Citi Field Power Surge 2017

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Six Met home runs on the first homestand, causing slight ripples amid the all-time regular Citi Field Met roundtripper standings.

• Lucas Duda extends his first-place lead over David Wright to eleven after belting No. 61.

• Wilmer Flores, with HR No. 25, creeps to within two of Daniel Murphy for fifth place.

• Yoenis Cespedes unknots a tie with Jose Reyes, his 20th HR putting him in seventh place.

• Michael Conforto's twelfth gives him sole possession of the fourteenth slot after sharing it with Kirk Nieuwenhuis.

• Jay Bruce's pair of circuit blasts elevated him into a four-way tie for 27th. Bruce has five, along with Justin Turner, Rod Barajas and Gary Sheffield.

Your Top 10 after 654 regular-season games:

1. DUDA 61
2. WRIGHT 50
3. GRANDERSON 32
4. Davis 30
5. Murphy 27
6. FLORES 25
7. CESPEDES 20
8. REYES 19
9. CABRERA 18
10 D'ARNAUD 16

[Edgy MD]

Eight of the first 10 being active is sort of impressive.

[seawolf17]

Edgy MD wrote: Eight of the first 10 being active is sort of impressive.

Considering that the fences were so far away that the Mets didn't homer at all at Citi in its first four seasons, it's not entirely surprising.

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Top 10 INACTIVE (as Mets, at least) Citi Field HR Leaders
Davis 30
Murphy 27
Pagan 15
Beltran 14
Hairston 13
Nieuwenhuis 11
Bay 10
Francoeur 9
Recker 7
Byrd 7
Valdespin 7

Pagan, Beltran and Francoeur completely predated the 2012 fence pull-in.

Davis, Bay and Hairston predated the 2012 pull-in, departed before the 2015 pull-in.

Murphy predated the 2012 pull-in, played one season past the 2015 pull-in.

Recker arrived before the 2015 pull-in, played one season past the 2015 pull-in.

Byrd and Valdespin arrived after the 2012 pull-in, departed before the 2015 pull-in.

[Edgy MD]

seawolf17 wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Eight of the first 10 being active is sort of impressive. Considering that the fences were so far away that the Mets didn't homer at all at Citi in its first four seasons, it's not entirely surprising.

I guess I don't mean to suggest that the Mets are providing impressive power (though they are), but rather I guess that they are providing impressive retention.

Daniel Murphy excepted.

[Frayed Knot]

Gary & Ron discussing this topic as an ad hoc trivia quiz.

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Notable through the most recent homestand:

• Flores at 25, two behind Murphy for fifth place

• Reyes and Cespedes tied in seventh with 20 apiece

• Conforto with 15, tied with Pagan, one out of the Top 10

• Walker alone in fifteenth place with 12

• Bruce alone in nineteenth place with 8

• Rene edging T.J. in the Riverastakes for the time being, 4 to 3.

[HahnSolo]

I assume no opponents have more than Stanton's 20?

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HahnSolo wrote: I assume no opponents have more than Stanton's 20?

I don't track it, but I understand he leads the pain parade.

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Updated Top 20

1. DUDA 65
2. WRIGHT 50
3. GRANDERSON 35
4. Davis 30
5. FLORES 27
5. Murphy 27
7. CESPEDES 20
7. REYES 20
9. CONFORTO 19
10. CABRERA 18
11. D'ARNAUD 16
12. Pagan 15
13. Beltran 14
14. WALKER 13
14. Hairston 13
16. Nieuwenhuis 11
17. BRUCE 10
17. Bay 10
19. Francoeur 9
20. LAGARES 7
20. Recker 7
20. Byrd 7
20. Valdespin 7

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As we speak, the Three Amigos from last season's playoff drive -- Cespedes, Reyes and Cabrera -- are tied for 7th with 20 Citi Field HRs apiece.

Gosh, those guys do everything together.

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The chart, it is a changin' a little. With July 31 looming, some of the Citi Field All-Time Home Run stalwarts may have swatted their last in a home Mets uniform. Or not. We'll see.

Conforto has been the big mover, surging into seventh place. Flores has steadily climbed into a two-way tie for fourth with Ike Davis. Cespedes has stalled in tenth place, trailing Cabrera and the resilient Reyes, while d'Arnaud is stuck in the mud in the eleventh.

Updated standings through July 23, 2017.

