It’s Mount Rushmore Monday, and today it’s the Mount Rushmore of Mets Outfielders. Interestingly although only three people play the outfield at once, the mountain has four.
DARRYL STRAWBERRY
CARLOS BELTRAN
MOOKIE WILSON
CLEON JONES
This one was tough. I’m not even sure we should ask the drillers to begin construction on this one.
Starting on the easy end – Strawberry. Oh what could have been….but a superstar for a while in Queens and we still talk about him.
Beltran – never appreciated when he was here…and on his way to Cooperstown. I’m still not entirely sure he’s a “Met” but the drillers are getting antsy.
Mookie – I guess? Good player, good citizen, seemingly always around.
and Cleon Jones. My mountain has a lot of recency bias, even if my version of “recent” is 30 years ago not 50 – and I thought it would be weird to leave out the first 25 years of the franchise.
Cases could be made for Rusty, for Kingman (although he played less OF than your memory might have him playing), or even Lee Mazzilli (what?).
I think we should hold off on building this one….and hope Conforto and Nimmo make it.
Oh, and Cespedes? I forgot he existed until his sentence. He needs to play more to get on the mountain. Sorry Ces.
