Is their first base platoon the worst offensively in baseball? The Mets plan to utilize a first base platoon with Daniel Murphy facing righties and Fernando Tatis starting against southpaws. Murphy has posted a .776 OPS in his career versus righties, while Tatis has produced an .816 mark against lefties. This is certainly not a tandem to get excited about and would rank in the bottom half in production from first base. The Mets should have been more aggressive pursuing Adam LaRoche.

What the heck should we expect from David Wright this season? It was not the park. Wright's power was MIA on the road as well. Also, his contact rate dropped to well below his established level, so this season was simply a mess for Wright. He is going to be 27 years old this year, and players this young do not typically have such power outages with no explanation. Odds are that he bounces back, though how much he does will be the big question. Without Beltran's production in the middle of the order for the first month of the season, the Mets will need Wright to rebound badly.

Johan Santana and pray for rain? When you start hearing that the team may go with Fernando Nieve as their fifth starter, you know your pitching staff is not in good shape. With the rest of the rotation behind Johan, who is a question mark himself after elbow surgery, including Mike Pelfrey, John Maine and Oliver Perez, there is not one pitcher you could actually expect a sub-4.00 ERA from. In the National League, that is unacceptable. Jonathon Niese might be capable of performing at that level, but he is recovering from a torn hamstring that was operated on, so we cannot be sure when he will be ready.

Will Jason Bay repeat last season's high performance level? Unsurprisingly, the knee jerk reaction so far has been that Bay will see a huge dip in his performance as he moves from the perceived hitter friendly Fenway Park to the perceived hitter's nightmare Citi Field. Of course, perceptions are usually wrong and in 2009, Citi Field actually increased right-handed home runs by 10%. Oh, and the Mets hit more home runs at home than away. Jason Bay is unlikely to repeat, but that is simply because his 2009 season was above his career rates and he would have regressed this season no matter where he called home. But Bay will not decline to a .250 hitter with only 20-25 home runs as some are predicting.