2016 Ranking Project

[Frayed Knot]

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[Frayed Knot]

[table:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]30[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]NOAH SYNDERGAARD[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]29[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]YOENIS CESPEDES[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]28[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]ASDRUBAL CABRERA[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]27[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]JACOB deGROM[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]26[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]BARTOLO COLON[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]25[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]CURTIS GRANDERSON[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]24[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]NEIL WALKER[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]23[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]STEVEN MATZ[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]22[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]ADDISON REED[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]21[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]JEURYS FAMILIA[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]20[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]WILMER FLORES[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo]
[tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]19[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]JOSE REYES[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]18[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]ROBERT GSELLMAN[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]17[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]SETH LUGO[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]16[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]MICHAEL CONFORTO[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]15[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]HANSEL ROBLES[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]14[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]JERRY BLEVINS[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]13[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]KELLY JOHNSON[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]12[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]JAMES LONEY[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]11[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]T.J. RIVERA[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]10[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]RENE RIVERA[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]9[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]LUCAS DUDA[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]8[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]JUAN LAGARES[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]7[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]DAVID WRIGHT[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]6[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]MATT HARVEY[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]5[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]TRAVIS d’ARNAUD[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]4[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]ALEJANDRO DE AZA[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]3[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]JAY BRUCE[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]2[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]JIM HENDERSON[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][tr:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]1[/td:1x9687qo][td:1x9687qo]BRANDON NIMMO[/td:1x9687qo][/tr:1x9687qo][/table:1x9687qo]


As far as how this affects the overall Rankings, it brings us to 686 total players, Tom Seaver to Gus Bell.

Our new Mr. 500 is Miguel Cairo
400 = Charlie O’Brien
300 = Eric Hillman
200 = Anthony Young
100 = Art Shamsky

Eight new players earned spots in the Top-500, pushing out the likes of Willie Harris, Hideo Nomo, Damon Buford, Fernando Vina, Buddy Carlyle, Kevin Collins, Ray Searage, Dicky Gonzalez, and Ron Locke

New to the Top-50: Jacob deGrom
New to the Top-100: Yoenis Cespedes, Noah Syndergaard, Jeurys Familia, Bartolo Colon
No longer in the Top-100 all time Mets: Dennis Cook, Al Jackson, Frank Viola, Aaron Heilman



Newcomers in 2016:

Brandon Nimmo starts his CPF Rankings Project journey in 667th place. Hope to see him climb in the near future.
Jim Henderson - 646th
Jay Bruce - 627th
Alejandro De Aza - 603rd
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Rene Rivera scores high enough this year to get on our Top-500 list at 456th place
TJ Rivera - 426th
James Loney - 408th
Jerry Blevins - 366th
Seth Lugo - 309th
Robert Gsellman - 287th
Neil Walker - 205th
and Asdrubal Cabrera wins best newcomer of the year by placing 156th



For players already on the list to start 2016:
Kelly Johnson jumps up from 493rd place to 343rd
Hansel Robles from 374th to 263
Addison Reed from 583rd way up to 220
Michael Conforto from 262nd to 191
Steven Matz from 336th to 161
Travis d’Arnaud’s poor score this year winds up dropping him two slots as he passes Orlando Hernandez but is in turn passed by three others - 138th to 140th
Wilmer Flores - 160th to 126th
Juan Lagares - 98th to 94th
Yoenis Cespedes - 189th to 93rd
Noah Syndergaard - 169th to 83rd - just ahead of Ed Lynch, right behind Randy Myers
Jeurys Familia - 113th to 80th - just ahead of Dillon Gee, right behind Bret Saberhagen
Bartolo Colon - 133rd to 75th - just ahead of Ron Hunt, right behind Mike Pelfrey
Matt Harvey loses two spots, falling from 64th to 66th, on account of being passed by Granderson and deGrom
Curtis Granderson - 88th to 62nd - just ahead of RA Dickey, right behind Turk Wendell
Jacob deGrom cracks the to 50 by jumping from 69th to 47th - one spot ahead of Hubie Brooks, right behind John Olerud
Lucas Duda didn’t have much of a season, but the handful of points he did get were just enough to have him swap places with John Stearns for 38th place, one slot in back of Dave Kingman
Jose Reyes’s return nets him enough swag to jump from 12th place into 8th, passing Howard Johnson, Sid Fernandez, Clean Jones, and Edgardo Alfonzo along the way, looking to see if he can catch John Franco and/or Mike Piazza in 2017
And David Wright’s scant number of points inches him closer to Tom Terrific but still leaves him a good distance from taking over the top spot.

