Less than two weeks out from the start of spring training and there is still so much left to address with the New York Mets.

Will they make one last huge splash and dole out a ton of cash for reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer? Will they pick up a natural center fielder like Jackie Bradley Jr?

And what’s the deal with the universal designated hitter this year?

Question marks aplenty with few answers to supply. From an offensive or fielding-position standpoint, if the Mets made no more additions to their core, they still have a pretty forboding lineup. The one big unknown that looms though is how everyone is going to fit. Not necessarily a bad problem to have if you’re second-year manager Luis Rojas, but it’s not an enviable position, either.

If you were to ask 100 Mets fans how they would trot out an Opening Day lineup, you could very well get 100-different answers — and there wouldn’t be many incorrect options, either.

But here at amNewYork Metro, we look at the numbers as though it’s our North Star. So we decided to build an Opening Day starting batting order for the Mets based on how each of the club’s eight-best bats have performed over their careers at each spot in the lineup.

To gain consideration for each spot, a player had to accrue at least 50 career at-bats in said position. On top of that, we were also looking for the best, most even distribution of right-handed and left-handed hitters. Here is what we came up with:

2021 Mets batting order options

1st: Jeff McNeil, 2B (L)

AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
432	68	135	17	63	.313	.374	.507	.881

Other Options

	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Brandon Nimmo	548	101	143	24	60	.261	.384	.474	.859
Francisco Lindor	1,595	277	443	90	220	.278	.342	.518	.861
Michael Conforto	345	66	89	23	52	.258	.379	.504	.884

2nd: Pete Alonso, 1B (R)

AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
294	55	81	27	54	.276	.369	.609	.978

Other Options

	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jeff McNeil	285	43	88	6	28	.309	.361	.467	.828
Francisco Lindor	716	95	204	24	86	.285	.337	.461	.798
Michael Conforto	235	47	65	14	38	.277	.376	.506	.882
JD Davis	169	24	46	7	14	.272	.363	.444	.806
Brandon Nimmo	68	10	16	2	7	.235	.350	.397	.747

3rd: Francisco Lindor, SS (S)

AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
809	132	243	24	103	.300	.358	.454	.812

Other Options

	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Pete Alonso	265	38	61	17	49	.230	.345	.472	.817
Michael Conforto	482	67	124	25	85	.257	.338	.490	.827
JD Davis	128	23	33	7	17	.258	.338	.484	.822
Brandon Nimmo	60	8	11	3	6	.183	.319	.383	.703

4th: JD Davis, 3B (R)

AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
80	16	26	6	13	.325	.396	.600	.996

Other Options

	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Pete Alonso	136	20	32	14	29	.235	.314	.588	.902
Michael Conforto	487	69	116	24	69	.238	.341	.448	.789
James McCann	252	38	65	12	40	.258	.320	.464	.784
Dominic Smith	147	18	41	5	28	0.279	0.323	0.503	0.826

5th: Michael Conforto, RF (L)

AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
223	40	67	16	40	.300	.380	.547	.927

Other Options

	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
JD Davis	96	12	29	3	11	.302	.393	.448	.841
James McCann	186	27	46	6	19	.247	.303	.409	.712
Brandon Nimmo	55	10	10	1	5	.182	.377	.327	.704
Dominic Smith	104	10	20	3	12	0.192	.259	.337	.595

6th: Dominic Smith, LF (L)

AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
221	32	53	15	29	.240	.294	.489	.783

Other Options

	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jeff McNeil	65	8	19	1	7	.292	.370	.415	.785
Pete Alonso	83	15	21	9	16	.253	.351	.590	.941
Michael Conforto	159	25	39	8	28	.245	.356	.484	.841
JD Davis	97	11	20	2	6	.206	.287	.320	.607
James McCann	372	33	77	9	39	.207	.267	.315	.581
Brandon Nimmo	95	17	26	2	10	.274	.430	.411	.840

7th: James McCann, C (R)

AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
693	57	170	19	80	.245	.294	.377	.670

Other Options

	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
Jeff McNeil	56	8	21	3	10	.375	.507	.643	1.150
Michael Conforto	144	22	39	6	22	.271	.352	.458	.810
JD Davis	94	9	19	3	11	.202	.240	.340	.580
Brandon Nimmo	108	11	26	2	12	.241	.401	.352	.753
Dominic Smith	76	9	18	4	12	.237	.318	.487	.804