SCHAEFER PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, MAY 2016

[Benjamin Grimm]

SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE MONTH, MAY 2016

MAY 2016
Player of the Month: NOAH SYNDERGAARD
Pitcher of the Month: NOAH SYNDERGAARD
Reliever of the Month: JEURYS FAMILIA
Bench Player of the Month: JUAN LAGARES




Updated award winner standings, with this month's winners in bold:

PLAYER OF THE MONTH
David Wright 14
Johan Santana 6
Carlos Beltran 5
Jose Reyes 5
R. A. Dickey 4
Lucas Duda 4
Daniel Murphy 3
Cliff Floyd 2
Tom Glavine 2
Carlos Delgado 2
Ike Davis 2
Matt Harvey 2
NOAH SYNDERGAARD 2
Mike Cameron 1
John Maine 1
Angel Pagan 1
Jeff Francoeur 1
Ruben Tejada 1
John Buck 1
Marlon Byrd 1
Dillon Gee 1
Jonathon Niese 1
Bartolo Colon 1
Juan Lagares 1
Jacob deGrom 1
Curtis Granderson 1
Yoenis Cespedes 1
Michael Conforto 1

PITCHER OF THE MONTH
R. A. Dickey 10
Johan Santana 9
Pedro Martinez 6
John Maine 5
Mike Pelfrey 4
Jonathon Niese 4
Matt Harvey 4
Jacob deGrom 4
Bartolo Colon 4
Tom Glavine 3
Dillon Gee 3
NOAH SYNDERGAARD 3
Orlando Hernandez 2
Alay Soler 1
Steve Trachsel 1
Oliver Perez 1
Livan Hernandez 1
Tim Redding 1
Chris Capuano 1
Zack Wheeler 1


RELIEVER OF THE MONTH
JEURYS FAMILIA 10
Brian Stokes 5
Billy Wagner 4
Aaron Heilman 4
Bobby Parnell 4
Carlos Torres 4
Francisco Rodriguez 3
Duaner Sanchez 2
Raul Valdes 2
Pedro Beato 2
Manny Acosta 2
Jon Rauch 2
LaTroy Hawkins 2
Darren Oliver 1
Chad Bradford 1
Guillermo Mota 1
Joe Smith 1
Jorge Sosa 1
Scott Schoeneweis 1
Pedro Feliciano 1
Sean Green 1
Fernando Nieve 1
Hisanori Takahashi 1
Elmer Dessens 1
Jason Isringhausen 1
Frank Francisco 1
Josh Edgin 1
Scott Rice 1
Addison Reed 1

BENCH PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Fernando Tatis 3
Daniel Murphy 3
Jordany Valdespin 3
Eric Campbell 3
Julio Franco 2
Damion Easley 2
Marlon Anderson 2
Endy Chavez 2
Josh Thole 2
Justin Turner 2
Scott Hairston 2
Andrew Brown 2
Eli Marrero 1
Michael Tucker 1
Ricky Ledee 1
David Newhan 1
Ramon Castro 1
Ruben Gotay 1
Robinson Cancel 1
Gary Sheffield 1
Alex Cora 1
Jeremy Reed 1
Omir Santos 1
Cory Sullivan 1
Chris Carter 1
Mike Hessman 1
Nick Evans 1
Jason Pridie 1
Willie Harris 1
Val Pascucci 1
Mike Baxter 1
Ronny Cedeño 1
Kelly Shoppach 1
Josh Satin 1
Zach Lutz 1
Ike Davis 1
Lucas Duda 1
Chris Young 1
Anthony Recker 1
Curtis Granderson 1
Johnny Monell 1
Darrell Ceciliani 1
Michael Cuddyer 1
Kelly Johnson 1
Yoenis Cespedes 1
JUAN LAGARES 1

[Benjamin Grimm]

On May 31, Steven Matz had a chance to lock down his first Schaefer Player (and Pitcher) of the Month award. When he took the mound in the top of the 6th, he had thrown five scoreless innings and looked to be on his way to earning between 3 and 5 Schaefer points, if not more. But things unraveled, and Matz had to settle for 1.97 points. That would have been enough to clinch the title for May, except that Noah Syndergaard had a rare relief appearance during that final game of the month, and scoreless inning earned him 0.69 points, enough to put him over the top with just a little to spare.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Points earned by bench players in May: Juan Lagares 1.31, Alejandro De Aza 0.50, Matt Reynolds 0.47, Ty Kelly 0.12, Rene Rivera 0.06.

[Centerfield]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: On May 31, Steven Matz had a chance to lock down his first Schaefer Player (and Pitcher) of the Month award. When he took the mound in the top of the 6th, he had thrown five scoreless innings and looked to be on his way to earning between 3 and 5 Schaefer points, if not more. But things unraveled, and Matz had to settle for 1.97 points. That would have been enough to clinch the title for May, except that Noah Syndergaard had a rare relief appearance during that final game of the month, and scoreless inning earned him 0.69 points, enough to put him over the top with just a little to spare.

And so Steven Matz continues to trail Alay Soler by 1.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Fix is in, no doubt.

[TransMonk]

Great work, BG!

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Those might be your best cards ever -- and the bar was very high already! Bravo.

[G-Fafif]

Spectacular edition.

I have the sense that Noah got more Schaefer mileage out of a truncated start on May 28 than any Met to date.

[Guest themetfairy]

Awesome work BG, as always!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Has anyone won a month by as little as 5/100 points? That portrait
card is just dreamy! Er, I mean... uh, nevermind...

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: On May 31, Steven Matz had a chance to lock down his first Schaefer Player (and Pitcher) of the Month award. When he took the mound in the top of the 6th, he had thrown five scoreless innings and looked to be on his way to earning between 3 and 5 Schaefer points, if not more. But things unraveled, and Matz had to settle for 1.97 points. That would have been enough to clinch the title for May, except that Noah Syndergaard had a rare relief appearance during that final game of the month, and scoreless inning earned him 0.69 points, enough to put him over the top with just a little to spare.

I'm convinced that Syndergaard talked his way into that relief appearance because he knew the monthly title was on the line.

[Benjamin Grimm]

This is in fact the closest Player of the Month finish ever, but not by much! In August 2014 Juan Lagares edged Lucas Duda by 0.07 points.



The widest margin (excluding 2005, when we were asking voters to award 10 points in each game) was in July 2006, when Carlos Beltran beat Jose Valentin by 9.47 points.

[G-Fafif]

I look at Familia in action, and I hear Howard Dean's Iowa caucus night scream.

[Benjamin Grimm]

And that's why Jeurys Familia will never be the President of the United States.

[Guest themetfairy]

Howard Dean's scream seems so quaint by this year's standards....

[Benjamin Grimm]

That's true. It's hard to believe there was a time when appearing to be mentally unhinged was seen as a negative for a presidential candidate.