DUDA 71
WRIGHT 50
GRANDERSON 36
FLORES 30
Davis 30
Murphy 27
CONFORTO 24
CABRERA 22
REYES 22
CESPEDES 21

D'ARNAUD 16
Pagan 15
BRUCE 14
WALKER 14
Beltran 14
Hairston 13
Nieuwenhuis 11
Bay 10
Francoeur 9
LAGARES 7 (tied with three others for 20th place)

T. RIVERA 6 (tied with four others for 24th place)
R. RIVERA 5 (tied with three others for 29th place)

Two have 4 (tied for 33rd place)

REYNOLDS 3 (tied with eight others for 35th place)

Twelve have 2 (tied for 44th place)

Lugo, deGrom, Nimmo, Harvey, Syndergaard, Plawecki 1 (tied with 17 others for 56th place)

[Frayed Knot]

Today's HR by Giancarlo Stanton (just one so far although there may be more to come) gives him [u:2z2p6t8l]101 at Marlins Park[/u:2z2p6t8l] since that stadium opened ... in a park that's bigger than CitiField, and two years newer.

Just sayin'

[Edgy MD]

Duda's pinned the flag up there nicely at 71. I think the best candidate to take that from him is Conforto, currently in fifth place.

Duda, of course, could sign with the Phillies or somebody and keep adding to his total.

[Frayed Knot]

Well, GF's list above is as a NYM only (otherwise Murph would be in 3rd place with 32*) so Duda's not likely to be adding to his total anytime soon.
Stanton, btw, is one behind Cespedes for CitiField HRs. Utley has a mere 14



* he also hit one at Shea in 67 career ABs

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With two homestands remaining, several totals are frozen and at least one may be getting loose in Port St. Lucie. As always, this is as Mets, regular-season at Citi Field, 2009-present. Bold indicates current Met, active roster or DL.


1. Duda 71
2. Wright 50
3. Granderson 38
4. Flores 33
5. Davis 30
6. Conforto 27
6. Murphy 27
8. Cespedes 24
9. Cabrera 22
9. Reyes 22
11. d’Arnaud 17
12. Pagan 15
13. Walker 14
13. Bruce 14
13. Beltran 14
16. Hairston 13
17. Nieuwenhuis 11
18. Bay 10
19. Francoeur 9
20. Lagares 7
20. R. Rivera 7
20. Recker 7
20. Byrd 7
20. Valdespin 7

Dominic Smith is on the board with 2 and Amed Rosario has notched 1. Other active Mets' totals: T.J. Rivera, 6; Matt Reynolds, 3; Kevin Plawecki, 2; and Brandon Nimmo, Seth Lugo, Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey and Noah Syndergaard with 1 apiece.

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They're done slugging at Citi Field for 2017. When Dominic Smith went deep in home game 81, the videoboard informed us it was the 100th Met home run of the season hit at the death valley turned band box. In the postgame notes, it said 101. Either way, the homers continued to fly this year. Hard to believe there was a time they barely crawled.

Here's how the power has surged on all-time regular-season basis through nine seasons. (Players who are still Mets as far as we know in bold, which is also in bold, in case you don't know what bold is.)


Duda 71
Wright 50
Granderson 38
Flores 33
Davis 30

Conforto 27
Murphy 27
Reyes 25
Cespedes 24
Cabrera 23
d’Arnaud 21

Pagan 15
Bruce 14
Walker 14
Beltran 14
Hairston 13
Nieuwenhuis 11
Bay 10

Francoeur 9
Lagares 8

R. Rivera 7
Recker 7
Byrd 7
Valdespin 7

T. Rivera 6
K. Johnson 6
C. Young 6
Buck 6
Tatis 6

Turner 5
Barajas 5
Sheffield 5

Smith 4
Plawecki 4
Nimmo 4
Cuddyer 4
Brown 4

Reynolds 3
Uribe 3
Tejada 3
Satin 3
Cedeño 3
Thole 3
Pridie 3
Schneider 3
Delgado 3

De Aza 2
Loney 2
Campbell 2
Herrera 2
Baxter 2
Cowgill 2
Nickeas 2
Rottino 2
Evans 2
Blanco 2
Santos 2
Sullivan 2

Taijeron 1
Rosario 1
Lugo 1
deGrom 1
Harvey 1
Syndergaard 1
Ceciliani 1
E. Young 1
Mayberry 1
Teagarden 1
Abreu 1
Quintanilla 1
Hefner 1
Torres 1
Paulino 1
Pascucci 1
Santana 1
Carter 1
Lu. Hernandez 1
Jacobs 1
Castillo 1
Church 1
Castro 1