Over the course of a 162-game season, fans develop a familiarity with players more than any other sport. Mets fans have seen homegrown talent grow into solid players, vanish back into the minor leagues, or get designated for assignment. The outside acquisitions over the past few years have been hit or miss, but the perception [...]
Last year Mets catchers put up a combined .654 OPS, 33 points below the average mark for National League backstops. Of the four catchers to see action for the club last year, Travis d’Arnaud had the lowest OPS with a .542 mark in 111 PA. Yet because of his minor league pedigree, many fans expect [...]
Despite an acronym that sounds like it fits more appropriately in a phonetic acting class warm up than a baseball discussion, baseball reference has given us a fascinating value for players if they played on a team with league average players all around him: waaWL%, or Win-Loss percentage with average team. Another way to look [...]