The Mets entered the 2020 offseason with a surplus of major league infielders. But then the league suspended Robinson Cano for the entirety of the 2021 season for his use of performance-enhancing drugs. The Mets still have too many major league level infielders, though, to give everyone adequate playing time.
It’s a good problem to have. If the status quo remains, the Mets will enter 2021 with incredible depth at first base in Pete Alonso and Dom Smith, an All-Star second baseman in Jeff McNeil, two major league shortstops in Amed Rosario and Andres Gimenez, a rising star at third base in J.