Note: All swing statistics cited in this article are current through October 2nd, 2022 Despite a disappointing final weekend of the regular season in Atlanta, the Mets finished with one of their best records in franchise history. Jeff McNeil’s turnaround season has been one of the key factors to their success. After an uncharacteristically poor 2021 campaign, McNeil won the batting title and...
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Note: All statistics cited in this article are current through the All-Star Break. Over the past several seasons, the Mets have earned the reputation of being a below average defensive team. Indeed, while defensive metrics are notoriously fickle, the underlying numbers back up that sentiment. For example, from 2017 through 2020, the Mets ranked 29th, 26th, 26th and 25th, respectively, in...
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The 2021 campaign did not go according to plan for Carlos Carrasco and the Mets. Carrasco was a key piece of an off-season trade in which the Mets also acquired Francisco Lindor. However, due to injuries, Carrasco’s Mets debut did not occur until July 30, and he never looked quite right on the mound. The 2022 season, though, has been a completely different story for Cookie. Carrasco’s...
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Note: All statistics cited in this article are current through the games of June 6, 2022 Advances in statistical analysis have transformed the game of baseball in recent years, informing everything from free-agent contracts to defensive alignments. Driving this revolution has been a dizzying array of numerical tools, which typically share the goal of removing random chance from more traditional...
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