NY Mets best players at each position five years from now

All-time best Mets second basemen five years from now

The Mets have a pretty good history of employing solid second basemen. Even through some lean years and major misses like Carlos Baerga and Roberto Alomar, it’s a position of pride for the franchise.

With their current employment of Jeff McNeil, I’m expecting to see him appear on all three lists. How many of our Rising Apple writers will rank him at the top?

Matt
1. Jeff McNeil
2. Edgardo Alfonzo
3. Wally Backman
4. Daniel Murphy
5. Jeff Kent

Elizabeth
1. Edgardo Alfonzo
2. Jeff McNeil
3. Daniel Murphy
4. Wally Backman
5. Felix Millan

Michael
1. Edgardo Alfonzo
2. Jeff McNeil
3. Wally Backman
4. Jeff Kent
5. Tim Teufel

As expected, there’s no Robinson Cano on any of these lists. Matt, Elizabeth, and Michael also agree on one thing: Jeff McNeil and Edgardo Alfonzo should be number one or two.

Matt believes in McNeil the most, ranking him number one five years from now. Wally Backman is the only other man to appear on all three lists with a combination of a few other Mets second basemen on there as well.

I find it interesting to see the absence of Daniel Murphy on Michael’s list. I wouldn’t rank Tim Teufel over Murphy. Based on what Murphy did, I would probably put him number three or four.

Elizabeth was the lone wolf willing to add Felix Millan to her top five. I think this is a good and underrated selection.

Jeff Kent has always been a strange case for any list like this in Mets history. He was good with the team but not nearly as fantastic as he was once he joined the San Francisco Giants. I think it’s fair to consider him for the bottom of this list.