What the Mets Should Do

They should go all-in on Yu Darvish, and then hope to use that signing to lure Ichiro Suzuki into okaying a trade to the Mets in exchange for Jason Bay. That's on the assumption that the team will be reasonably willing to try not to suck next year. Now sure, I know Ichiro has sucked this year, but a) there's significant evidence he ought to be playing better; b) he's the kind of player, in common with Jose Reyes, who ought to benefit rather than suffer from CitiField's spacious dimensions, and c) Jason Bay's kind of awful, too. Obviously the main point here is still Darvish, but I do think the lateral Ichiro-for-Bay move would be a benefit. Duda-Pagan-Suzuki is a better outfield than Bay-Pagan-Duda; obviously, substituting someone better for Duda or someone different for Pagan doesn't change that fact. And I like the idea of a lineup that starts Reyes-Suzuki-Wright-Davis. Plus, obviously, the Santana-Darvish-Niese-Dickey-Gee rotation would be sick.

Anyway, just a thought. They won't do it, but it would be cool.