Say what you will about the additions the New York Mets made this winter; they got better. It may not be 90 wins good or a guarantee at anything more than fourth place. There’s a reason they play the games.
A clear priority in all of the moves they made this winter, the Mets did a fine job at adding guys who could potentially clog up the bases plenty in 2019.
Reaching base regularly was not a strength of the 2018 team. Brandon Nimmo’s .404 OBP led the way with Michael Conforto’s dignified .