Sandy Can Do No Wrong

G-Fafif · September 1, 2013

By this analysis in SB Nation's Beyond the Box Score, The Alderson Group is on a roll and ready to take the Mets to new heights, having made essentially no mistakes since the fall of 2010.

Every bit of information concerning these players constitutes useful for the present and the future, and allowing them to grow and sometimes flourish on a grand scale can provide the front office with useful knowledge. Front offices know more about their own players than other teams' players because they can see and interact with them at any moment, which implies that, when rebuilding, most of the process will be done internally. While the Mets continued to nurture and develop top talents like Wheeler, d'Arnaud, and Syndergaard, the organization put effort into better understanding and developing players from all talent tiers. This quality of the Mets organization has been a huge part of their philosophy that could one day lead them to becoming a winning team once again. Maybe Brown, Satin, and Hefner won't become everyday players, but knowing exactly what they can provide could help the Mets fill important positions in Triple-A, on the bench at the MLB level, and in the bullpen. Organizations are like living beings, every part matters, and the Mets seem to have taken on that as an internal attitude.

The Mets have won three in a row. I'll believe anything, including that there's something amazing about playing spare parts when you don't have better options.

batmagadanleadoff · September 2, 2013

I agree. I think Sandy's doing a heckuva job, and it really sunk in right after the Mets recent trade with the Pirates. Of course, there's no guarantee that d'Arnaud and Black, et. al. will ever pan out. And Wheeler is no less subject to the typical perils that face a developing pitcher just because Harvey went down. But it's the process that matters, not the results.