New York Mets - The Obama / Trump Years (2010-2019)

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Titles:

Top Mets Players of the Twenty Teens

2015 - Won Division, Won NLDS (LA), Won NLCS (Cubs), Lost WS (KC)

2016 - WC, Lost WC Play-in (SF)

Pitchers:

Jacob DeGrom (33.26) - 51

BallPark:

Jonathan Niese (6.19) - 36

CitiField

Noah Syndergaard (14.47) - 34

Bartolo Colon (4.71) - 32

Team Name:

Zach Wheeler (10.1) - 29

Mets

Jeurys Familia (6.4) - 29

Dillon Gee (4.92) - 21

Owner:

RA Dickey (12.88) - 20

Fred Wilpon

Matt Harvey (10.42) - 19

Steven Matz (7.24) - 16

General Managers:

Mike Pelfrey (3.78) - 14

Sandy Alderson (2010-2018)

Francisco Rodriguez (2.67) - 12

Brodie Van Wagenan (2019)

Johan Santana (4.82) - 9

Seth Lugo (6.94) - 8

Managers:

Addison Reed (5.16) - 7

Jerry Manuel (2010)

Robert Gsellman (0.4) - 7

Terry Collins (2011-2017)

Daisuke Matsuzaka (0.19) - 1

Mickey Callaway (2018-2019)

Catchers:

No Hitters:

Travis D'Arnaud (2.11) - 21

Johan Santana (2012)

Wilson Ramos (2.17) - 8

Devin Mesoraco (0.71) - 3

Hall of Famers:

None

First Basemen:

Lucas Duda (7.63) - 37

Rookie of the Year:

Wilmer Flores (0.9) - 21

Jacob DeGrom (2014)

Ike Davis (5.96) - 15

Pete Alonso (2019)

Pete Alonso (5.17) - 10

MVP:

Second Basemen:

None

Daniel Murphy (9.5) - 31

Robinson Cano (0.25) - 1

Cy Young

RA Dickey (2012)

ShortStop:

Jacob DeGrom (2018)

Jose Reyes (6.06) - 32

Jacob DeGrom (2019)

Asdrubal Cabrera (5.29) - 19

Amed Rosario (3.19) - 17

Notable Events:

Ruben Tejada (4.21) - 14

2010 - The Mets come into the Twenty Teens on a downer, having gone 70-92

Third Base:

in 2009. It was even more of a downer because they finished over .500 the four

David Wright (21.05) - 48

previous seasons including making it to the NLCS in 2006 and going 89-73

Todd Frazier (3.69) - 9

just two years earlier in 2008. The Amazins of 2010 bounce back a bit to 79-83

and the cupboard is far from bare regarding young players, but there's work to do.

Outfield:

Keepers on the 2010 roster:

Michael Conforto (12.54) - 32

□ 1B - Ike Davis, 23, 18th overall pick in 2008 draft,

Curtis Granderson (10.81) - 31

never masters the strike zone

Juan Lagares (12.08) - 30

□ 1B - Lucas Duda, 24, 7th round pick in 2007,

Yoenis Cespedes (8.37) - 24

a home run or nothing type of player

Angel Pagan (6.32) - 21

□ 2B - Daniel Murphy, 25, 13th round pick in 2006,

Brandon Nimmo (6.06) - 12

good stick for a second baseman

Carlos Beltran (4.04) - 12

□ SS - Ruben Tejada, 20, IFA in 2006, never quite gets over the hump

Jay Bruce (2.27) - 11

□ SS - Jose Reyes, 27, star quality, lost to Florida in 2012 Free Agency

Eric Young (1.87) - 10

□ 3B - David Wright, 27, star quality, injuries derail his career

Jeff McNeil (7.32) - 10

□ 3B - Justin Turner, 25, one that got away,

JD Davis (0.95) - 7

turns into a stalwart player for LA

□ LF - Jason Bay. 31, FA in 2010 -

Notable Events:

another star plummets when he comes to the Mets

□ CF - Angel Pagan, 28, lost to SF in 2012 Free Agency

2015 - OF Michael Conforto, 22, is a rookie.

□ RF - Jeff Francoeur, 26, dealt to Texas in 2010

He was the tenth overall pick in the 2014 draft.

□ RHP - Mike Pelfrey, 26, ace of staff,

hurts his arm in 2011 and is never the same

2015 - LHP Steven Matz, 24, debuts.

□ RHP - RA Dickey, 35, knuckleballer dealt to Toronto in 2013

He was a second round pick in 2009.

□ RHP - Jon Niese, 23, 7th round pick in 2005,

solid bottom of the rotation kind of guy

2016 - The Mets have a good season, winning 87, only three less than

□ RHP - Dillon Gee, 24, 21st round pick in 2007,

the previous year, and make the wild card. However, they lose to

had a couple of nice years in NY

the Giants in the Wild Card play in game.

□ Closer - Francisco Rodgriguez, 28,

dealt to Milwaukee at trade deadline in 2011

2017 - New York drops 17 games in the standings as their

□ Reliever - Bobby Parnell, 25, solid depth guy in the pen for several years

pitching staff is decimated by injuries.

