Where Mets Rank in 2017

Benjamin Grimm · February 15, 2017

MANAGER
Terry Collins, entering his seventh season, has a chance to be the first Mets manager to complete seven seasons. Davey Johnson made it a quarter of the way through his seventh season before being fired on May 29, 1990. Bobby Valentine was hired late in the 1996 season and then managed another six full seasons but was fired after the 2002 season. Johnson and Valentine are the only Mets managers to have managed 1,000 games, and Collins looks likely to join that exclusive company.

Barring rainouts, on May 17, 2017, in Arizona for the 41st game of the season, Terry Collins will pass Davey Johnson for most regular-season Mets games managed in a career. For Terry to pass Davey in wins, the Mets would need to win 115 games in 2017. (How great would that be?) Terry needs only 56 wins to pass Bobby Valentine and take possession of second place.

Terry already has more losses than any of his predecessors, with 491.

If the Mets win 86 games in 2017, Terry's overall Mets regular-season record will reach the .500 mark.

If the Mets win 83 games, Terry's winning percentage will nudge ahead of Yogi Berra's.

GAMES
Davey Johnson 1012
Bobby Valentine 1003
Terry Collins 972

WINS
Davey Johnson 595
Bobby Valentine 536
Terry Collins 481

LOSSES
Terry Collins 491
Bobby Valentine 467
Joe Torre 420

WINNING PCT.
(Minimum 200 games managed)
Davey Johnson .588
Willie Randolph .544
Bobby Valentine .534
Bud Harrelson .529
Gil Hodges .523
Yogi Berra .497
Terry Collins .495
Jerry Manuel .489
Joe Frazier .488

BATTING
The Mets have two current players who are at or near the top of the list of career leaders in many offensive categories.

Jose Reyes, currently in 8th place, can move up a few notches on the list of most games played by a Met. David Wright, in second place, is not within reach of Ed Kranepool this year, even if he miraculously manages to play in all 162 games.

A much easier milestone for David is in the At Bats category, where he needs only 4 to become the first Met ever to reach 6,000.

Wright and Reyes are in first and second place in Runs. If David can score 51 runs this year he'd become the first Met to score 1,000 times.

Wright's recent injuries have significantly slowed his attempt to get 2,000 hits. 1,800 is hopefully in reach this year. To get to 1,900, he would need 123 hits. Jose Reyes, meanwhile, needs 51 hits to pass Ed Kranepool and move into second place.

Wright needs 10 doubles to reach 400. Reyes is in a distant second place, with 235.

Wright's assault on Darryl Strawberry's record of 252 home runs has also been stalled the past two years. He had 7 last year. If he gets 11 this year he'll be the Mets Home Run King. Lucas Duda, in 11th place with 108 homers, can move up the list this year. With 17 homers he'd pass Ed Kranepool, Edgardo Alfonzo, Kevin McReynolds, and Todd Hundley and move into 7th place. Also, 11 homers would make Jose Reyes the 13th Met to hit 100.

David Wright, the Mets all-time RBI leader, needs 30 more to reach 1,000. Jose Reyes, in 11th place, with 447, needs 10 more to pass Kevin McReynolds and claim a spot in the top ten. 22 runs batted in will move him ahead of Keith Hernandez.

All-time leader Jose Reyes needs 21 stolen bases to reach 400. David Wright, in fourth place, needs 4 to reach 200 and 7 to pass Howard Johnson and move into third place.

If David Wright gets 55 total bases, he'll extend his Mets career record in that category to 3,000.

GAMES
1. Ed Kranepool 1853
2. David Wright 1583
3. Bud Harrelson 1322
4. Jerry Grote 1235
5. Cleon Jones 1201
6. Howard Johnson 1154
7. Mookie Wilson 1116
8. Jose Reyes 1110
9. Darryl Strawberry 1109
10. Edgardo Alfonzo 1086

