With less than two weeks before pitchers and catchers report to spring training, we're checking in to see how each team has fared thus far this off-season while acknowledging that there's still time for that evaluation to change. Teams will be presented in reverse order of finish from 2015. Now up: the New York Mets. You can find all previously published Winter Report Cards here.
2015 Results
90–72 (.556), first place in National League East (Hot Stove Preview)
Key Departures
RHP Tyler Clippard*, LF Michael Cuddyer^, RHP Dillon Gee, IF Kelly Johnson, LHP Jack Leathersich, 2B Daniel Murphy, LHP Jonathon Niese, OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis, LHP Eric O’Flaherty*, RHP Bobby Parnell*, LHP Alex Torres, RHP Carlos Torres*, 3B Juan Uribe*
Key Arrivals
LHP Antonio Bastardo, SS Asdrubal Cabrera, OF Alejandro De Aza, 2B Neil Walker
(*free agent, still unsigned; ^retired)
Off-Season In Review
Coming off a surprise World Series appearance, the Mets favored short-term solutions over any attempt at long-term building.