Kwiz: Kings of Queens, From Queens Come Kings

[HahnSolo]

Juan Uribe

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

i came here also to guess Uribe

[Edgy MD]

Juan Uribe

Always a fun answer. A guy who looked 100, carried an extra 44 pounds, swung as hard as anybody, and tried to fake it as a middle infielder. But Juan is #32 on our list with a .711 OPS in 72 plate appearances in Citi Field.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: i came here also to guess Uribe

Through your lateness you are spared the ignominy of a subtracted point!

2. Carlos Delgado: .993_____


4. J.D. Davis: 966_________


6. Pete Alonso: .952_______


8. _____________________


10. Jeff McNeil: .913________


12. _____________________


14. Carlos Beltran .848______


16. Yoenis Céspedes: .848___


18. Michael Conforto: .848___


20. Wilson Ramos: .846_____

Also Guessed: Lucas Duda (#11), David Wright (#12), Brandon Nimmo (#13), Angel Pagan (#16), Asdrubal Cabrera (#19), Ike Davis (#25), Scott Hairston (#26), Daniel Murphy (#27), Marlon Byrd (#30), Juan Uribe (#32), Curtis Granderson (#38), T.J. Rivera (#15), Dom Smith (#45)



Scoring

Willets Point: 6

Chad Ochoseis: 3

d'Kong: 3

Fman 99: 3

batmagadanleadoff: 2

John Cougar Lunchbucket: 2

HahnSolo: 1

Benjamin Grimm: -1

seawolf: -1

stevejrogers: -1

Vic Sage: -1

41 Forever: -2

G-FaFiF: -2

[seawolf17]

Kelly Johnson?

[kcmets]

How 'bout Frenchy?

[Willets Point]

Cory Sullivan.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Zach Slutz

[Chad ochoseis]

Mike Baxter

[Edgy MD]

Kelly Johnson?

She was good. But certainly not top-ten good. Kelly is our 44th best home OPS guy at Citi Field, with a .681 OPS across 156 plate appearances. He's beaten Dom Smith, though ... so far!

How 'bout Frenchy?

That's the sort of guess we used to call "The French Mistake." Jeff Francoeur was what the French call, "un peu mieux que terrible," coming in 34th place with a .708 OPS in 367 Citi trips to the plate. On the other hand, do that, Kelly Johnson.

Willets Point wrote: Cory Sullivan.

Well, hose me down and splash me all over with Jean Naté. I thought we'd still be at this two weeks before anybody guessed Sullivan. I mean, what kind of name is that?! Ridiculous!!



But here you are, pulling a Cory out of your pants and more or less clinching the contest. My stars and garters, I'm impressed! Cory F. Sullivan has the fourth-highest home OPS in Citi Field history among dudes with 50 or more plate appearances, rocking a .920 figure across 69 trips to the dish.



Congratulations! We'll keep the last one up until somebody guesses it or another working day has ended.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Zach Slutz

And that's not it!! Zach is, in fact, the first guess among folks who don't even qualify, having amassedd only 37 plate trips over small parts of two seasons.

Chad ochoseis wrote: Mike Baxter

Not in the ballpark. Poor Mike finished 58th inn our charts, clocking a .611 OPS in 212 plate appearances.

2. Carlos Delgado: .993_____


4. J.D. Davis: 966_________


6. Pete Alonso: .952_______


8. Cory Sullivan: 920______


10. Jeff McNeil: .913________


12. _____________________


14. Carlos Beltran .848______


16. Yoenis Céspedes: .848___


18. Michael Conforto: .848___


20. Wilson Ramos: .846_____

Also Guessed: Lucas Duda (#11), David Wright (#12), Brandon Nimmo (#13), Angel Pagan (#16), Asdrubal Cabrera (#19), Ike Davis (#25), Scott Hairston (#26), Daniel Murphy (#27), Marlon Byrd (#30), Juan Uribe (#32), Kelly Johnson (#34), Curtis Granderson (#38), T.J. Rivera (#15), Kelly Johnson (#44), Dom Smith (#45), Mike Baxter (#58), Zach Lutz (DNQ)



Scoring

Willets Point: 9

d'Kong: 3

Fman 99: 3

batmagadanleadoff: 2

Chad Ochoseis: 2

John Cougar Lunchbucket: 1

HahnSolo: 1

Benjamin Grimm: -1

kcmets: -1

stevejrogers: -1

Vic Sage: -1

41 Forever: -2

seawolf: -2

G-FaFiF: -2

[kcmets]

Neil Walker

[Edgy MD]

Not Walkie-Talkie. Neil is the 23rd best OPS man at Citi Field among players who've called the place home.