AT BATS
1. David Wright 5996
2. Ed Kranepool 5436
3. Jose Reyes 4708

RUNS
1. David Wright 949
2. Jose Reyes 780

HITS
1. David Wright 1777
2. Ed Kranepool 1418
3. Jose Reyes 1368

DOUBLES
1. David Wright 390
2. Jose Reyes 235

HOME RUNS
1. Darryl Strawberry 252
2. David Wright 242
3. Mike Piazza 220
4. Howard Johnson 192
5. Dave Kingman 154
6. Carlos Beltran 149
7. Todd Hundley 124
8. Kevin McReynolds 122
9. Edgardo Alfonzo 120
10. Ed Kranepool 118
11. Lucas Duda 108
12. Carlos Delgado 104
13. George Foster 99
14. Bobby Bonilla 95
15. John Milner 94
16. Cleon Jones 93
17. Gary Carter 89
17. Jose Reyes 89
19. Tommie Agee 82
20. Cliff Floyd 81
21. Keith Hernandez 80
22. Robin Ventura 77
23. Curtis Granderson 76

RUNS BATTED IN
1. David Wright 970
2. Darryl Strawberry 733
3. Mike Piazza 655
4. Howard Johnson 629
5. Ed Kranepool 614
6. Carlos Beltran 559
7. Edgardo Alfonzo 538
8. Cleon Jones 521
9. Keith Hernandez 468
10. Kevin McReynolds 456
11. Jose Reyes 447

STOLEN BASES
1. Jose Reyes 379
2. Mookie Wilson 281
3. Howard Johnson 202
4. David Wright 196

TOTAL BASES
1. David Wright 2945
2. Jose Reyes 2076

PITCHING

In most pitching categories, Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman racked up totals that no Mets pitcher, other than Dwight Gooden, was ever able to approach. That won't change this year, but there are some opportunites for a few Mets pitchers to advance in a few categories.

Jeurys Familia is in 19th place in games pitched. His likely suspension will prevent him from appearing in as many games as he did last year, but if he gets into 49 games he'll pass ten pitchers and take ninth place.

Matt Harvey (36th place) and Jacob deGrom (40th place) can make significant ground in the Innings Pitched category this year.

DeGrom's 30 wins has him in 35th place, tied with Ray Sadecki. Matt Harvey has 29 wins, tied with Oliver Perez, Nolan Ryan, and Bret Saberhagen. And Noah Syndergaard, with 23 wins, is in 49th place. All three have a chance to pass a number of players and put themselves in better position for next year.

Matt Harvey (19th place), Jacob deGrom (25th place) and Noah Syndergaard (40th place) can expect to climb many slots on the all-time strikeout list.

Harvey needs 18 starts and deGrom needs 24 to reach 100.

Jeurys Familia has 100 saves and is in fifth place. With 8 saves this year, he'd pass Billy Wagner and Jesse Orosco and move into third. Armando Benitez, in second place, will have to wait until at least 2018 before Familia passes him. John Franco, in first place with 276, is way out of reach for the time being.

GAMES
1. John Franco 695
2. Pedro Feliciano 484
3. Tom Seaver 401
4. Jerry Koosman 376
5. Jesse Orosco 372
6. Tug McGraw 361
7. Armando Benitez 333
8. Bobby Parnell 329
9. Aaron Heilman 305
9. Dwight Gooden 305
11. Jeff Innis 288
12. Turk Wendell 285
13. Roger McDowell 280
14. Ron Taylor 269
15. Doug Sisk 263
16. Ron Darling 257
17. Dennis Cook 255
17. Sid Fernandez 255
19. Jeurys Familia 247
20. Craig Swan 229

INNINGS
1. Tom Seaver 3045.2
2. Jerry Koosman 2544.2
3. Dwight Gooden 2169.2
4. Ron Darling 1620.0
5. Sid Fernandez 1584.2
6. Jon Matlack 1448.0
7. Al Leiter 1360.0
8. Craig Swan 1230.2
9. Bobby Jones 1215.2
10. David Cone 1209.1
11. Jon Niese 1079.1
12. Tom Glavine 1005.1
13. Al Jackson 980.2
14. Steve Trachsel 956.1
15. Jack Fisher 931.2
16. Mike Pelfrey 896.1
17. Rick Reed 888.2
18. Tug McGraw 792.2
19. Gary Gentry 789.1
20. Bob Ojeda 764.0
21. Pat Zachry 741.2
22. Ed Lynch 730.1
23. Jim McAndrew 729.2
24. Johan Santana 717.0
25. John Franco 702.2
26. Dillon Gee 679.1
27. R. A. Dickey 616.2
28. Pete Falcone 607.2
29. Ray Sadecki 600.1
30. Jesse Orosco 595.2
31. Bartolo Colon 588.2
32. Frank Viola 566.1
33. John Maine 542.0
34. Bret Saberhagen 524.1
35. Oliver Perez 520.0
36. Matt Harvey 519.2
37. Nolan Ryan 510.0
38. Dave Mlicki 501.1
39. Pedro Martinez 486.2
40. Jacob deGrom 479.1

