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199997–66 (0.595)Made Playoffs
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GM: Steve Phillips

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 1999, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$68M
Surplus $M
-11
Win %
0.595
TAB
+7.1
WAB
+10.3
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
45.6
Dead money %
24%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-4.3

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

1999 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RMike Piazza137
RTodd Pratt52
RMike Kinkade1
RVance Wilson1

1B

LJohn Olerud160
LMatt Franco19
BBobby Bonilla4
RJorge Toca1
RMike Kinkade1
LRobin Ventura1
RTodd Pratt1

2B

REdgardo Alfonzo158
BLuis Lopez16
RMelvin Mora4
BRoger Cedeno1

3B

LRobin Ventura160
LMatt Franco12
BLuis Lopez9
RShawon Dunston⇄4
RMike Kinkade3
RMelvin Mora3

SS

RRey Ordonez154
BLuis Lopez33
RMelvin Mora1
RShane Halter1

LF

RRickey Henderson116
RBenny Agbayani47
RMelvin Mora28
LMatt Franco15
RShawon Dunston⇄13
BRoger Cedeno13
RMike Kinkade12
RJermaine Allensworth10
RJay Payton5
BBobby Bonilla2
LChuck McElroy⇄1
RTodd Pratt1

CF

LDarryl Hamilton⇄55
BRoger Cedeno21
RShawon Dunston⇄19
RJermaine Allensworth14
RMelvin Mora11
RBenny Agbayani4
RJay Payton2
RShane Halter1

RF

BRoger Cedeno127
RBenny Agbayani45
BBobby Bonilla23
RJermaine Allensworth15
RMike Kinkade8
RMelvin Mora8
RShawon Dunston⇄6
LMatt Franco3
RRick Reed1
RShane Halter1

DH

LMatt Franco4
BBobby Bonilla3
RMike Piazza1
RRickey Henderson1

Starters

LAl Leiter3.0 WAR
ROrel Hershiser1.8 WAR
RBobby Jones1.6 WAR
RRick Reed1.3 WAR
RMasato Yoshii1.2 WAR
LKenny Rogers⇄1.1 WAR
ROctavio Dotel0.7 WAR
LAllen Watson⇄0.2 WAR
RJason Isringhausen⇄-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RBilly Taylor⇄26 sv
RTurk Wendell21 h
LDennis Cook19 h
RArmando Benitez17 h
LJohn Franco1 h
RPat Mahomes1 h
RRigo Beltran⇄0 h
RGreg McMichael⇄0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 1998)

PlayerfWAR
Robin Ventura7.3
Armando Benitez3.0
Rickey Henderson2.1
Orel Hershiser1.8
Roger Cedeno1.5
Darryl Hamilton1.2

Key subtractions (gone from 1998)

Player1998 fWAR
Hideo Nomo0.9
Armando Reynoso0.7
Brian Bohanon0.6
Alberto Castillo0.6
Butch Huskey0.5
Rich Becker0.4

