Jeff McNeil likely will be the Mets’ starting second baseman in 2019, unless a splash occurs this winter that changes the blueprint.
With the Mariners looking to unload Robinson Cano and a significant portion of the $120 million he is owed over the next five years and the Mets searching for creative ways to improve, trade talks have occurred between the teams, according to sources, but there’s been nothing close to momentum toward a deal.
Nobody is more interested in the buzz than McNeil, who burst on the scene in July and gave Mets fans somebody for which to cheer in the second half.