Memories of Carlos Gomez

[G-Fafif]

On the day one Met named Carlos stepped/was nudged aside, another — Carlos Gomez — revealed his decision to retire. He finished his thirteen-season MLB run as he began it, as a Met.



In his second term, he stood somewhere below Rajai Davis but above Aaron Altherr as a stopgap outfielder. Kept bringing the enthusiasm to the end.

[Frayed Knot]

Yup, one of those 'born a Met/died a Met' types ... even with a bunch of stops in between.

[seawolf17]

I'll oddly remember his half-season with us more fondly than the stats would indicate.



I will also perpetually remember him as the other half of the Wilmer Flores Thing.

[Edgy MD]

MetsRosterCentral speculates that no two-time Met has ever created a hardier career sandwich out of thinner bread — achieving a greater difference between the total productivity of his two tenures subtracted from the total productivity in between.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

First player in team history to select the whacky No. 91, which I think referred to a bible verse. Exciting guy we had at the wrong times of his career. You could tell he was going to be good when we traded him, and that he was done when we finally got him back