Can The Mets Upgrade?

Pitching is a huge problem for the New York Mets. Behind ace Johan Santana, who is also coming off of elbow surgery, the rotation is full of players who were a bunch of low rewards last season. With the recent losses of John Lackey, Joel Piniero and Randy Wolf to contending teams, the rest of the market is now full of the same type of players, but they are players who are big names, with a track record of winning which the Mets should take a shot at.

- Ben Sheets: Why not? If Sheets is indeed healthy this time around than he and Santana will be one of the best 1-2 punches in Baseball. With Oakland now leading the race of his arm, the Mets can sure change that just by opening a check book.

- Jon Garland: Garland would look great as a Met, yet he is rarely linked to this team. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Mets land him.

- Chien-Ming Wang: Just like Sheets, if healthy Wang and Santana can be dynamite for this organization. He is worth the risk.

- John Smoltz: Smoltz is still brewing about the Braves letting him go, so why not bring him back to the NL East as a long man in the bullpen who can spot start when Perez loses his head or Maine sits out with a paper cut. It's a good gamble.

For the bench and IF/OF, the Mets need big upgrades. With the rumblings of yet another Fernando Tatis return, it's pretty sickening. Here are a few players that will make the Mets a better all around team.

- Xavier Nady: He knows the city well, he was a Met and Yankee so why not grab him back. He can platoon at 1st with Daniel Murphy and also play the OF positions.

- Ryan Garko: Young player with promise, a change of sceneary will do him good plus he can hit lefties.

- Hank Blalock: Someone I wanted on the Mets for quite some time now.

- Eric Byrnes: Okay, you can chew me out about how injury prone he is but on the Mets he wouldn't start. Let him know his role. The Mets have been missing an outspoke player like Byrnes on this team for quite some time, plus he is full of grit. The Mets locker room needs a Byrnes type player, and while he is available after an Arizona Diamodbacks release, give him a 1 year shot with incentives.

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Written by Jonathan Ragus