With Spring Training fast approaching, MLB.com will take a look at a different aspect of this year's Mets squad each day this week. Today's topic: How would the perfect season unfold?
NEW YORK -- When the Mets made the World Series in 2015, it came as a mild surprise around Flushing. For years, the team had built toward that moment, creating a foundation of bright, young pitchers. But until the Mets actually won something, skeptics would reign.
A year later, the club entered Spring Training amidst its heaviest expectations in a decade.