This month's issue of Baseball America included its preview of the 2008 season where they have the Mets not finishing third, not second, but first in the NL East, the first major publication I have seen do so this year. Their notes are short but include the importance of Santana, Reyes not breaking down late in the year, Wright, Pelfry, Kunz (as the top rookie) and FMart as the top prospect.
The rest of the division is Philly, Atlanta, Washington and Florida.
Overall, they see Philly getting the Wild Card, and being being beat by the Cubs in the first round. The Mets will beat D-backs in the first round, and then in the NLCS, beat the Cubs. According to Baseball America, the Mets will be beat by the Tigers in the World Series.
They have Wright finishing #1 in MVP voting and Santana finishing #1 in Cy Young Voting.
They also in this issue look into their glass ball at the 2011 World Series where the Red Sox will beat the Dodgers. They say that the Mets will beat the Braves that year with their additions of Mark Texaria and FMart in the OF.
For what its worth, I wonder about the Mets pursuing Mark this upcoming offseason, there will be a lot teams going after him, it should be pretty interesting.