Also Guessed: Lucas Duda (#11), David Wright (#12), Brandon Nimmo (#13), Angel Pagan (#16), Asdrubal Cabrera (#19), Neil Walker (#23), Ike Davis (#25), Scott Hairston (#26), Daniel Murphy (#27), Marlon Byrd (#30), Juan Uribe (#32), Kelly Johnson (#34), Curtis Granderson (#38), T.J. Rivera (#15), Kelly Johnson (#44), Dom Smith (#45), Mike Baxter (#58), Zach Lutz (DNQ)

[Vic Sage]

sheffield?

[Edgy MD]

Good thinking as Shef is our highest-remaining wrong answer as the 14th-best guy in this category. Sadly the highest-remaining wrong answer, still falls within the category of wrong answers.



Also Guessed: Lucas Duda (#11), David Wright (#12), Brandon Nimmo (#13), Gary Sheffield (#14), Angel Pagan (#16), Asdrubal Cabrera (#19), Neil Walker (#23), Ike Davis (#25), Scott Hairston (#26), Daniel Murphy (#27), Marlon Byrd (#30), Juan Uribe (#32), Kelly Johnson (#34), Curtis Granderson (#38), T.J. Rivera (#15), Kelly Johnson (#44), Dom Smith (#45), Mike Baxter (#58), Zach Lutz (DNQ)

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Are we still looking for guys with less than 100 PAs ?

[Vic Sage]

Tatis?

[Vic Sage]

Castro?

[Edgy MD]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Are we still looking for guys with less than 100 PAs ?

One guy, yeah.

[Vic Sage]

VAL PASCUCCI?

[Edgy MD]

Tatis is, again, our highest-ranked wrong guess, coming in 17th place with an .801 OPS as a Met at Citi Field in his 223 visits to home plate.



Ramon Castro (I assume you mean him and not Marisol) was with the Mets for 3+ seasons, but most of it was in the pre-Citi Field Era, and he only got to the plate 35 times at home in 2009. (Smoked the ball when he did, though.)



Valentino Pascucci, while also a non-qualifier, is an interesting case. He came to the plate only 11 times as a Met. He was 0-3 on the road, but rocked a 1.125 OPS in eight trips at home.



Also Guessed: Lucas Duda (#11), David Wright (#12), Brandon Nimmo (#13), Gary Sheffield (#14), T.J. Rivera (#15), Angel Pagan (#16), Fernando Tatis (#17), Asdrubal Cabrera (#19), Neil Walker (#23), Ike Davis (#25), Scott Hairston (#26), Daniel Murphy (#27), Marlon Byrd (#30), Juan Uribe (#32), Kelly Johnson (#34), Curtis Granderson (#38), T.J. Rivera (#15), Kelly Johnson (#44), Dom Smith (#45), Mike Baxter (#58), Ramon Castro (DNQ), Zach Lutz (DNQ), Val Pasucci (DNQ).



HINT TIME

The guy we're looking for probably won't make the Hall of Fame. He might not even make a second ballot. But he probably won't get shut out on the first one.

[Guest 41Forever]

Jose Reyes?



OE, he has too many plate appearances.

[G-Fafif]

Bobby Abreu

[Edgy MD]

BOOM!

[Edgy MD]

I was hoping somebody would guess Nori Aoki for some reason. I also hope Willets will tell us how he went 3-for-3.



Here's the whole list.



