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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4016854, member: 289"] I decided to do a quick review of the 2021 Mets by comparing the hitter’s OPS, (on base percentage plus slugging percentage) this year to their career OPS and the pitchers WHIP, (walks + hits per Innings pitched) to their career WHIP. I looked at every batter with 100 plate appearances, (plus Brandon Drury who just missed that but appeared in 51 games: he was an excellent pinch hitter) and every pitcher who pitched at least 50 innings, (plus Seth Lugo and Drew Smith, who appeared in 46 and 31 games, respectively). I was too lazy to remove this year’s numbers from their career numbers before making the comparison. The numbers for this year are only their numbers with the Mets. [URL="https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/2021.shtml"]2021 New York Mets Statistics | Baseball-Reference.com[/URL] BATTERS Javier Baez .886-.773 = +103 Billy McKinney .776-.691 = +85 Brandon Drury .783-.711 = +72 Tomas Nido .588-.556 = +22 JD Davis .820-.800 = +20 Jonathan Villar .738-.729 = +9 Luis Guillorme .685-.684 = +1 Brandon Nimmo .838-.838 = 0 Kevin Pillar .692-.705 = -13 Pete Alonso .863-.890 = -27 Jose Peraza .647-.679 = -32 James McCann .643-.686 = -43 Dom Smith .667-.753 = -86 Francisco Lindor .734-.821 = -87 Michael Conforto .729-.824 = -95 Jeff McNeill .674-.822 = -148 Comments: Baez clearly responded to a second chance and also I think the proximity to his friend Lindor to bare down and perform well for the Mets. Whether that would continue next year and in future years, I don’t know. I have friends who are Cubs fans who were glad to see Baez go. They were tired of his undisciplined batting style and the alternating great plays on difficult balls with errors on simple plays on the field. But the prospect of him and his pal Lindor being our keystone combination for the next several years is intriguing – and the Astros Carlos Carrasco would like to join his fellow Puerto Ricans, possibly playing third base. They guys who topped their career numbers were mostly reserves and part-time guys. We saw some of them in Syracuse. The problem was the big guns at the bottom of the list. Alonso wasn’t bad, (37 homers) but hasn’t lived up to the standard he set the first year. I wasn’t looking for big things offensively from McCann but he was a still a disappointment. Conforto went from hitting .322 with 9 homers in 45 games to hitting .232 with 14 homers in 132 games – and had to rally to that. Dom Smith went from hitting .316 with 10 home runs in 50 games to hitting .244 with 11 home runs in 145 games. Lindor got hit at the end to wind up with 20 homers but only hit .230. I used to say Jeff McNeill could fall out of bed and hit .300: .329, .318 and .311. This year, he just fell out of bed, hitting .244. PITCHERS Jacob deGrom 0.554-1.011 = -457 Aaron Loup 0.935-1.195 = -260 Drew Smith 1.065-1.205 = -140 Marcus Stroman 1.145-1.266 = -121 Miguel Castro 1.294-1.404 = -110 Taijuan Walker 1.182-1.233 = -51 Edwin Diaz 1.053-1.103 = -50 Trevor May 1.261-1.297 = -36 Tylor McGill 1.283-1.283 = 0 (he was a rookie) Rich Hill 1.279-1.221 = +58 David Peterson 1.395-1.315 = +80 Jeurys Familia 1.416-1.311 = +105 Seth Lugo 1.295-1.164 = +131 Carlos Carrasco 1.435-1.206 = +229 Comments: Yes, Jake deGrom was actually that much better than….Jake deGrom. How is that possible? Was it too much to ask? It would be OK with me if he returned to being the old Jake deGrom if he could do it all season. Loup was wonderful. But Lugo was wonderful a couple of years and has bene mediocre since. The bullpen is a ‘box’o chocolates’ – you never know what you’ll get. Stroman and Walker pitched better than their won-lost records, (10-13, 7-11) suggest. Carrasco was a disaster. McGill may have a future. I wish we still had Zach Wheeler (14-10) and Stephen Matz (14-7). It will be interesting to see what Syndergaard had last year. Edwin Diaz still makes me nervous but had a better year than his first two with the Mets, (1.379 and 1.247). it may finally be time to say bye-bye to Jeurys Familia. Maybe the Mets need the total overall some have demanded. But if we brought all these guys back and they stayed healthy and all performed at the level of their career OPSs and WHIPs, I would think that would at least be a playoff team. [/QUOTE]

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