Queens of Flushing the Mets Down The Drain?

  Baseball season is upon us. Pitchers and catchers have started to report to the spring training complexes. In my previous post, I gave you my predictions. Here I am going a little bit more in depth. If most of you don't know I am a huge Yankees fan, but I am going to pick apart the Mets. Why pick a part the Mets? Is it because I am a Yankee fan that hates the Mets? No. Is it because the Mets have more flaws than the Yankees or a lot of other teams? Yes. The Mets have done some nice things this off season, but they will not compete if any of the following does not happen.
    First and foremost, the Mets need to stay healthy, especially their rotation. If their starting rotation can stay healthy and produce about 150 starts, they can be dominate. Its mostly what carried them to the World Series in 2015.Their starting pitchers can be one of the best staffs in the Majors. The Mets finally did the right thing and fired their medical staff. Apparently, the guy could not get the team healthy if they kept breaking down.
   Next, after getting healthy, they need to address the middle of the team. What do I mean by that? They need a solid catcher, a second baseman, shortstop and center fielder. All 4 positions are up the middle of the field. The have a solid defensive center fielder in Juan Laguares, but don't have a double play combo or a catcher. If you look back at a team like the mid 90's Indians, they had the perfect up the middle comboniation. They had Sandy Alomar, Jr. behind the plate, Omar Vizquel and Roberto Alomar up the middle and Kenny Lofton in center field. That certainly helped the Indians reach 2 World Series and be contenders for years. The Mets need something very similar to that. Up the middle defense, with some hitting, will relieve the pitching staff a whole lot.
   Finally, the Mets CANNOT be afraid to be aggressive. I do not buy the fact that they have no money to invest in the team. Sandy Alderson needs to get creative. Look at Brian Cashman, he turned a 3rd string catcher(JR Murphy) into Aaron Hicks is their starting centerfielder. He also obtained Didi Gregorious. The only thing Sandy has down is turn years of control of  Michael Fulmer into half a season of Yoenisis Cepedes(the 4 year contract extension is a bust). If the Mets can do all of the above, they can be contenders.