WINS
1. Tom Seaver 198
2. Dwight Gooden 157
3. Jerry Koosman 140
4. Ron Darling 99
5. Sid Fernandez 98
6. Al Leiter 95
7. Jon Matlack 82
8. David Cone 81
9. Bobby Jones 74
10. Steve Trachsel 66
11. Jon Niese 61
11. Tom Glavine 61
13. Rick Reed 59
13. Craig Swan 59
15. Bob Ojeda 51
16. Mike Pelfrey 50
17. John Franco 48
18. Jesse Orosco 47
18. Tug McGraw 47
20. Johan Santana 46
21. Bartolo Colon 44
22. Al Jackson 43
23. Gary Gentry 41
24. Pat Zachry 41
25. Dillon Gee 40
26. R. A. Dickey 39
26. John Maine 39
28. Frank Viola 38
28. Jack Fisher 38
28. Ed Lynch 38
31. Rick Aguilera 37
32. Jim McAndrew 36
33. Roger McDowell 33
34. Pedro Martinez 32
35. Ray Sadecki 30
35. Jacob deGrom 30
37. Oliver Perez 29
37. Matt Harvey 29
37. Nolan Ryan 29
37. Bret Saberhagen 29
41. Pete Falcone 26
42. Dennis Cook 25
42. Nino Espinosa 25
42. Neil Allen 25
45. Skip Lockwood 24
45. Terry Leach 24
45. Dave Mlicki 24
45. Danny Frisella 24
49. Noah Syndergaard 23

STRIKEOUTS
1. Tom Seaver 2541
2. Dwight Gooden 1875
3. Jerry Koosman 1799
4. Sid Fernandez 1449
5. David Cone 1172
6. Ron Darling 1148
7. Al Leiter 1106
8. Jon Matlack 1023
9. Jon Niese 838
10. Bobby Jones 714
11. Craig Swan 671
12. Tug McGraw 618
13. Johan Santana 607
14. John Franco 592
15. Rick Reed 590
16. Steve Trachsel 580
17. Gary Gentry 563
18. Al Jackson 561
19. Matt Harvey 525
20. Tom Glavine 516
21. Jesse Orosco 506
21. Mike Pelfrey 506
23. Oliver Perez 494
24. Nolan Ryan 493
25. Jacob deGrom 492
26. Dillon Gee 489
27. Jack Fisher 475
28. R. A. Dickey 468
29. John Maine 467
30. Pedro Martinez 464
31. Bob Ojeda 459
32. Armando Benitez 456
33. Bartolo Colon 415
34. Jim McAndrew 408
35. Dave Mlicki 402
36. Aaron Heilman 395
37. Pat Zachry 391
38. Bret Saberhagen 388
39. Frank Viola 387
40. Noah Syndergaard 384
41. Ray Sadecki 380
42. Pete Falcone 379
43. Skip Lockwood 368
44. Rick Aguilera 351
45. Pedro Feliciano 350
46. Glendon Rusch 313

STARTS
1. Tom Seaver 395
2. Jerry Koosman 346
3. Dwight Gooden 303
4. Sid Fernandez 250
5. Ron Darling 241
6. Al Leiter 213
7. Jon Matlack 199
8. Bobby Jones 190
9. Craig Swan 184
10. Jon Niese 179
11. David Cone 169
12. Tom Glavine 164
13. Steve Trachsel 160
14. Mike Pelfrey 149
15. Al Jackson 138
16. Rick Reed 138
17. Jack Fisher 133
18. Gary Gentry 121
19. Pat Zachry 113
20. Dillon Gee 110
21. Bob Ojeda 109
22. Johan Santana 109
23. Jim McAndrew 105
24. Ed Lynch 98
25. John Maine 96
26. Bartolo Colon 95
27. R. A. Dickey 91
28. Oliver Perez 91
29. Pete Falcone 86
30. Frank Viola 82
31. Matt Harvey 82
32. Pedro Martinez 79
33. Jacob deGrom 76

