“The Last Team Standing” – Buck Showalter Makes A Heroic Statement On New York Mets 2022 Season

The New York Mets can be bullish for their hopes in 2022. With their pitcher rotation featuring experience and a coaching staff upgrade from their dismal 2021 campaign, improvements seem to be in the offing. And top hire Buck Showalter, for the position of general manager, echoes the sentiments in full.

The new hire has said before as well that simply standing in contention for the series is not going to do it for him. He has been bought in to create a team that wins the World Series. And the Mets have made the roster moves to support him as best they can. And Showalter seems to be on board with the vision too.

The lockout may have delayed some of the Mets’ efforts at roster building, but they seem to have put together a killer roster even prior to the labor troubles. With Max Scherzer joining forces with Jacob deGrom, you can see a solid pitching rotation coming together there.

With coaching hires like Buck Showalter at the helm and Eric Chavez as batting coach, the Mets will be looking to challenge on all fronts this season. With hitters like Francisco Lindor underperforming last season, even a bump to normal will see the Mets really challenge.

Buck Showalter comments on the New York Mets’ 2022 season

The newly appointed Manager of the Mets stated that he has a responsibility to make the Mets as good as they can be. And it looks like he has understood that to mean a win in the World Series and nothing less.

“The job description here isn’t to be competitive or try to win more games than you lose. It’s to be the last team standing,” Showalter said when he was officially introduced as the new Mets manager. “And not just once.” With the confirmation of Eric Chavez as hitting coach, an area the Mets grossly underperformed in 2021, they are looking to contend.

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Showalter is an experienced figure and understands that the World Series win is absent from his trophy cabinet still. In the press conference where he was introduced as the Mets manager, he emphasized that he knows the brief. And that even though it may sound selfish; that the goal is to make everyone in the Mets organization successful and impact lives around him. “My wish is to be there when the last out is made in the World Series,” added Showalter.

With new ownership in Steve Cohen, team president Sandy Alderson and general manager Billy Eppler all echoing Showalter’s sentiments, the Mets seem to be pulling in one direction. And that is fast pointing to a championship.