Mets Ranked by Their Home OPS at Citi Field



1) Carlos Delgado: .993 (in 61 plate appearances)

2) J.D. Davis: .966 (74)

3) Peter Alonso: .952 (119)

4) Cory Sullivan: .920 (69)

5) Jeff McNeil: .913 (210)

6) Bobby Abreu: .880 (73)

7) Michael Conforto: .850 (875)

t-8) Carlos Beltran: .848 (455)

t-8) Yoenis Cespedes: .848 (600)

t-8) Wilson Ramos: .846 (99)



11) Lucas Duda: .837 (1,422)

12) David Wright: .825 (1,830)

13) Brandon Nimmo: .822 (464)

14) Gary Sheffield: .819 (175)

15) T.J. Rivera: .817 (177)

16) Angel Pagan: .806 (766)

17) Fernando Tatis: .801 (223)

18) Jason Pridie: .789 (114)

19) Asdrubal Cabrera: .774 (725)

20) Robinson Cano: .771 (62)



21) Jose Reyes: .766 (1,213)

22) Luis Castillo: .757 (437)

23) Neil Walker: .751 (400)

24) Jason Bay: .750 (515)

25) Ike Davis: .748 (827)

26) Scott Hairston: .736 (272)

27) Daniel Murphy: .735 (1,654)

28) Todd Frazier: .722 (297)

29) Wilmer Flores: .715 (1,000)

30) Marlon Byrd: .712 (223)



t-31) Chris Carter: .711 (64)

t-31) Juan Uribe: .711 (72)

t-33) Nori Aoki: .708 (51)

t-33) Jeff Francoeur: .708 (367)

35) Omir Santos: .704 (168)

36) Michael Cuddyer: .702 (214)

37) Justin Turner: .700 (456)

t-38) Curtis Granderson: .698 (1,133)

t-38) Travis d'Arnaud: .698 (711)

40) Matt Reynolds: .697 (111)



41) Andres Torres: .692 (196)

42) Josh Satin: .686 (146)

43) Josh Thole: .685 (503)

44) Kelly Johnson: .681 (156)

45) Dominic Smith: .678 (194)

46) Henry Blanco: .673 (55)

47) Andrew Brown: .670 (104)

48) Rene Rivera: .668 (205)

49) Rod Barajas: .667 (132)

50) Jose Bautista: .665 (153)



51) Jay Bruce: .659 (481)

t-52) Ruben Tejada: .649 (1,086)

t-52) Nick Evans: .649 (173)

t-54) Ronny Cedeño: .647 (90)

t-54) Brian Schneider: .647 (81)

56) Kirk Nieuwenhuis: .645 (306)

57) James Loney: .637 (186)

58) Mike Baxter: .635 (212)

59) Jordany Valdespin: .633 (184)

60) Alejandro De Aza: .632 (132)



61) Juan Lagares: .626 (981)

62) John Buck: .621 (201)

63) Amed Rosario: .613 (469)

64) Chris Young: .612 (144)

65) Austin Jackson: .605 (82)

66) Kevin Plawecki: .601 (371)

67) Jeremy Reed: .598 (78)

68) Dilson Herrera: .595 (85)

69) Ronny Paulino: .592 (127)

70) Alex Cora: .580 (245)



71) Ryan Church: .576 (111)

72) Tomas Nido: .575 (64)

73) Devin Mesoraco: .561 (118)

74) Anthony Recker: .560 (203)

75) John Mayberry: .559 (51)

t-76) Matt den Dekker: .551 (127)

t-76) Eric Campbell: .551 (268)

78) Jesus Feliciano: .540 (82)

79) Adrian Gonzalez: .534 (93)

80) Eric Young Jr.: .533 (341)



81) Willie Harris: .531 (140)

82) Omar Quintanilla: .522 (206)

83) Steven Matz: .468 (71)

84) Jon Niese: .462 (190)

85) Anderson Hernandez: .449 (77)

86) R.A. Dickey: .447 (110)

87) Noah Syndergaard: .445 (118)

88) Zack Wheeler: .444 (103)

89) Jacob deGrom: .441 (167)

90) Mike Nickeas: .439 (111)



91) Fernando Martinez: .416 (52)

92) Ty Kelly: .409 (52)

93) Luis Guillorme: .390 (60)

94) Johan Santana: .340 (86)

95) Matt Harvey: .315 (106)

96) Mike Pelfrey: .296 (113)

97) Dillon Gee: .252 (121)

98) Bartolo Colon: .204 (92)