New York Mets - The Covid-19 Years (2020-2029)

Mets
Home
Click
on Logo

2020

Decade

Click

101

on Logo

Titles:

Top Mets Players of the Twenty Twenties

2022 - WC Lost to SD

2024 - WC def Milwaukee; NLDS def Phillies; NLCS lost to Dodgers

Pitchers:

Edwin Diaz (6.09) - 28

BallPark:

Jacob deGrom (8.58) - 15

CitiField

David Peterson (4.85) - 14

Max Scherzer (7.39) - 13

Team Name:

Taijuan Walker (3.12) - 13

Mets

Chris Bassitt (3.16) - 12

Marcus Stroman (3.42) - 10

Owner:

Carlos Carrasco (-0.88) - 10

Fred Wilpon (2020)

Sean Manaea (3) - 9

Steve Cohen (2021-2024)

Kodai Senga (4.5) - 9

Jose Quintana (2.5) - 8

General Managers:

Luis Severino (1.6) - 8

Brodie Van Wagenan (2020)

Tylor Megill (1.31) - 7

Billy Eppler (2021-2023)

David Robertson (1.9) - 5

David Stearns (2024)

Adam Ottavino (3.45) - 4

Managers:

Catchers:

Luis Rojas (2020-2021)

Francisco Alvarez (1.72) - 10

Buck Showalter (2022-2023)

James McCann (-0.41) - 4

Carlos Mendoza (2024)

First Basemen:

No Hitters:

Pete Alonso (14.43) - 38

2022 - (Megill, Smith, Rodriguez, Lugo, Diaz) Phillies

Dominic Smith (0.88) - 7

Hall of Famers:

Second Basemen:

None

Jeff McNeil (12.42) - 22

Robinson Cano (0.92) - 5

Rookie of the Year:

None

ShortStop:

Francisco Lindor (21.58) - 51

MVP:

None

Third Base:

Mark Vientos (1.88) - 8

Cy Young

Eduardo Escobar (1.16) - 6

None

Jonathan Villar (1.68) - 6

Notable Events:

Outfield:

Brandon Nimmo (16.65) - 41

2020 - After a promising '19 which saw the Mets win 86 games, a collapse

Starling Marte (3.74) - 14

in the starting pitching saw them drop to 26-34 and fourth place in the Division.

Michael Conforto (2.92) - 9

The Mets starting rotation in '19 had a combined 49-39 mark. In '20 it was 12-20

Mark Canha (2.47) - 7

with the bottom three in the rotation going a remarkably bad 2-16.

Harrison Bader (1) - 7

The hitting overall remained a bit above league average in runs scored overall.

JD Martinez (0.5) - 5

□ There is finally some hope in Metland. Steve Cohen has taken ownership

Notable Events:

of the Mets in '21. Cohen has deep pockets. Preliminary indications are that

he will be willing to spend to make the Mets a contender. This is nothing but

2024 - The Mets saga for the last couple of years could be called

great news for long suffering Mets fans.

"Spending Steve Cohen's Money". In 2022, it worked. In 2023, it didn't"

In 2024, with David Stearns as GM, the Mets will try a more sustainable

□ Sandy Alderson, who had resigned his post with New York two seasons ago

way of building a winning team. In '23, the offense tanked scoring 31 runs

due to health reasons, is back as President of the club. Sandy, back in the

less than the league average. The pitching, meanwhile was slightly better

day, was the inventor of money ball while with the Oakland A's. In his previous

than the league average. Without closer Edwin Diaz, the Mets were not

stint with the Mets, Alderson displayed his high level of competence. The past

winning the close ones so they underperformed their runs numbers which

two seasons were a bit of a calamity under the control of former player agent

would have predicted an 80-82 mark.

Brodie Van Wagenan. He was an odd choice for GM given his background.

It only gets worse as the Mets hired Jared Porter who was quickly fired

Offense:

because he was caught sending lewd pictures over the web.

The Mets had five productive hitters and then a huge dropoff after that.

I don't know what it is with the Mets, last year they hired Carlos Beltran as

They have added 36 year old slugger JD Martinez during the off season

manager only to fire him immediately because he was up to his eyeballs

which will provide a big lift to the lineup. The Amazins have several young

in the sign stealing fiasco with Houston.

prospects who should be ready, possibly as early as this season, to bolster

Alderson brought in GM Billy Eppler in '21. The Mets are in competent hands

the attack, as well: SS Jett Williams (1st round pick in '22);

moving forward with these two running the ship.

OF Luisangel Acuna (obtained from Texas in Scherzer deal);

OF Drew Gilbert; and IF Ronny Mauricio

□ Luis Rojas is the Mets manager. He was not hired by Alderson and the

□ 1B Pete Alonso, 28, '16 2nd round pick, 46 118 .217

Mets didn't do so good in '20, so Rojas was let go after the '21 season.

□ 2B Jeff McNeill, 31, '13 12th round pick, 10 55 .270

Buck Showalter is brought in in '22. He's as good as it gets. The Mets

□ SS Francisco Lindor, 29, '21 trade from Cleveland, 31 98 .254

respond with 101 wins, good for a berth in the postseason as a wild card.