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Mets. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 1999; everyone else is shown as a 1999 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Robin Ventura 1999 +7.3 +83.8 7.0 +76.8 $1.0M 1.43× –
Edgardo Alfonzo 1999 +5.9 +65.2 2.8 +62.4 $0.5M 1.38× –
Armando Benitez 1999 +3.0 +61.6 2.0 +59.5 $0.7M 2.57× –
John Olerud 1999 +5.8 +63.8 4.2 +59.5 $0.7M 1.37× –
Al Leiter 1999 +3.0 +47.5 5.2 +42.3 $1.7M 1.96× –
Mike Piazza 1999 +4.5 +40.5 7.2 +33.4 $1.6M 1.12× –
Rey Ordonez 1999 +3.0 +28.4 1.6 +26.7 $0.5M 1.18× –
Orel Hershiser 1999 +1.8 +21.3 2.5 +18.8 $1.4M 1.49× –
Rickey Henderson 1999 +2.1 +20.5 1.9 +18.6 $0.9M 1.22× –
Bobby Jones 1999 +1.6 +18.6 4.9 +13.7 $3.1M 1.49× –
Roger Cedeno 1999 +1.5 +9.9 0.5 +9.4 $0.3M 0.83× –
Rick Reed 1999 +1.3 +10.2 1.7 +8.5 $1.3M 1.02× –
Masato Yoshii 1999 +1.2 +9.8 2.0 +7.8 $1.7M 1.02× –
Benny Agbayani 1999 +1.1 +7.4 0.2 +7.2 $0.2M 0.83× –
Kenny Rogers↔ 1999 +1.1 +9.0 1.9 +7.0 $1.8M 1.02× –
Darryl Hamilton↔ 1999 +1.2 +8.0 1.4 +6.7 $1.1M 0.83× –
John Franco 1999 +0.9 +9.5 3.0 +6.5 $3.3M 1.34× –
Turk Wendell 1999 +0.7 +7.5 1.2 +6.3 $1.7M 1.34× –
Octavio Dotel 1999 +0.7 +5.8 0.2 +5.6 $0.3M 1.02× –
Todd Pratt 1999 +0.7 +3.0 0.3 +2.6 $0.5M 0.52× –
Shawon Dunston↔ 1999 +0.4 +2.4 0.2 +2.1 $0.7M 0.83× –
Allen Watson↔ 1999 +0.2 +1.2 0.3 +0.9 $1.3M 0.67× –
Pat Mahomes 1999 +0.2 +0.9 0.3 +0.6 $1.9M 0.67× –
Rigo Beltran↔ 1999 +0.1 +0.7 0.1 +0.5 $1.1M 0.67× –
Chuck McElroy↔ 1999 +0.1 +0.5 0.3 +0.2 $2.8M 0.67× –
Jermaine Allensworth 1999 +0.1 +0.4 0.3 +0.1 $4.7M 0.83× –
Josias Manzanillo 1999 +0.0 +0.1 0.2 -0.1 $7.8M 0.67× –
Shane Halter 1999 +0.0 +0.0 0.2 -0.2 $407.9M 0.83× –
Mike Kinkade 1999 -0.0 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 – 0.83× –
Jeff Tam↔ 1999 -0.1 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 – 0.67× –
Terrence Long 1999 -0.1 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 – 0.83× –
Dennis Cook 1999 +0.1 +1.2 2.0 -0.8 $17.7M 1.34× –
Greg McMichael↔ 1999 +0.0 +0.1 1.0 -0.9 $41.4M 0.67× –
Billy Taylor↔ 1999 -0.0 -0.4 0.7 -1.2 – 1.34× –
Jason Isringhausen↔ 1999 -0.2 -1.2 0.2 -1.4 – 0.67× –
Luis Lopez 1999 -0.2 -1.0 0.6 -1.6 – 0.61× –
Bobby Bonilla 1999 -1.3 -8.8 5.9 -14.7 – 0.83× –
Brian McRae↔ 1999 -2.3 -15.3 2.7 -18.0 – 0.83× –
Matt Franco 1999 +0.1 +0.3 0.2 +0.0 $4.1M 0.56× –
Melvin Mora 1999 +0.0 +0.2 0.2 +0.0 $5.4M 0.83× –
Dan Murray↔ 1999 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Glendon Rusch↔ 1999 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Jay Payton 1999 +0.1 +1.0 – – – 0.83× –
Jorge Toca 1999 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.56× –
Total—+45.6+512.467.7+443.0—

Trades

Every graded 1999 deal involving the Mets — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 13 total.

