and 8.5 out of the wild card it surely does seem as if it is more the latter than the former. The buzzards already claimed K-Rod and they’re currently buzzing around Beltran as the trade chatter around him gets louder and louder. If you believe some media reports, teams are lining up at the door of Sandy Alderson hat in hand and top prospects lining their pockets, each ready to offer a king’s ransom for a shot at the Puerto Rican outfielder. It is just about a certainty that Beltran will be traded before the deadline and with that transaction it is also certain that the Mets season will come to an unofficial end. However, the 2011 season be damned, the general feeling in Met-land is that all sins will be forgiven if they are able to sign Jose Reyes in the off-season. But one can’t help but wonder what the 2012 Mets lineup would look like if Jose decides to take his talents elsewhere. Perhaps it would look something like this: CF Angel Pagan 2B Daniel Murphy 3B David Wright 1B Ike Davis LF Jason Bay RF Lucas Duda SS Ruben Tejada C Josh Thole If this punching-judy group doesn’t immediately make you run around your living room singing Iron Maiden’s Run to the Hills in your highest falsetto voice, then you my friend have a very strong stomach. It is hard to fathom that a NY team reeling from catastrophic drops in attendance year after year would begin a rebuilding project less than 5 years after inaugurating a new stadium in the biggest city in the world. However, reading the tea leaves and the constant robotic “payroll flexibility” company line coming out of the Mets front office daily, it is clear they are going cheap and going cheap quick. How will this rebuilding effort play to the fans and the attendance? How will it play to the new minority owner, be it Einhorn or whoever wins that biggest-loser contest? These are questions that will be answered next year as the projected 2012 cast of NY Mets may have many of their fans wishing that the Mayan calendar ended in April. Post Views: 1,390 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Staff Post Latest posts by Staff Post (see all) In The Zone Announces Initial Podcast Lineup - November 13, 2020 The Essential Resources You Need to Start Your Own Gym in 2020 - February 6, 2020 Wilder vs Fury II – How the second fight will be different to the first? - February 5, 2020 Early turnovers, defensive struggles plague the Scarlet Knights - January 26, 2020 Related TopicsAngel PaganBaseballDavid WrightJose ReyesNew York MetsSandy Alderson Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Newsletter Subscription Can't Miss Posts! Women in Sports: NHL Network Host, Jackie Redmond by Nicholas Durst | posted on March 4, 2019 Lochte, Dressel and Ledecky all Chasing Gold at 2021 Tokyo Olympics by Anthony Paradiso | posted on April 18, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 19, 2021 Michael Jordan Could Change the Future of Nascar for the Better by Inesh Chari | posted on March 30, 2021 WNBA Rolling Out Red Carpet For Upcoming 25th Anniversary Season by Jason Cordner | posted on March 16, 2021 More in Baseball You Know I’m Right, Episode 112: New York Jets’ Insider Brian Costello (Audio/Video) On the 112th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) On the 109th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 108: WFAN’s Sweeny Murti (Audio/Video) On the 108th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 107: New York Post’s Columnist Mike Vaccaro (Audio/Video) On the 107th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... Martin Walks This Way While Bullpen is Lights-Out Chavez, Soriano Returning To Help Yankees