The New York Mets are not too far off from being a contending team. They have an amazing offensive core in place, so much that losing Robinson Cano for the whole 2021 season can be fixed by just sliding Jeff McNeil or Andres Gimenez as the full-time second baseman. Their offensive depth is very good, especially in the infield.
However, ever since the Mets welcomed new owner Steve Cohen and president Sandy Alderson, the new regime is clear that some improvements are needed if they want to make a deep playoff run next year and leave behind the awful 2020 experience.