[Edgy MD]

Pretty cool to see José's return launch him into the top 10, but I'm surprised to hear he's within reach of Piazza.

Clean Jones was a helluva comedian. Kept the room in stitches but never worked blue.

[Frayed Knot]

Another season like this past year -- 12th best player on a 90-ish win team -- would be enough for him to pass Franco, but he'd probably need to beef that up to more like a Top-Seven finish with an equally good or better team in '17 to catch Piazza, certainly not a given seeing as how he doesn't have a set position coming into the year.
Considering that he's already ahead of MP in seasons as a Met (10 to 7) with around 15% more games / PAs / ABs, etc., even before tacking on whatever he'll accumulate this coming year, that they're already in the same neighborhood isn't surprising. Failing to catch him next season means that he'd then have to re-up on a new contract for '18 or beyond so that gets a little more problematic and the next jump from Piazza to Strawberry is even more substantial.




I believe the Lawrence Fishburn character in APOCALYPSE NOW was named after Clean Jones.
[fimg=300:35fbm4o1]http://www.laurence-fishburne.com/images/uploads/work/ApocalypseNow_03.jpg[/fimg:35fbm4o1]
Tyrone "Clean" Miller

[Frayed Knot]

[table:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]30[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]NOAH SYNDERGAARD[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]29[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]YOENIS CESPEDES[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]28[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]ASDRUBAL CABRERA[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]27[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]JACOB deGROM[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]26[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]BARTOLO COLON[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]25[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]CURTIS GRANDERSON[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]24[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]NEIL WALKER[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]23[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]STEVEN MATZ[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]22[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]ADDISON REED[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]21[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]JEURYS FAMILIA[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]20[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]WILMER FLORES[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx]
[tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]19[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]JOSE REYES[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]18[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]ROBERT GSELLMAN[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]17[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]SETH LUGO[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]16[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]MICHAEL CONFORTO[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]15[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]HANSEL ROBLES[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]14[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]JERRY BLEVINS[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]13[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]KELLY JOHNSON[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]12[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]JAMES LONEY[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]11[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]T.J. RIVERA[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]10[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]RENE RIVERA[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]9[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]LUCAS DUDA[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]8[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]JUAN LAGARES[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]7[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]DAVID WRIGHT[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]6[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]MATT HARVEY[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]5[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]TRAVIS d’ARNAUD[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]4[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]ALEJANDRO DE AZA[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]3[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]JAY BRUCE[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]2[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]JIM HENDERSON[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][tr:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]1[/td:1gx1fwzx][td:1gx1fwzx]BRANDON NIMMO[/td:1gx1fwzx][/tr:1gx1fwzx][/table:1gx1fwzx]

[G-Fafif]

I just realized I unintentionally left De Aza out. A Rick Perry moment on my part.

Oops.

[Frayed Knot]

I probably assumed that was intentional, especially given the debate on the board over the proper credit (or not) merited by James Loney for this past season.

[G-Fafif]

I probably would have had him in Kelly Johnson-T.J. Rivera territory (my ballot) based on durability, steady incremental improvement and genuine hustle. Matt Reynolds thanks me for the oversight.

[Frayed Knot]

Those points probably would have been enough to pop him ahead of d'Arnaud on the yearly ballot, so Travis thanks your oversight too.

[G-Fafif]

D'Arnaud's still here, De Aza isn't. If I've accidentally boosted Travis's confidence, it's all to the good.