Wilson Ramos got off to a solid start with the bat, as he had a .321/.393/.396 triple slash line in his first 17 games as a Met. The hits were falling in, even if he wasn’t showing a ton of power early on.
Then in his next 17 games, Ramos put up a woeful .372 OPS, showing us what happens when the hits stop falling in and the power doesn’t come around, either.
But in his last 36 games, Ramos is performing at an offensive level that can best be described as his 99 percentile outcome. He’s slashing .325/.406/.564 over his last 133 PA. And while that comes with a .319 BABIP, he could revert to his .298 lifetime mark and still put up an impressive line with this power output.
Overall, Ramos has a .331 wOBA and a 109 wRC+ in 255 PA this year. Among Mets catchers with at least 200 PA in a season, it’s the best mark since Travis d’Arnaud posted .355, 130 marks in 268 PA in 2015. Before that, you have to go back to Mike Piazza in 2003 to find a Mets catcher top both those marks. And that year Piazza had 273 PA. The previous season was the last great Piazza year, as he had a .381 wOBA and a 136 wRC+ in 541 PA.
Ramos has been solid at the plate, but he contributes to the Mets woeful performance on not throwing runners out.
Ramos has always had a reputation for a strong arm and handling of a pitching staff. It’s hard to believe people become stupid overnight. The system in New York along with the Mets not holding on runners well has handicapped the guy. His reputation as a youngster in the Twins system was offensive catcher with strong arm. Meaning, as we see the pitch framing isn’t there. The game calling isn’t bad and he has obviously improved over the years. However, we were happy to have him and I think he is better than any four other catching options the Mets had in spring training. Fact is, there aren’t many catching studs out there.