What would success be to the 2012 Mets?

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A sweep of the World Series with four consecutive perfect games

Anything less is complete and utter failure

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Feb 2, 2012 1:14 PM EST reply actions 5 recs

W-L is irrelevant in 2012

Success would be the further development of players who could be the building blocks of a future contender. So, if the team finishes 65-97, but Ike Davis, Lucas Duda, Ruben Tejada, and Jon Niese all take steps forward while Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler have big seasons in the minors, I would consider it a success.

On the flip side, a 77-85 season with lost/injured seasons from the above players would be a failure to me.

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by Greenpoint Ian on Feb 2, 2012 1:39 PM EST reply actions 5 recs

This!

Well put.

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by Terry_is_God on Feb 2, 2012 3:32 PM EST up reply actions

Exactly.

by GilbertP on Feb 2, 2012 5:05 PM EST up reply actions

The team would not finish

65-97 if those players take steps forward…

by Joshuah on Feb 3, 2012 8:57 AM EST up reply actions

Record low attendance leading to the forced sale of the team by the Wilpons

But if we’re trying to be optimistic, the growth of our young players like Ike, Murph, Niese, and Tejada, as well as the development of our top prospects in the minors. Winning is nice, but this is a rebuilding year so it’s not a necessary goal.

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by Rey-O on Feb 2, 2012 1:44 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Winning record or Wilpon selling the team

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by BlueChill on Feb 2, 2012 1:58 PM EST reply actions

A winning record would be nice, but

The Wilpons selling the team would be the best possible outcome of this coming season,

by graves9 on Feb 2, 2012 2:57 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Winning!

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by Bobby Baseball on Feb 2, 2012 4:43 PM EST reply actions

a complete NYC boycott of the Mets

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by astromets on Feb 2, 2012 5:21 PM EST reply actions

A winning season would obviously be the most desirable

Others in no particular order of importance:
-Progression from our young players at both the major league and minor league levels, the latter may be the more important one for the future of the franchise

-Hopefully a sale of the team, but the Wilpons getting their act together so they could just run the team properly is desirable too

-An end to all the Madoff situation, and a settlement on the lawsuit.

-An end to all of the stupidity. After this season, I don’t want to here any more boycott crap, nor any “Meet the Mess” garbage, money jokes, bitching about Jose Reyes, comparisons to 1979, or any schlock of that ilk. It’s all just so unbelievably stupid, while being uncreative, not funny, and just a waste of bandwidth.

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by piazza62 on Feb 2, 2012 5:38 PM EST reply actions 2 recs