As the rumor mill churns and baseball gears up for a winter of transactions, the New York Mets are left licking their playoff wounds and assessing a questionable future.
As long as Yoenis Cespedes sits on the market, the questions will continue to hang. The 2017 outlook on the Mets’ offense will be clouded by the absence of a solidifying, potent force. That force – as I’ve iterated time and time again – must be delivered to Queens (because it certainly isn’t Jay Bruce). And whether it is Cespedes or that far less realistic but plausible alternative, there will still be an area to attack this offseason.