SAVES
1. John Franco 276
2. Armando Benitez 160
3. Jesse Orosco 107
4. Billy Wagner 101
5. Jeurys Familia 100

Edgy MD · February 15, 2017

Curtis Granderson is 23rd all-time in Metly homers, but still in a position where he'll be catching or tying someone with almost every homer. A 30-homer season from Granderson (which I'd probably sign up for) would get him up to 12th place.

Benjamin Grimm · February 15, 2017

My apologies to Curtis. I've added him to the list above.

Edgy MD · February 15, 2017

Not at all. Just an outside observation.

Edgy MD · February 16, 2017

Wright passed Ron Hodges last season, moving into second place in Mets History in the category of

Most Seasons Without Appearing for Any Other Big League Team

Leaving out active players, such as Wright, who are still eligible to disqualify themselves by playing for another team, the list looks like this:

1. Ed Kranepool, of, 1b, ph, 1962-1979: 18 seasons
2. Ron Hodges, c, phi, 1973-1984: 12 seasons
3. __________, rp, 2002-2013: 9 seasons
4. __________, rp, 1987-1993: 7 seasons
T5. __________, rp, 1973-1977: 5 seasons
T5. __________, of, ph, 1974-1979: 5 seasons
T5. __________, ss, 1981-1985: 5 seasons
T5. __________, rp, sp, 2010-2015: 5 seasons
T5. __________, rp, sp, 2000-2004: 5 seasons
10. __________, if, 2011-2014: 4 seasons

February 16, 2017

3. Feliciano
4. Innis in the Morning

t5 Apodaca, Boisclair, Gardenhire...

Edgy MD · February 16, 2017

1. Ed Kranepool, of, 1b, ph, 1962-1979: 18 seasons

2. Ron Hodges, c, phi, 1973-1984: 12 seasons

3. [u:2zzvcrba]Pedro Feliciano[/u:2zzvcrba], rp, 2002-2013: 9 seasons

4. [u:2zzvcrba]Jeff Innis in the Morning[/u:2zzvcrba], rp, 1987-1993: 7 seasons

T5. [u:2zzvcrba]Bob Apodaca[/u:2zzvcrba], rp, 1973-1977: 5 seasons (I think he spent 1978-1980 rehabbing before finally packing it in)

T5. [u:2zzvcrba]Bruce Boisclair[/u:2zzvcrba], of, ph, 1974-1979: 5 seasons (Didn't play for any other MLB franchises, but WAS a Hanshin Tiger in NPB)

T5. [u:2zzvcrba]Ron Gardenhire[/u:2zzvcrba], ss, 1981-1985: 5 seasons (Five seasons, but only 285 games)

T5. __________, rp, sp, 2010-2015: 5 seasons

T5. __________, rp, sp, 2000-2004: 5 seasons

10. __________, if, 2011-2014: 4 seasons

Benjamin Grimm · February 16, 2017

I can't believe I'm drawing a complete blank on this guy:

T5. __________, rp, sp, 2010-2015: 5 seasons

I was pondering it while walking the dog this morning and I got nothing!

batmagadanleadoff · February 16, 2017

Benjamin Grimm wrote:
I can't believe I'm drawing a complete blank on this guy:

T5. __________, rp, sp, 2010-2015: 5 seasons

I was pondering it while walking the dog this morning and I got nothing!

It's Mejia. I knew instantly that Mejia hadn't pitched in the majors since 2015, and it's likely obvious to you now that I bring it up. But it took a while to register that Mejia fit the bill - that he had been around that long and exclusively with the Mets. But Mejia was initially, Jerry Manuel's failed experiment in the bullpen in 2010.

Benjamin Grimm · February 16, 2017

I think I've completely relegated Jenrry Mejia to the dustbin of my memory. He's dead to me!

February 16, 2017

As mocked as Terry is sometimes, he's working his way toward a plaque in the Mets Hall of Fame. Another trip to the World Series this year would cement it, I think.

