Who Should the New York Mets Run it Back with in 2025?

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1. We need pitchers for games deep in the postseason that are bulldogs; Manea, Quintana, and Senga showed they weren't NLCS tough…not saying replace all of them but we need 1 or 2 topline pitchers for those situations.

2. Jose Iglesias is not an everyday player!!! Too much emotion

3. Off the top of my head im not opposed to parting ways with severino, quintana, jdm, harrison bader, adam ottavino particularly. I would take a chance on bringing back phil maton and starling marte

4. Pete as a DH???

5. Everyday players

   C-F. Alvarez/L.Tórrens

   1B-V. Guerrero (Trade)/M.Vientos/Ry Clifford (Later on the season)

   2B-J. Iglesias/LA Acuña

   SS-F.Lindor/LA Acuña

   3B-M. Vientos/J. Iglesias

   RF-J. Soto/Sta Marte

   CF-D. Gilbert/Ty Taylor/B.Nimmo/J Williams (Later on the season)

   LF-B.Nimmo/Ty Taylor/D. Gilbert/Ry Clifford

   DH-Sta Marte/M. Vientos/V. Guerrero/F. Alvarez/J.Soto/B.Nimmo/Ry Clifford

6. The Mets need more offense the offense is inconsistent don’t fall into that trap but yes we need more pitching

7. Pitching staff
   B. Snell, K Senga, Wal Buehler 1yr- $20m contract, D. Peterson, etc etc etc

8. I like Bader but the Mets don’t need him

9. Alonso, Manea, Sevi, Winker, Iglesias & Stanik should be brought back then they should sign Corbin Burnes and Juan Soto if not Sotto then Tesco Hernandez

10. I want Iglesia back.

11. I want Alonso and Iglesia back. I Will love those guys to win a championship together. That is My wish

12. You forgot about Mauricio. McNeil will be gone

13. If I'm the Mets, I'm spending my money on the bullpen. You can sign 3 high leverage guys for the same money as 1 high end starter. If starters are only going to go six innings in the playoffs, you need a stacked pen. I would definitely try and bring Manaea and Quintana back. Severino had a good year but I would not want to sign him for longer than a 1 year deal because of his injury history. Basically , I'd rather have mediocre starters and a stacked pen then have really good starters and a lousy pen.

14. SOTO

15. I can’t wait for the Alonso show. I’m interested to see his numbers for the season. I feel like I have seen him leave more runners stranded then he actually pushed in. I wouldn’t mind seeing him back but I do not think we need to over pay.

    If we do bring him back I can see him as more of a dedicated DH and occasional 1B time as we can look at moving Vientos to 1B, and giving Baty/Igelsia. Some time at third. Acuña/McNeil at 2nd. If we happen to land Soto (will be hard especially if the Yankees win the series) he can be in right, Nimmo in Left and Taylor with whatever young prospect in center

16. Get away from McNeil. Infield is crowded and I'd rather have Mr. Omg as my backup infielder than mcneil

17. They don’t need a starting pitcher, they need an Ace

18. I wouldn't say offense isn't why they were eliminated. 7 runs in the 4 losses with 2 shutouts? Sure over the season the offense was better than the pitching, but can't say offense didn't contribute to the elimination

19. Ryan our pitchers failed us in the end and you just want to bring everyone back? We need more than them.

20. you make a good contract for a good player. you don't make a bad contract for a good player who you like or who gave you good moments. the contract that was previously offered to pete was a good contract for a good player. i think you make a similar offer, but of course now you're down one year – how does that change the offer?

    if someone else offers pete 8/$200M, thank him for the memories and wish him the best

21. Run what back? The Dodgers won't be going anywhere and they will actually have their pitching starters next time around. This season was the only chance the Mets had against a weakened Dodgers team and they couldn't get it done.

