New York Mets Boss Hints More Moves Could Be Coming
By now, it's well documented how the New York Mets' front office has operated this offseason.
Hand out short-term deals, don't block playing time for some of their young, star prospects, and evaluate who should be around to help compete for a World Series championship eventually.
This strategy might be frustrating to fans after the franchise had previously been so aggressive since Steve Cohen took over as owner.
But, president of baseball operations David Stearns has been able to build contenders year after year with the small market Milwaukee Brewers doing something similar.
While it seems like the majority of moves the Mets could accomplish this offseason are already complete there are still plenty of players out there who could be added.
Whether Stearns feels like handing out money to these players is a different story, but he did hint there are some addition acquisitions potentially coming.
"And clearly, probably for a variety of reasons, were in one of these that is continuing through spring training and there are a lot of players available. There's still conversations going around the industry and I expect that to continue," he said according to Ben Krimmel of SNY when asked about the state of this year's free agency period.
J.D. Martinez and Brandon Woodruff are players who have been linked to New York previously, but nothing has gotten done.
Those might be the moves Stearns is hinting at, but he did note they have needs elsewhere.
"We have some spots in the bullpen. Last two or so spots in the pen where there will be some competition. We have some spots at the back end of the position player grouping as well. The DH spot, bench role or platoon bat spot," he said when discussing the Spring Training outlook.
Overall though, Stearns is comfortable with how the roster is currently constructed.
They've accomplished their goal of filling some holes around their group of established stars and young prospects.
Whether the additional moves he's hinted at eventually comes will be seen.