Ceetar · February 16, 2017

41Forever wrote:
As mocked as Terry is sometimes, he's working his way toward a plaque in the Mets Hall of Fame. Another trip to the World Series this year would cement it, I think.

and if he wins..he's arguably the best Mets manager ever and gets his number retired?

Benjamin Grimm · February 16, 2017

41Forever wrote:
As mocked as Terry is sometimes, he's working his way toward a plaque in the Mets Hall of Fame. Another trip to the World Series this year would cement it, I think.

I think he's already there. I don't think he's in retired-number territory, nor do I think he'll get there, but if he retired today to devote the rest of his life to chasing Maja around Stockholm, he's already a Mets Hall-of-Famer.

And I say this as someone who's not a big supporter of his.

Edgy MD · February 16, 2017

Yeah, I kind of bent my own definition of "active players, such as Wright, who are still eligible to disqualify themselves by playing for another team," by including Mejia, but there you have it. He's certainly eligible to be reinstated, but although I'm generally of the mind that athletes who can perform will get a chance from somebody, I wasn't feeling particularly optimistic about Mejia at the time.

1. Ed Kranepool, of, 1b, ph, 1962-1979: 18 seasons

2. Ron Hodges, c, phi, 1973-1984: 12 seasons

3. [u:1lkrt1gg]Pedro Feliciano[/u:1lkrt1gg], rp, 2002-2013: 9 seasons

4. [u:1lkrt1gg]Jeff Innis in the Morning[/u:1lkrt1gg], rp, 1987-1993: 7 seasons

T5. [u:1lkrt1gg]Bob Apodaca[/u:1lkrt1gg], rp, 1973-1977: 5 seasons (I think he spent 1978-1980 rehabbing before finally packing it in)

T5. [u:1lkrt1gg]Bruce Boisclair[/u:1lkrt1gg], of, ph, 1974-1979: 5 seasons (Didn't play for any other MLB franchises, but WAS a Hanshin Tiger in NPB)

T5. [u:1lkrt1gg]Ron Gardenhire[/u:1lkrt1gg], ss, 1981-1985: 5 seasons (Five seasons, but only 285 games)

T5. [u:1lkrt1gg]Jenrry Mejia[/u:1lkrt1gg], rp, sp, 2010-2015: 5 seasons

T5. __________, rp, sp, 2000-2004: 5 seasons

10. __________, if, 2011-2014: 4 seasons

February 16, 2017

10 is Josh "Hail" Satin

February 16, 2017

5. Grant "bonghit" Roberts

Edgy MD · February 16, 2017

Both correct. Like the guy ahead of him on the list, Roberts short-circuited his career with PEDs. That guy had a lot of drama for a parts-of-five-seasons career. And not all of it was his fault.

After coming through the system as the last of the high-end pitching prospects of the 1990s Mets, he got absolutely raked in his only big league start, coming right in the midst of a playoff hunt.
Basically got consigned forever to bullpen duty after the trauma of that one start.
Was utterly fantastic through the first two months of 2002, pitching out of the bullpen with a nearly invisible ERA.
After his first bad outing of that season, pow, he gets put on the disabled list in one of those "it's nothing" assignments that portends the beginning of the end.
Newsday lists him as one of seven Mets actively using marijuana, shortly after teammate Mark Corey has a terrifying brain seizure after smoking some of Tony Torasco's shit in a parking lot. Remember when Newsday did investigative work?
That minor issue that interrupted his season? That was apparently a torn rotator cuff that took too damn long to diagnose. He missed most of the second half of 2002 and his career was now looking like a runaway train heading to Craig Swan City.
On top of that, Newsday comes out with a shot of him going down on a bong.
It turns out, that bong shot was part of an extortion plot by an ex-girlfriend. Helpful hint to all gold-diggers: wait until the guy is making real money.
Diagnosis and rehab plans go back and forth and most of 2003 is lost for the guy as well. He doesn't appear until September and plans for surgery on the cuff for the off-season.
Fuck it. He decides NOT to have surgery in the off-season, putting him at odds with the team.
He predictably sucks it up at the start of 2004 before landing, again, on the disabled list. He plans to finally have his surgery in mid-May. The Mets, pissed that he missed the opportunity to go through this in the off-season, are fuming.
In an ugly-assed bit of vindication, with Roberts wearing a gown and minutes from undergoing surgery, the Mets DFA him, disqualifying him from getting the operation.
Confronted by the MLBPA that that sort of dastardliness is not really allowed, the Mets relent, and he gets the procedure a few weeks later.
He becomes a free agent at the end of the year, but amazingly, signs a minor league deal with the Mets(!), who are now under new management of Omar Minaya, which presumably washes away some of the bad blood with the previous adminsitration.
Roberts fails to make the team out of spring training ... and fails a PED test.
After serving his ridiculously short 15-day suspension, the Mets release him.
Roberts signs a minor league deal with the Yankees, for whom the sort of drama he brings is a typical workday. He fails to impress with the AA Trenton Thunder and ultimately retires without returning to the bigs with another team, qualifying as a career Met, very much representing the black hat era in a nutshell.

