The New York Mets have been all over the baseball landscape this offseason, throwing names out there almost every day as players they are interested in acquiring. The trouble, of course, has been that interest isn’t being transformed into execution, and the team sits pretty much where they ended the season last year.
But according to Rob Biertempfel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the Mets could be on their way to hitting the jackpot if they can consummate a deal for the Pirates second baseman, Josh Harrison.
Harrison, while not on a career path to the Hall of Fame, is the kind of player the Mets desperately need, not only to fill the gaping hole at second but to add a player who is controllable salary-wise, as well as having an upside to the rest of his playing career.