A quiet moment at Citi Field in mid-November can fool you. The place looks still on the surface, but underneath, the New York Mets are already moving with urgency. They don’t want another 83-79 season hanging over their heads. Not after the uneven ride they just lived through. Not after watching the postseason from the outside again.

The Mets are shifting

Carlos Mendoza is still steering the dugout, but almost everything around him is changing. The coaching staff has been reshaped. The front office is telegraphing that the roster will follow. It feels less like tinkering and more like a reset, the kind a team makes when it’s tired of chasing its tail and finally commits to building a roster that fits an identity.

The Mets need help everywhere that matters. They need a real center fielde

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