Enemy Lines An Opposing Team's Scout Sizes Up The Mets

This is a club with too many question marks. If everything breaks right, it could be in the hunt; if not, it could be a miserable year....

Mo Vaughn has lost some weight, and I think he's closer to the productive player he was in the second half of last season than the first-half player with all the rust....

At third base Jay Bell can catch but can't hit, and Ty Wigginton can hit but can't catch. When Rey Sanchez is batting .200 in June, you'll see Jose Reyes at shortstop. He's got a live bat and great hands....

Centerfield is a black hole. Roger Cede�o cannot play the position. I saw him misplay five balls in the early part of spring training, and that's not counting throwing to the wrong base or missing cutoff men....

Cliff Floyd will give them some offense, but Jeromy Burnitz is his own worst enemy. He's trying to hit 40 home runs every at bat....

Mike Piazza is not a very good catcher, but I respect how hard he works at the position—and he's still a very dangerous guy at the plate....

Pedro Astacio looks as if all those innings he pitched at Coors Field have caught up with him....

Armando Benitez is a second-tier closer. I like his arm and, if he ever did a better job of mixing up his pitches, he'd be lights out."