1999 · NYM / KCR
NYM · Steve Phillips +$81.6M
Glendon Rusch
KCR · Herk Robinson −$81.6M
Dan Murray
NYM came out ahead by $81.6M
1999 · HOU / NYM
HOU · Gerry Hunsicker +$7.2M
Roger Cedeño, Octavio Dotel, Kyle Kessel
NYM · Steve Phillips −$7.2M
Derek Bell, Mike Hampton
HOU came out ahead by $7.2M
1999 · OAK / NYM
OAK · Billy Beane +$20.0M
Terrence Long, Leo Vasquez
NYM · Steve Phillips −$20.0M
Kenny Rogers
OAK came out ahead by $20.0M
1999 · NYM / SEA
NYM · Steve Phillips +$4.8M
Mac Suzuki, Justin Dunning
SEA · Woody Woodward −$4.8M
Allen Watson
NYM came out ahead by $4.8M
1999 · NYM / BOS
NYM · Steve Phillips +$0.0M
Jon Nunnally
BOS · Dan Duquette +$0.0M
Jermaine Allensworth
Even trade
1999 · NYM / BAL
NYM · Steve Phillips +$8.8M
Jesse Orosco
BAL · Frank Wren −$8.8M
Chuck McElroy
NYM came out ahead by $8.8M
1999 · STL / NYM
STL · Walt Jocketty +$0.0M
Craig Paquette
NYM · Steve Phillips +$0.0M
Shawon Dunston
Even trade
1999 · CIN / NYM
CIN · Jim Bowden +$2.4M
Ralph Milliard
NYM · Steve Phillips −$2.4M
Mark Corey
CIN came out ahead by $2.4M
1999 · KCR / NYM
KCR · Herk Robinson +$0.8M
Jonathan Guzman
NYM · Steve Phillips −$0.8M
Shane Halter
KCR came out ahead by $0.8M
1999 · NYM / BOS
NYM · Steve Phillips +$0.0M
Mandy Romero
BOS · Dan Duquette +$0.0M
Kelly Ramos
Even trade
1999 · NYM / KCR
NYM · Steve Phillips +$1.6M
Jeremy Jackson
KCR · Herk Robinson −$1.6M
Derek Wallace
NYM came out ahead by $1.6M
1999 · OAK / NYM
OAK · Billy Beane +$1.6M
Jason Isringhausen, Greg McMichael
NYM · Steve Phillips −$1.6M
Billy Taylor
OAK came out ahead by $1.6M
1999 · COL / NYM
COL · Gary Hughes +$15.2M
Rigo Beltrán, Tom Johnson, Brian McRae
NYM · Steve Phillips −$15.2M
Darryl Hamilton, Chuck McElroy
COL came out ahead by $15.2M

Current & Historical Payroll

1999 payroll
$67.9M

What the front office was committed to as of 1999, 1999–2005. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.

current $ guaranteed $ actual $ (hindsight) arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent

Guaranteed / signed (23)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Mike Piazza307.000$7.2M$12.1M$13.6M$10.6M$15.6M$16.1M$16.1M
Robin Ventura3110.000$7.0M$8.0M$8.0MFREE AGENT
Bobby Bonilla3613.000$5.9MFREE AGENT
Al Leiter3312.000$5.2M$7.8M$9.8M$9.2M$8.0M$10.3MFREE AGENT
Bobby Jones296.000$4.9M$5.4MFREE AGENT
John Olerud3010.000$4.2MFREE AGENT
John Franco3815.000$3.0M$3.4M$3.6MFREE AGENT$3.8M$1.0M
Brian McRae319.000$2.7MFREE AGENT
Orel Hershiser4016.000$2.5MFREE AGENT
Dennis Cook3611.000$2.0M$2.2M$1.7MFREE AGENT
Kenny Rogers3410.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
Rickey Henderson4020.000$1.9M$1.5MFREE AGENT
Rick Reed3411.000$1.7M$4.4M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Darryl Hamilton3411.000$1.4M$3.6M$3.3MFREE AGENT
Turk Wendell326.000$1.2M$2.1M$2.2MFREE AGENT
Greg McMichael326.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Luis Lopez286.000$575kFREE AGENT
Todd Pratt327.000$350k$500k$338kFREE AGENT
Pat Mahomes287.000$310k$750kFREE AGENT
Chuck McElroy3110.000$281kFREE AGENT
Allen Watson286.000$276kFREE AGENT
Shawon Dunston3614.000$246kFREE AGENT
Josias Manzanillo318.000$200kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (8)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Edgardo Alfonzo254.000$2.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Armando Benitez265.000$2.0MFREE AGENT
Rey Ordonez283.000$1.6MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Billy Taylor375.000$738kFREE AGENT
Roger Cedeno244.000$488kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jermaine Allensworth273.000$284kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Franco294.000$250kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jason Isringhausen264.000$187kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (13)

PlayerAgeSvc1999200020012002200320042005
Masato Yoshii341.000$2.0MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shane Halter292.000$235kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Terrence Long230.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Melvin Mora270.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Benny Agbayani271.000$200kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Kinkade261.000$200kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Octavio Dotel250.000$200kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Tam281.000$187kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rigo Beltran292.000$137kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Glendon Rusch242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jay Payton261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dan Murray25–—
Jorge Toca28–—

Graphs

How each 1999 acquisition stacked onto Mets's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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