Fill in the blank: The Mets have a top ____ lineup in baseball with the addition of Juan Soto. www.nytimes.com/athletic/593... - ThreadSky

theathletic.bsky.social • 189 days ago

Fill in the blank: The Mets have a top ____ lineup in baseball with the addition of Juan Soto.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5932790/2024/12/08/juan-soto-mets-free-agent-deal/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twhq&source=twitterhq

Comments

nyknickarangers.bsky.social•189 days ago

I’m a Mets fan and this lineup after Nimmo isn’t impressive.

crunk1977.bsky.social•189 days ago

Certainly in the top 30

therealdoubler.bsky.social•189 days ago

I'd like to see Ronny Mauricio playing 2nd and Francisco Alvarez being clean up. Hopefully they can sign Alonso and Vientos can play 3rd.

markptorres.bsky.social•189 days ago

No point for Lindor and Soto to get on base if nobody is going to knock them in 🤣 as top-heavy as the Yankees lineup was, this Mets lineup isn’t that much better. Maybe if they get Alonso back, then things change.

baudi.bsky.social•189 days ago

I don’t think there is any chance that Cohen went all in on Soto without a plan to either bring back Alonso, sign Christian Walker, or make some other lineup improvements at 2B/3B if Vientos moves to 1B.

markptorres.bsky.social•189 days ago

Yeah I agree, and I think if they get one more big star and then get a few more pieces like they did last year with Manaea, Severino, and Iglesias, they’re going to be a top contender. Problem is if they don’t, that lineup starts looking awfully top heavy like the Yanks or KC.

baudi.bsky.social•189 days ago

I'd love to see them bring back Alonso, Manaea, and Iglesias. With guys like Acuña, Mauricio, and Gilbert coming up, McNeil can either be a trade piece for pitching or become more of a super-utility-like player off the bench. Lots of possibilities!

markptorres.bsky.social•189 days ago

I think they match well with someone like Seattle, they’ve got too much pitching and need some hitting. Mets should gun for someone like Woo or Hancock, that goes a long way towards making that team more complete. Also would be good for better luck with health, Marte needs to stay on the field

vernaf.bsky.social•189 days ago

Overpriced

mrjoe888.bsky.social•189 days ago

jboogie824.bsky.social•189 days ago

Top 20

kbax20.bsky.social•189 days ago

Too early to say - there's very little chance that's what it looks like opening day

mikerosemn.bsky.social•188 days ago

It still ain’t Ohtani-Betts-Freeman

karltballs.lol•189 days ago

Dollar

gm2856.bsky.social•189 days ago

Who cares

sportsguymn.bsky.social•189 days ago

Payroll…. Will they end up making it a Bobby Bonilla-type deal? 10 million a year for the next 70 years? I thought you were supposed to take the lump sum when you won the lottery

jmegehrke.bsky.social•189 days ago

You haven't read anything about it, have you??
Zero dollars deferred.

sportsguymn.bsky.social•189 days ago

Dude just making a joke out of the Mets payroll messes over the years. I could have gone with something about him being on the top tier of a new Ponzi scheme if that would have made it a little more obvious to you

cvfpartnerships.bsky.social•189 days ago

Lottery value is discounted over 30 years; Soto’s contract is only 15. Makes a difference. Though Trump-induced inflation might make it worse than Soto/Boras anticipate.

greyghost11.bsky.social•189 days ago

They need to sign Alonso next

cdanny17.bsky.social•189 days ago

A top N⚾️ WS championship . 🙄

stevenlee.bsky.social•189 days ago

Top Heavy

stevenlee.bsky.social•189 days ago

Outside Marte who hit .270, 4-9 hit around .230. That is not good.

courteouscurtis.bsky.social•189 days ago

With this lineup, maybe a Top 10 but we are still adding pieces. If we add Alonso and/or another impact bat, we’re taking Top 3 at best!

marco4j.bsky.social•189 days ago

They traded Grimace?

catswamp.xyz•189 days ago

Marte/McNeil won’t be in it opening day

69metsfan.bsky.social•189 days ago

Baty will be traded also. Need another power bat; Nimmo is better hitting lower in the lineup.

catswamp.xyz•189 days ago

I would not give up on him. Vientos got ~400 more ABs in triple A before his breakout last season. Baty shouldn’t have been called up in 2022- Eppler disasterclass

horsham.bsky.social•189 days ago

After Soto, not very impressive

robotlemur.bsky.social•189 days ago

xalazi.bsky.social•189 days ago

There's a high probability that Baty and Marte are getting traded this off season, but either way it's DEEP line up.

We'll see how it goes with Pete too.

sip2tally.bsky.social•189 days ago

What about young Acuna

super-donkey.bsky.social•189 days ago

dweber0099.bsky.social•189 days ago

After the first two, is an ace pitcher really worried about anyone? Vientos and Nimmo can do some damage but old Marte 5th isn’t going to scare anyone