Update including 2007 results

[Frayed Knot]

The 2007 Rankings list is now complete and the results have been combined into the overall ranks. These changes have already been uploaded into the system and the links to the new alpha & numeric sorted lists also now include the results of this season.

In the meantime, a quickie summary of how the landscape has changed:

In all 10 new names received points this year - making the entire list 565 names long - although only 9 crack the top 500 and therefore get onto the posting status list.

So welcome to:
Aaron Sele, whose lone point puts him at #551 and not on the honor roll
Mike Pelfrey just barely sneaks on at #499
Carlos Gomez debuts at #467
Scott Schoeneweis at #446
Joe Smith - #408
Reuben Gotay - #351
Damion Easley - #316
Jorge Sosa - #303
Luis Castillo - #279
and Moises Alou wins the top newcomer award by checking in at #194

So to make room for these new names we wave goodbye to:
Jim Gosger, Hobie Landrith, Tom Grieve, Eric Gunderson, Tony Torasco, Gary Templeton, Luis Rivera, Jimmy Piersall, plus Moises's Uncle Jesus as they fall out of the top 500, off of our list, never to be heard from again.

Cracking the Top-100: Carlos Delgado, Aaron Heilman, Billy Wagner
Ousted from the Top-100: Danny Heep, Don Cardwell, Rico Brogna

Movin' on up (or not):
Guillermo Mota actually managed to FALL from slot #404 to #407 (that's what happens when you only get enough points to pass by a few guys ... but then even more who were either behind or were not even on the list jump ahead)
Marlon Anderson moves from #315 up to #278
Lastings Milledge - #427 to #258
Ramon Castro - #272 to #223
Shawn Green - #343 to #195
Endy Chavez - #170 to #166
Pedro Feliciano - #233 to #164
Jose Valentin - Drops from #156 to #158 (see Mota, G.)
Oliver Perez - #388 to #127
Orlando Hernandez - #214 to #116
Paul LoDuca - #127 to #106
John Maine - #200 to #102
Billy Wagner - #137 to #99
Aaron Heilman - #113 to #84
Pedro Martinez - #81 to #76
Carlos Delgado - #116 to #74
Carlos Beltran - #64 to #43
Jose Reyes - #52 to #31
Tom Glavine - #40 to #29
David Wright - #50 to #26

That Wright is the highest ranking active player means that the Top-25 remains unchanged.
Wright also takes over the title of best ever 4-year Met with a sizable lead over Gary Gentry. Glavine held that post after last season but now he sits behind the likes of Armando Benitez & Tommie Agee on the list of 5-year Mets, just ahead of Rick Reed & Jose Reyes.

Carlos Beltran was last year's best ever 2-year Met but this year he couldn't quite nudge out John Olerud for best 3-year guy. Meanwhile the other Carlos does take over that spot by getting his 2-year score above that of previous leader Eddie Murray.


Mileposts:
#50 - Steve Trachsel
#100 - Carl Everett
#200 - Claudell Washington
#250 - Jay Hook
#283 - (midpoint of the overall list) Mike Fitzgerald
#300 - Shawon Dunston
#400 - John Christensen
and the new leadoff man at #500 is Lute Barnes
Last (#565) - now and forever - Gus Bell

Edited January 5, 2008 by Guest

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

dynamite

[Fman99]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: dynamite

Fascinating, captain.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Great work.

[Guest AG/DC]

Eight current Mets in the top 100 suggest that the "New Mets" have settled in.

Let's hope not too settled.

You know, it's conceivable that Gus Bell won't always be number one.