22. Soto 🙏💙🧡

23. JD can not be back or Bader. Both were easy outs last few months

24. This team needs a long man too I think

25. I like Manaea to be back and get strong reliever I like them all.

26. McNeil has to go, see what we can get back

27. Mets need 2 key front end starting pitchers and at least 2 real bats
    Soto
    Tucker (if traded)
    Santander

    Then they can resign Alonso to bat 5th or 6th. Alonso is a just a piece in a lineup. He’s not the guy. So the Mets need 2 real bats more importantly than they need Alonso. If Pete is batting 5th or 6th that means the lineup is a scary one. Get Soto and Santander.

28. Nimmo LF
    Taylor/Acuna CF
    McNeil/Marte RF
    Iglesias/McNeil 2B
    Lindor SS
    Mauricio/Baty 3B
    Vientos 1B
    Winker/Mauricio/Free Agent DH
    Alvarez/Torrens C

29. OMG is Family he’s coming back

30. Assuming no Quintana, then rotation:
    1-Senga
    2-Peterson
    3-Manaea OR Severino
    4-Free Agent TBD
    5-Butto
    6-Megill
    7-Blackburn(long man in 'pen)
    8-Sproat
    9-Tidwell
    10-Lucchesi

31. I don't think the future success of the team is dependent upon retaining Alonso, though I am in the camp I wish Alonso would be a Met forever, it is not clear to me his is necessary for building a World Series winning team. 40-50 HRs is a huge part of any team, but Pete has struggled over the last 2 seasons coming in clutch (with notable exception — errrhhmmm 3 run homer in Milwaukee). For those I would definitely let go — Ottavino, Maton, Bader, Marinez. I would definitely keep Iglesias and Winker (he was a clutch left hand DH bat and platoon man in right). Alonso is a toss up, if you let Alonso walk you do need to backfill with that power bat so it is gonna cost money regardless. But what is clear to me is that we need bull pen arms first and foremost, then a solid rotation.

32. Phil Maton needs to go play for the dumpster fires that dude stunk hes hot garbage

33. Stop people; Soto will not be a Met. Just like we were going to get Yamamoto, Ohtani, Realmuto or Bauer. It didn't happen and won't happen with Soto. Remember Steve Cohen said that a $300M payroll was unsustainable. The Mets are losing money now. That will change.

34. I'm still sad about the Mets eliminated. 😢

35. Great year guys I had to deal with Daniel Murphy I think we even

36. Alonso is really good at catching balls at 1B, but every time he has to throw the ball, he gets a brain cramp. He cannot throw the ball to a covering pitcher or to 2B for a force/dp. Terrible.

37. Of the 8 relief pitchers that came out of spring training, only 1 was on the NLCS roster…Diaz.

38. Walker right now still went 5 shutty 😅

39. burnes and manea sign those 2 SP ill be happy

40. On the reliever front, Treinan is a UFA. Don’t know if he would leave the west coast but might be worth a slight overpay to get him

41. Do we really need Jeff?? We have Mauricio, Acuna, Iglesias. He’s not it anymore.

42. I think the area of the team that you can really improve and make a difference is the bullpen. And instead of developing arms for different roles, the Mets should acquire players who already fit them. I would like to see Stearns deal for Devin Williams, who is earning $10.5m for the Brewers and is a 2026 FA. He would fit an 8th inning set up or co-closer role and when combined with Raley, Stanek and Maton, admittedly all very pricey, Butto, Nunez and using Megill out of the bullpen and spot starter. There are plenty of other candidates and pitching options. I just think that after watching how other teams have relied on their bullpens instead of starters as the bulwark of their postseason pitching, it just makes sense to emphasize its importance from day one. Clearly, you will be substituting arms all season long in a variety of roles based on injury, availability and effectiveness. But creating a strong bullpen foundation from the start is the smart way to reconstruct a WS bound club.

43. Winker is an awful choice at DH. That would be a real problem.

44. i want butler from oakland and or goldi from cards

45. They should have never worn the alternate jersey to start the last homestand, should have been pinstripes for all 3 games.

46. butler can play any where in of and goldi can be good for dh or play any other spot where they play him