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- Updated: December 30, 2016
NEW YORK — Picture one of the most talented rosters in the Majors fully healthy, recharged and ready to compete for a title. Picture tens of thousands of screaming fans once again pouring into Citi Field for a late-October postseason game.
Perhaps that’s a pipe dream for a Mets club with plenty of questions heading into 2017. Perhaps it’s unrealistic in a league featuring other talented young contenders such as the Cubs and Nationals — not to mention a prickly division including the upstart Braves. But New York believes its own roster is still very much in its prime, ready to compete for a World Series title.
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To get there, the Mets simply need to find proper answers to their five most pressing questions heading into 2017:
1. What is Terry Collins’ future?
Shortly after last season ended, Collins said he was unsure if he would manage beyond 2017, the final year on his current contract. Now 67, Collins has accomplished more than most realistically thought possible when he signed on following the ’10 season. But the carrot of a World Series title still hangs in front of him.
Collins wants badly to reach out and grab it. He also won’t wait forever; the baseball lifer has said in the past he has no desire to manage into his 70s.
Perhaps the …