2010 - In an interesting hire, the Mets bring in GM Sandy Alderson,

2018 - Utility man Jeff McNeil, 26, is a rookie. He was a 12th round pick

who had been the developer of Money Ball (with Billy Beane under him)

in 2013. Jeff outperforms his resume turning into one of the best players

back in the Nineties with the A's.

on the team.

And you have to go back to the Eighties to find a GM equal to Alderson

with the Mets, Frank Cashen (Met fans should be genuflecting at the

2018 - Anticipating that their pitchers will return recovered from their

name at this moment). Alderson is the steady hand needed by the Mets to

injuries, the Mets sign up several reasonably priced bats to augment

steer them to success, altho' ultimately, even Sandy isn't able to truly

their lineup:

right this ship. There was a dark side to the Alderson hiring.

OF Jay Bruce, 31

Sandy built the A's on the cheap.

1B Adrian Gonzalez, 36

The Wilpons obviously hired Alderson with the idea that he build the Mets

3B Todd Frazier, 32

on the cheap, as well. Rumor has it that Wilpon lost big in the Bernie

Unfortunately for the Mets, even tho' their starters pitch well

Madoff scam. This also does not bode well for Met fans hoping for

(except for Matt Harvey who is released in May),

another spending spree, Minaya-style.

the rest of the team stinks it up, particularly these new guys.

At least Alderson was highly competent.

2018 - Jacob DeGrom, 30, wins the Cy Young despite only winning

2011 - At the trading deadline, the Mets send OF Carlos Beltran, 34,

ten games.

to the Giants for mega righty pitching prospect Zack Wheeler, 21.

That gives him the ROY and the Cy Young with a combined 19-15 record.

Wheeler had been the sixth overall pick of the 2009 draft.

Don't get me wrong, I think DeGrom is superb. But, you may have guessed,

Injuries have slowed his career considerably.

if you have been following how I calculate win shares, that I don't

think 10 game winners should win the Cy Young award.

2012 - RHP Matt Harvey, 23, 7th overall pick in 2010 draft debuts

Particularly since the award is named after Cy Young because he won

511 games during his career. At the end of the day, how much

2012 - Closer Jeureys Familia, 22, an IFA in 2007 debuts

did you really help your team as a starter if you only won 10 games?

2012 - RHP Colin McHugh, 25, debuts and is traded to Rockies for

2019 - 1B Pete Alonso, 24, is Rookie of the Year. Pete sets the Mets team

Eric Young, 28, in 2013. McHugh was an 18th round pick in 2008

home run record with 53. He was a second round pick in the 2016 draft.

Alonso had hit 54 homers combined in his two previous minor league

2013 - CF Juan Lagares, 24, is a rookie. He was an IFA in 2006

seasons including spending a good amount of time in the hitter happy PCL.

You figured Pete to be good, you didn't expect great.

2013 - In a huge deal for the Mets, they receive RHP Noah Syndegaard, 21,

and catcher Travis D'Arnaud, 24, from Toronto in exchange for thirty eight

2019 - OF J.D. Davis, 26, is picked up from the Astros in what seems like

year old knuckleballer RA Dickey.

an insignificant deal. However, J.D. blossoms into a pretty good player

with the Mets.

2014 - Forty one year old righthander Bartolo Colon is signed as a free agent.

Who would have guessed that Colon would be the Mets best pitcher over

2019 - C Wilson Ramos, 31, is signed as a free agent. Solid pickup.

the next three years considering all of the young studs on the Mets staff?

All he does is go 44-34 during that period. Whatever he's taking, I want some.

2019 - Brodie Van Wagenen is hired on as Mets GM.

Sandy Alderson retired midway thru the 2018 season due to

2014 - CF Curtis Granderson, 33, is signed by the Mets as a Free Agent.

health reasons. Van Wagenen is a bizarre choice to say the least as

Did anyone say Mets Free Agent signee and dud in the same sentence?

he is a players agent, representing several Mets.

The plan is for Van Wagenen to recuse himself as GM whenever he

2014 - RHP Jacob DeGrom, 26, is a rookie and despite only going 9-6, wins

is dealing with a player that he is representing as an agent.

the Rookie of the Year award.

You can't make this stuff up. Brodie does very little right in his first

DeGrom was a ninth round pick in the 2010 draft.

year as GM, but gets bailed out as the Mets get big years from

three unexpected sources: Pete Alonso, JD Davis and Jeff McNeil.

2015 - Desperately needing an offensive boost to stay alive in the

New York wins 86 games and are an entertaining watch thanks to

pennant race, the Mets acquire OF Yoenis Cespedes, 29,

the young newcomers on the squad. Another positive factor is that the

from Detroit at the mid season trade deadline in exchange for

starting rotation is reasonably healthy throughout the season.

RHP Michael Fulmer. It was a win-win deal as Cespedes' bat led

The talent is there with deGrom, Syndergaard, Matz and Wheeler.

the Mets to the pennant while Fulmer, 22, ended up being AL Rookie

deGrom is Cy Young again, this time with a whopping eleven wins.

of the Year in 2016. Fulmer was a first round pick in the 2011 draft

The Mets should be on the fringe of contending moving forward.