Jerry Manuel took over for Willie Randolph last month and proceeded to bring the Mets back into the NL East race. With a 10 game win streak under his belt, his confidence began to grow. It seemed that everything Manuel touched turned to gold, but now we find that he is still just a rookie head coach running a team that is still trying to find consistency.

Over the past several years teams have been looking more and more toward the future of the franchise instead of today. The "Win Now" mentality is waning and a youth movement has begun. Below we have several teams' profiled and broken down to show the climate change in Major League Baseball.

This is one of many options the Mets have right now. It is very obvious that there are changes being made in the front office, but the team needs to start looking at the players they are putting out on the field. This is a team that is now the oldest team in baseball and it is not getting any younger.

The New York Mets have just lost their last five games, four against the San Diego Padres (28-38). This is exactly what the Mets didn't want to do this season. This season was to be revenge for their historical collapse last season. But this year is far from revenge. Currently the Mets are fourth in the NL East at 30-33. The Wilpons have given their vote of confidence in Willie Randolph, but with the latest losing streak how can they not reconsider?