□ CF Brandon Nimmo, 30, '11 13th overall pick, 24 68 .274

Unfortunately, for the Mets, they lose to the Padres in the wild card round.

□ C Francisco Alvarez, 21, '18 IFA. 25 63 .209

Alvarez looks like he's going to be a big time hitter. If that proves out,

2020 - There are several keepers on the club that are talented enough to be

I would move him to another defensive position.

part of the core of a championship club moving forward:

He's mediocre defensively and why ruin him as a hitter in the long

1B Pete Alonso, 25; 2B Jeff McNeil, 28; CF Brandon Nimmo, 27,

run with the heavy legs catchers develop from all that squatting?

OF Michael Conforto, 27; RHP Jacob deGrom, 32; LHP David Peterson, 24;

and Closer Edwin Diaz, 26;

Pitching :

The good news is that the Mets get lights out closer Edwin Diaz back

2021 - With a new sheriff in town (Cohen), the Mets immediately go on the

from a year long injury last year. The bad news is that there will be

offensive and make a deal with Cleveland for pending free agent superstar

nothing much to close.

shortstop Francisco Lindor (and righthander Carlos Carrasco). Lindor is then

The pitching kept the team's head above water when Scherzer and

signed to a huge extension. It turns out that Francisco's best days are behind

Verlander were around last year even tho' they were underachieving

him, even at the young age of twenty five. He's still pretty good, just no longer

their high levels. Without those two at the top of the rotation, the

superstar good. It's the curse of the Mets. No matter what high priced star they

Mets are going to have some real problems staying out of the cellar.

bring into the fold, he never matches legitimate performance expectations.

□ RHP Kodai Senga, 31, '23 FA from Japan, 12-7 2.98

The Mets also give up a couple of pretty good young middle infielder prospects

□ LHP Jose Quintana, 35, '23 FA from St. Louis, 3-6 3.57

in the deal in Andres Gimenez and Amed Rosario - but these guys weren't

□ RHP Tylor Megill, 28, '18 8th round pick, 9-8 4.70

going to play for the Mets anyway.

□ RHP Adrian Houser, 31, '24 FA from Milwaukee, 8-5 4.12

□ RHP Luis Severino, 30, '24 FA from Yankees, 4-8 6.65

2021 - The Mets finish a disappointing 77-85. They score 636 runs, give up 668.

□ LHP David Peterson, 29, '17 1st round pick, 3-8 5.03

□ RHP Adam Ottavino, 38, '22 FA from Boston, 1-7 3.21 12 saves

2022 - The Amazins amaze, gaining twenty four games in the standings to 101 wins.

□ Closer Edwin Diaz, 30, '19 trade from Seattle, injured

Both the hitting and pitching improved dramatically as the Mets score 772 runs

□ LHP Brooks Raley, 35, '23 Trade from Tampa, 1-2 2.80 3 saves

and give up only 606. It's well over a run a game improvement from '21.

□ LHP Joey Lucchesi, 30, '21 Trade from San Diego, 4-0 2.89 12

On offense, Pete Alonso went 40-131-.271, Francisco Lindor 26-107-.270,

and Mark Canha, Eduardo Escobar, Brandon Nimmo and Starling Marte all

hit double figure home run totals. Jeff McNeil hit .326. A circular lineup.

OF Marte, 33, A's; 3B Escobar, 33, Brewers; and OF Canha, 33. A's were all

free agent pickups who made an impact.

On the mound, RHP Chris Bassitt, 33, who was picked up in a trade from the A's,

went 15-9 3.42. RHP Max Scherzer, 36, a free agent signing from Washington,

went 11-5 2.29. RHP Carlos Carrasco, 35, came back from injury to go 15-7 3.97.

RHP Taijuan Walker, 28, improved dramatically to 12-5 3.49.

Closer Edwin Diaz, 28, had a lights out 1.31 ERA.

2023 - The Mets lose a boatload of guys to free agency inlcuding a few

that they really should have kept: RHP Jacob deGrom, 35;

RHP Taijuan Walker, 28; and RHP Chris Bassitt, 34. But, particularly

deGrom despite having an off year in '22 going 5-4 3.08. Even tho'

the Mets had this weird history with Jacob where, year in and year out,

they would never score runs when he pitched, his departure was a huge

loss. That being said, they're coming off a 101 win season and the owner

has deep pockets. They also have a competent management team of

Alderson, Eppler and Showalter coming into the season. And altho'

they have lost a number of players, they did add a few good arms:

Justin Verlander, David Robertson and Kodai Senga.

2023 - The season is a complete disaster as the Mets drop a whopping

twenty six games in the standings to 75-87. It starts in the offseason when

closer Edwin Diaz is lost for the season during the World Baseball Classic.

The team was a bit long in the tooth, but almost everybody had an off year.

2023 - The Mets bail at the trade deadline. Gone are Max Scherzer,

Justin Verlander, David Robertson

2023 - At the close of the season, the Mets contnue to bail, dumping

manager Buck Showalter for Carlos Mendoza and they dump

Billy Eppler for highly regarded Brewers GM David Stearns.