Groups are asking about Brett Baty this winter. That’s to not say the Mets are in a rush to commerce the third baseman, however the outdoors curiosity is comprehensible given Baty’s potential upside and what the crew’s roster might turn into by spring coaching.
The dominoes will start falling quickly, beginning with Juan Soto’s choice (most definitely inside the subsequent week) on the place he’ll play the subsequent 12-plus seasons. If it’s the Mets — with a contract that surpasses $600 million, and possibly even $700 million — does that imply shifting on from Pete Alonso, who’s pursuing his personal free-agency?
The Mets appear to have a 3rd baseman for the foreseeable future in Mark Vientos, but when Alonso had been to depart that might open the potential for shifting Vientos to first base, with Baty and maybe Ronny Mauricio within the combine at third base.
And if Alonso stays? It’s tougher to examine a future with the Mets for the 25-year-old Baty, who gained the beginning third base job final season in spring coaching solely to relinquish it after struggling into mid-Might.