And here's our list of career Mets, interspersed with active players, who would qualify if they retired today.

1. Ed Kranepool, of, 1b, ph, 1962-1979: 18 seasons

David Wright: 13 seasons

2. Ron Hodges, c, phi, 1973-1984: 12 seasons

3. Pedro Feliciano, rp, 2002-2013: 9 seasons

4. Jeff Innis in the Morning, rp, 1987-1993: 7 seasons

Lucas Duda: 7 seasons

T5. Bob Apodaca, rp, 1973-1977: 5 seasons (I think he spent 1978-1980 rehabbing before finally packing it in)

T5. Bruce Boisclair, of, ph, 1974-1979: 5 seasons (Didn't play for any other MLB franchises, but WAS a Hanshin Tiger in NPB)

T5. Ron Gardenhire, ss, 1981-1985: 5 seasons (Five seasons, but only 285 games)

T5. Jenrry Mejia, rp, sp, 2010-2015: 5 seasons

T5. Gwant Wobets, rp, sp, 2000-2004: 5 seasons

Jeurys Familia: 5 seasons

10. Josh Satin, if, 2011-2014: 4 seasons

Travis d'Arnaud: 4 seasons
Josh Edgin: 4 seasons
Wilmer Flores: 4 seasons
Matt Harvey: 4 seasons
Juan Lagares: 4 seasons
Eric Campbell: 4 seasons

Centerfield · February 16, 2017

After coming through the system as the last of the high-end pitching prospects of the 1990s Mets, he got absolutely raked in his only big league start, coming right in the midst of a playoff hunt.
Basically got consigned forever to bullpen duty after the trauma of that one start.
Was utterly fantastic through the first two months of 2002, pitching out of the bullpen with a nearly invisible ERA.
After his first bad outing of that season, pow, he gets put on the disabled list in one of those "it's nothing" assignments that portends the beginning of the end.
Newsday lists him as one of seven Mets actively using marijuana, shortly after teammate Mark Corey has a terrifying brain seizure after smoking some of Tony Torasco's shit in a parking lot. Remember when Newsday did investigative work?
That minor issue that interrupted his season? That was apparently a torn rotator cuff that took too damn long to diagnose. He missed most of the second half of 2002 and his career was now looking like a runaway train heading to Craig Swan City.
On top of that, Newsday comes out with a shot of him going down on a bong.
It turns out, that bong shot was part of an extortion plot by an ex-girlfriend. Helpful hint to all gold-diggers: wait until the guy is making real money.
Diagnosis and rehab plans go back and forth and most of 2003 is lost for the guy as well. He doesn't appear until September and plans for surgery on the cuff for the off-season.
Fuck it. He decides NOT to have surgery in the off-season, putting him at odds with the team.
He predictably sucks it up at the start of 2004 before landing, again, on the disabled list. He plans to finally have his surgery in mid-May. The Mets, pissed that he missed the opportunity to go through this in the off-season, are fuming.
In an ugly-assed bit of vindication, with Roberts wearing a gown and minutes from undergoing surgery, the Mets DFA him, disqualifying him from getting the operation.
Confronted by the MLBPA that that sort of dastardliness is not really allowed, the Mets relent, and he gets the procedure a few weeks later.
He becomes a free agent at the end of the year, but amazingly, signs a minor league deal with the Mets(!), who are now under new management of Omar Minaya, which presumably washes away some of the bad blood with the previous adminsitration.
Roberts fails to make the team out of spring training ... and fails a PED test.
After serving his ridiculously short 15-day suspension, the Mets release him.
Roberts signs a minor league deal with the Yankees, for whom the sort of drama he brings is a typical workday. He fails to impress with the AA Trenton Thunder and ultimately retires without returning to the bigs with another team, qualifying as a career Met, very much representing the black hat era in a nutshell.

