Jeff McNeil and J.D. Davis were two of the best hitters in baseball last season. Hyperbole? You say maybe. I say no. By the catch-all offensive metric Weighted Runs Created+ (wRC+), which quantifies runs created and normalizes for ballpark and overall MLB run-scoring environment, JD Davis ranked 22nd in all of baseball last season among players with 450+ plate appearances. That’s better...
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Edwin Diaz was supposed to be the best reliever in baseball. When Brodie Van Wagenen made the now-infamous trade in December for Díaz and Robinson Canó, giving up prospects in the process, many marketed it as a trade exclusively for Díaz, a young, cost-controlled superstar who took the league by storm in 2018 with a season bordering on the absurd. He wasn’t just the best reliever in...
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The Mets have cooled down in the couple of weeks since their historic 15-1 stretch, but have still done enough winning to keep themselves firmly in the playoff picture. While they’re a team that’s been known to have the injury bug over the past few seasons, this season things have been very different. Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Marcus Stroman, Zack Wheeler, and Steven Matz are...
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The Mets have a really amazing pitcher named Jacob. He’s one of the best arms in the league, shutting opponents down with such regularity it’s become boring. He’s an imposing figure on the mound, standing 6 feet, 4 inches tall. And his last name isn’t deGrom. Jacob Seth Lugo (yep) has been an excellent pitcher throughout his first few years on the Mets, but this season,...
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Just Dingers. Actually, J.D. stands for Jonathan Davis (making him technically Jonathan Davis Davis), but I like my name better. One of Brodie Van Wagenen’s many roster additions this past offseason, Davis has paid dividends perhaps more than any other Van Wagenen acquisition. He’s played a huge part in the Mets’ recent winning (9-1 in their last 10 games), hitting .362 with 4...
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