Will David Stearns look to the Far East for the Mets 1B solution? | Baseball Night in NY
On Baseball Night in NY, SNY MLB Insider Chelsea Janes discusses the Mets 1B situation moving forward after today's report they could pursue Japanese MVP Teruaki Sato.
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So Chelsea, let's talk about the first base issue.
Obviously, the Mets have put a bunch of people at first base that aren't first basemen.
How do you think David Stearns will approach this going forward with how the season turned out?
You know, I, I think they have to address it, and that is not a knock on Jared Young, who I think has been really good.
But on a good team, I think he is a bench player who can play a little bit here and there.
So that being said, who did they miss out on last year?
Murakami.
I wonder if there's any part of them that says, "We're not gonna make that mistake again."
My understanding with Soto, I mean, he's the, the MVP of NPB.
At one point in the World Baseball Classic, he was the only NPB guy in Ja- Japan's first six hitters.
Everyone else was here.
So this is a real baseball player here.
I think people think he has more chase than Murakami, but less swing and miss, not as much power, so he's in that range.
A lot of teams are gonna be interested.
I remember there were a bunch of teams that went to see him in May.
It's not gonna just be the Mets.
But man, in a weak free agent class- Yeah this is a great option for them if you think you can handle it here.
And yeah, I, I, I don't know for sure that this is gonna be a priority, but for me, it would be something I would certainly pursue.