Both correct. Like the guy ahead of him on the list, Roberts short-circuited his career with PEDs. That guy had a lot of drama for a parts-of-five-seasons career. And not all of it was his fault.

Like seriously. How does anyone know this.

Centerfield · February 16, 2017

I mean, I bet Grant's mom couldn't even tell you that.

Edgy MD · February 16, 2017

80% of that comes from his Wikipedia page, but yeah, he always struck me as one of the more star-crossed Mets, so his story has stuck with me, in a similar way to Sammy Khalifa's sticking with Coo.

G-Fafif · February 17, 2017

2005 reliever Jose Santiago ranked as Least Consequential Met ever by local blog.

Edgy MD · February 17, 2017

The one thing I remember about Santiago is that he was sent down, cleared waivers, and then endured an extended DL assignment in the minors based on an injury sustained while on the big league roster, which kind of screwed him out of the big league pay he'd've gotten.

And before you ask, no, I'm not sure that isn't actually a misplaced José Parra memory. I conflate.

G-Fafif · February 17, 2017

The one thing I remember about Santiago is that he was sent down, cleared waivers, and then endured an extended DL assignment in the minors based on an injury sustained while on the big league roster, which kind of screwed him out of the big league pay he'd've gotten.

And before you ask, no, I'm not sure that isn't actually a misplaced José Parra memory. I conflate.

Which is Spanish for with flate.

Retro Rubin reports:

Parra broke the pinkie on his throwing hand a week ago while rehabbing a hip injury with Double-A Binghamton.

Parra might be the hombre you're looking for in this case.

Benjamin Grimm · April 6, 2017

Some movement already this season on the all-time strikeout list.

Jacob deGrom has moved up two positions, passing Nolan Ryan and Oliver Perez to move from 25th place to 23rd.

And Noah Syndergaard also passes two players, Frank Viola and Bret Saberhagen, and advances from 40th place to a tie (with Pat Zachry) for 37th.

21. Jesse Orosco 506
21. Mike Pelfrey 506
23. Jacob deGrom 498
24. Oliver Perez 494
25. Nolan Ryan 493
[crossout]25. Jacob deGrom 492[/crossout]
26. Dillon Gee 489
27. Jack Fisher 475
28. R. A. Dickey 468
29. John Maine 467
30. Pedro Martinez 464
31. Bob Ojeda 459
32. Armando Benitez 456
33. Bartolo Colon 415
34. Jim McAndrew 408
35. Dave Mlicki 402
36. Aaron Heilman 395
37. Pat Zachry 391
37. Noah Syndergaard 391
39. Bret Saberhagen 388
40. Frank Viola 387
[crossout]40. Noah Syndergaard 384[/crossout]

Edgy MD · April 7, 2017

Matt Harvey pulls into a tie with teammate Jacob deGrom as the active team leader in Mets wins. You just passed a Hall-of-Famer, man. Two more wins and you tie another one.

T28) Frank Viola: 38
T28) Jack Fisher: 38
T28) Ed Lynch: 38
31) Rick Aguilera: 37
32) Jim McAndrew: 36
33) Roger McDowell: 33
34) Pedro Martinez: 32
T35) Ray Sadecki: 30
T35) Jacob deGrom: 30
T35) Matt Harvey: 30
T38) Oliver Perez: 29
T38) Nolan Ryan: 29
T38) Bret Saberhagen: 29

Edgy MD · April 12, 2017

All-Time Metly Homers

1) Darryl Strawberry: 252
2) David Wright: 242
3) Mike Piazza: 220
4) Howard Johnson: 192
5) Dave Kingman: 154
6) Carlos Beltran: 149
Yoenis Cespedes Projected to End of Season: 129
7) Todd Hundley: 124
8) Kevin McReynolds: 122
9) Edgardo Alfonzo: 120

....

