Baseball Prospectus recently released their PECOTA projections for the 2018 season with the New York Mets winning 81 games after their recent signing of Todd Frazier.
The Mets finished the 2017 season with a 70-92 record. This offseason they have signed Jay Bruce, Anthony Swarzak, Todd Frazier, Adrian Gonzalez and Jose Reyes.
They also brought in a couple of key new coaching staff members with Mickey Callaway taking over for Terry Collins as manager and Dave Eiland replacing Dan Warthen as the new pitching coach.
Here is how they have the NL East shaking out:
Washington Nationals 89-73
New York Mets 81-81
Philadelphia Phillies 78-84
Atlanta Braves 76-86
Miami Marlins 66-96
It has the Mets finishing three games back of the St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants for the second wild card spot. For what it’s worth, PECOTA was bullish on the Mets going into 2017 with them projecting 88 wins.
Part two of the PECOTA projections will focus on the players.
How many wins do you think the Mets will have in 2018?
