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By David Groveman

The Mets’ 2023 season is something that many fans wish they could put in their rear-view mirrors. It was a painful season and the most expensive team in baseball history collapsed to a degree that could never have been anticipated. While everything that could have gone wrong, did go wrong, the Mets used their owner’s deep wallet to try to salvage their future. What follows is a look at the 2026 Mets that we may see taking the field.

In this thought experiment/exercise I am imagining a world where the Mets aren’t trading away prospects or signing free agents and merely building the future team from the players already on the roster and those in the farm system.

The Lineup:

1. Brandon Nimmo, RF
2. Francisco Alvarez, C
3. Francisco Lindor, SS
4. Pete Alonso, 1B
5. Drew Gilbert, CF
6. Kevin Parada, DH
7. Brett Baty, 3B
8. Ronny Mauricio, LF
9. Luisangel Acuna, 2B

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