35) Jeromy Burnitz: 53
36) Frank Thomas: 52
T37) Yoenis Cespedes: 52
T37) Bernard Gilkey: 52
=#FF8000]Yoenis Céspedes at Start of Season: 48
39) John Stearns: 46

Edgy MD · April 12, 2017

Was kind of hoping this Neil Walkie plate appearance would go to T.J. Rivera. Let's get him some swings.

Benjamin Grimm · April 21, 2017

GAMES
Jose Reyes has now played more games as a Met than Mookie Wilson has. He's looking like less of a sure thing to pass Howard Johnson.

1. Ed Kranepool 1853
2. David Wright 1583
3. Bud Harrelson 1322
4. Jerry Grote 1235
5. Cleon Jones 1201
6. Howard Johnson 1154
7. Jose Reyes 1110
8. Mookie Wilson 1116
9. Darryl Strawberry 1109
10. Edgardo Alfonzo 1086

INNINGS PITCHED
Matt Harvey has passed Oliver Perez and Bret Saberhagen. Jacob deGrom has passed Pedro Martinez.

27. R. A. Dickey 616.2
28. Pete Falcone 607.2
29. Ray Sadecki 600.1
30. Jesse Orosco 595.2
31. Bartolo Colon 588.2
32. Frank Viola 566.1
33. John Maine 542.0
34. Matt Harvey 538.0
35. Bret Saberhagen 524.1
36. Oliver Perez 520.0
37. Nolan Ryan 510.0
38. Dave Mlicki 501.1
39. Jacob deGrom 498.1
40. Pedro Martinez 486.2

WINS
DeGrom has not added to his total yet this year, but Harvey's two wins have moved him ahead of deGrom and Ray Sadecki.

30. Ed Lynch 38
31. Rick Aguilera 37
32. Jim McAndrew 36
33. Roger McDowell 33
34. Pedro Martinez 32
35. Matt Harvey 31
36. Ray Sadecki 30
36. Jacob deGrom 30

STRIKEOUTS
Harvey hasn't passed anybody yet, but he's gaining ground on Al Jackson. So far this season, deGrom has passed Nolan Ryan, Oliver Perez, Jesse Orosco, and Mike Pelfrey and is just two behind Tom Glavine. And Noah Syndergaard has passed Frank Viola, Bret Saberhagen, Pat Zachry, Aaron Heilman, Dave Mlicki, and Jim McAndrew. He's one shy of his old friend Bartolo Colon.

10. Bobby Jones 714
11. Craig Swan 671
12. Tug McGraw 618
13. Johan Santana 607
14. John Franco 592
15. Rick Reed 590
16. Steve Trachsel 580
17. Gary Gentry 563
18. Al Jackson 561
19. Matt Harvey 540
20. Tom Glavine 516
21. Jacob deGrom 514
22. Jesse Orosco 506
22. Mike Pelfrey 506
24. Oliver Perez 494
25. Nolan Ryan 493
26. Dillon Gee 489
27. Jack Fisher 475
28. R. A. Dickey 468
29. John Maine 467
30. Pedro Martinez 464
31. Bob Ojeda 459
32. Armando Benitez 456
33. Bartolo Colon 415
34. Noah Syndergaard 414
35. Jim McAndrew 408
36. Dave Mlicki 402
37. Aaron Heilman 395
38. Pat Zachry 391
39. Bret Saberhagen 388
40. Frank Viola 387
41. Ray Sadecki 380

Edgy MD · May 2, 2017

Homers at SunTust Park

1) Michael Conforto: 1

Frayed Knot · May 4, 2017

Reyes's 5-RBI night moved him head of Kevin McReynolds and into the NYM career Top-10 with 457
Next in line is Keith with 468. Someone needs to alert the booth.

Sign In

Where Mets Rank in 2017

Recommended Posts

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket

Guest 41Forever

Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket

Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket

Member Statistics

Prospect News & Highlights

Recent News

Notes & Rumors

Recent Blog Entries

Recent Status Updates