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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3029849, member: 289"] I decided to take a quick look at how Mets players have been doing this year, (for the first two months), vs. their career numbers. I settled on a single number for batters, (OPS) , and for pitchers, (ERA) to make the comparison. I just wanted a general idea of how many players are under-performing, (I suspect it’s most of them), and by how much. BATTERS Rajai Davis 1.000 this year vs. .691 career = 44.7% better Dominic Smith 1.006 this year vs. .723 career = 39.1% better Adeiny Hechavarría .806 this year vs. .638 career = 26.3% better Tomás Nido .605 this year vs. .506 career = 19.6% better Aaron Altherr .821 this year vs. .717 career = 14.5% better J.D. Davis .750 this year vs. .662 career = 13.3% better Michael Conforto .911 this year vs. .835 career = 9.1% better Amed Rosario .711 this year vs. .682 career = 4.3% better Jeff McNeil .879 this year vs. .864 career = 1.7% better Carlos Gómez .718 this year vs. .726 career = 1.1% worse Wilson Ramos .722 this year vs. .755 career = 4.4% worse Todd Frazier .691 this year vs. .768 career = 10.0% worse Brandon Nimmo .667 this year vs. .812 career = 17.9% worse Luis Guillorme .377 this year vs. .492 career = 23.4% worse Juan Lagares .526 this year vs. .659 career = 20.2% worse Robinson Canó .658 this year vs. .884 career = 25.6% worse Keon Broxton .371 this year vs. .716 career = 48.2% worse Travis d'Arnaud .247 this year vs. .697 career = 64.5% worse Pete Alonso never played before this season so I could not make a comparison. But his OPS is .952 while the various guys who played first for the Mets last season were: Wilmer Flores .736, Adrian Gonzalez .672, Dominic Smith .675, and Jay Bruce .816, so I think you’d have to call Pete an upgrade. PITCHERS Ryan O'Rourke 0.00 this year vs. 4.84 career = 100.0% better Tim Peterson 2.84 this year vs. 5.56 career = 48.9% better Héctor Santiago 2.45 this year vs. 4.05 career = 39.5% better Paul Sewald 3.86 this year vs. 5.18 career = 25.5% better Seth Lugo 3.00 this year vs. 3.40 career = 11.8% better Robert Gsellman 3.82 this year vs. 4.31 career = 11.4% better (believe it or not) Steven Matz 3.55 this year vs. 3.93 career = 9.7% better Wilmer Font 5.93 this year vs. 6.41 career = 7.5% better Drew Gagnon 4.76 this year vs. 4.97 career = 4.2% better Jason Vargas 4.46 this year vs. 4.28 career = 4.2% worse Edwin Díaz 3.04 this year vs. 2.68 career = 13.4% worse Tyler Bashlor 5.56 this year vs. 4.57 career = 21.7% worse Jacob Rhame 8.10 this year vs. 6.65 career = 21.8% worse Zack Wheeler 4.68 this year vs. 3.82 career = 22.5% worse Jacob deGrom 3.49 this year vs. 2.73 career = 27.8% worse Chris Flexen 11.12 this year vs. 8.70 career = 27.8% worse Daniel Zamora 6.00 this year vs. 4.20 career = 42.9% worse Justin Wilson 4.82 this year vs. 3.36 career = 43.5% worse Noah Syndergaard 4.90 this year vs. 3.18 career = 54.1% worse Corey Oswalt 12.15 this year vs. 6.43 career = 89.0% worse Jeurys Familia 6.56 this year vs. 2.97 career = 1.21% worse Luis Avilán 9.28 this year vs. 3.30 career = 1.81% worse Comments: I continue to believe that if our veteran players could just perform up to their career norms, we’d likely be in first place in what is still a rather flat division. That’s why I can’t totally blame team arrangement for the disappointing record. This should have been a pretty good team. The offense has been uneven, (and the defense sub-par), but the pitching has been the real problem. DeGrom is still our best buy but he has been up and down. Syndergaard seems to have lost his way. The bullpen combo of Familia and Diaz should have been lights out but they sure haven’t. Familia may prefer the closer role but I think that if you are a pitcher, you need to get the guys out, no matter what your role. Considering that pitching is supposed to be Calloway’s specialty, this performance by his staff is especially disappointing. [/QUOTE]

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