Here’s an inside look at some issues facing the Mets as the 2023 season approaches.
Best position battle:
Hmmmm. There are jobs possibly to be won at the back end of the bullpen, but there isn’t much ambiguity about who will be where on Opening Day if everybody remains healthy. Team brass will want to get a long look at David Peterson and Tylor Megill as rotation depth and perhaps one will emerge ahead of the other as next in the pecking order. The Mets haven’t had a big-time offensive force at catcher since the Mike Piazza era.
. The maximum effort pitchers won’t have a cushion for recovery and that could lead to more off-speed pitches thrown. Spring training will be a giant laboratory. Manager’s toughest challenges:will be adjusting to American baseball after a standout career pitching in Japan’s Pacific League . Buck Showalter and his staff will have to get a feel for the right-hander, speaking through an interpreter, and try to find a comfort level for him. Among the adjustments: Senga was used to pitching on a set day every week in Japan and throwing 135-140 pitches. Senga is the Mets’ first Japanese starting pitcher since Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2014. Most intriguing newcomer:
Justin Verlander is coming off his best season, in a year he turned 39 and coasted to his third Cy Young award. Only weeks after celebrating a World Series title with the Astros, he joined the Mets on a two-year contract worth $86.7 million that includes a vesting option for 2025. It left the Mets with MLB’s most accomplished 1-2 combo atop a rotation, as Verlander joined Max Scherzer and his three Cy Young awards.
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