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TraceOneInfinite:

--- Quote from: HighEyeCue on February 14, 2026, 09:16:40 AM ---our front office tightened up the defense particularly up the middle this offseason...with Lindor at short and Marcus Semien at 2nd base and we added an elite defensive CF in Luis Robert

now the lineup is probably going to look like this

Francisco Lindor SS
Juan Soto moves from right to left field this season
Bo Bichette 3B
Brett Baty moves from 3rd to DH
Francisco Alvarez C
Jorge Polanco replaces Pete Alonso at 1st base which is a downgrade

now this top 6 I don't have a problem with its solid
but after that you have some issues

Semien is an upgrade over Jeff Mcneil defensively at 2nd base but offensively he is on the downside of his career and is probably worst than Mcneil at this point
Luis Robert our new CF is also on the decline offensively... he had a great year with 38hr like 3 years ago but since then has pretty much forgot how to hit plus he's been injury prone
the last outfield spot is going to come down to a competition between good field no hit Tyrone Taylor and rookie prospect Carson Benge...so that is an unkonwn

I am cautiously optimistic regarding the division but I'm worried about the Braves who have improved their team...I know one thing there will probably be only 1 team making the playoffs from the NL East because I see the ceiling at 89-90 wins for the division winner

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Then it sounds like the only possible holes in your lineup offensively are actually plus defenders up the middle.  So that could actually balance out.  So the only weak spot would be the third outfielder and maybe the Mets will figure something out between now and the trade deadline midseason. 

m.kiLLA:

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