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The 2010 Mets

Recent Highlights

Ugliest inning ever?

Carlos Beltran

Keith Hernandez

Best and Worst Trades

For the first time in years the Mets are generally projected to be below .500. And yet the die-hards argue that this team is largely equivalent to the one that was excellent until the end in 2006 - 2008.

The key questions

The Mets enter 2010 with serious question marks everywhere. Most importantly:

Health

The Met starter at every position got hurt in 2009. The healthiest were David Wright (whose disabled list stint was from getting hit in the head with a fastball) and Luis Castillo (who hasn't actually been healthy in years, and whose Gold Glove winning and "sparkplug" days are long gone). Carlos Beltran will miss at least the first month of 2010. If the Mets can otherwise stay reasonably healthy they could be a very good team again.

Starting pitching

Johan Santana is back from surgery. Will he return to Cy Young form.

Mike Pelfrey, John Maine, and Oliver Perez are all young pitchers who pitched very well in the Majors and then turned awful. Can they put it back together?

Jon Niese learned a new pitch and suddenly dominated at AAA before getting injured with the Mets. Can he repeat that success in the big leagues?

Fernando Nieve and Nelson Figueroa are the next in line to get a chance. Each is a big question mark in his own right, having flashed brilliance, but not for long periods.

Relief pitching

Francisco Rodriguez was phenomenal early in 2009 and then crash landed. Which K-Rod will we see?

Who is the 8th inning man? Can Pedro Feliciano continue to be more than a lefty specialist? Will Bobby Parnell get enough movement on his pitches to realize his potential?

Going into 2009, the bullpen was the Mets' biggest concern, and they addressed it by bringing in Rodriguez and J.J. Putz (that second part didn't work out at all). The bullpen was bad the second part of the year, but nobody cared or noticed since the rest of the team was even worse. For the Mets to compete in 2010, they'll need the bullpen to deliver.

David Wright's power

Wright stopped hitting for power in 2009. He started striking out a lot. The official word was that he made adjustments for Citi Field. Maybe. Consensus now is that he better learn to un-adjust, and go back to the man who placed 4th in MVP voting in 2007 and 2008.

Others

Daniel Murphy had a horrible 3-month slump, but a strong finish, and seems to be becoming a good defensive first baseman. Can he be a high OBP guy with decent power?

Will Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes return to the healthy forms that placed them 3rd and 9th in MVP voting in 2006?

Will Jeff Francoeur walk enough to be a valuable ballplayer?

Can Luis Castillo repeat last year's OBP and get a little closer to the defensive ability that made him a 5 time Gold Glove winner not that long ago?

Can either Angel Pagan or Gary Matthews Jr. live up to the brilliance that each has flashed?

The only 2 positional battles in Spring Training, for catcher and center field, are the least of the Mets' concerns. The biggest questions are health, pitching, and David Wright's power.