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200583–79 (0.512)
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GM: Omar Minaya

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2005, 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
$104M
Surplus $M
-45
Win %
0.512
TAB
-3.2
WAB
-3.6
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
35.5
Dead money %
30%
Depth Players
6.0
Dead WAR
-3.8

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2005 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RMike Piazza101
RRamon Castro99
RMike DiFelice11

1B

LDoug Mientkiewicz83
RChris Woodward34
LMike Jacobs28
LMarlon Anderson23
BJose Offerman⇄15
RMiguel Cairo8
LBrian Daubach6

2B

RMiguel Cairo82
BKazuo Matsui71
LMarlon Anderson20
BAnderson Hernandez5
RChris Woodward5
BJose Offerman⇄1

3B

RDavid Wright160
RChris Woodward6
RMiguel Cairo3

SS

BJosé Reyes161
RChris Woodward7
BAnderson Hernandez2

LF

LCliff Floyd150
RChris Woodward13
RGerald Williams10
LMarlon Anderson9
RVictor Diaz3
LEric Valent2
RMiguel Cairo2

CF

BCarlos Beltrán150
RMike Cameron10
RGerald Williams10
RChris Woodward5
LEric Valent2

RF

RVictor Diaz78
RMike Cameron68
LMarlon Anderson14
LEric Valent8
RGerald Williams7
RChris Woodward6
RMiguel Cairo1

DH

RMike Piazza5
LBrian Daubach2
LMarlon Anderson2

Starters

RPedro Martinez5.6 WAR
LTom Glavine3.9 WAR
RAaron Heilman2.0 WAR
RJae Seo1.9 WAR
RKris Benson1.6 WAR
RVictor Zambrano1.4 WAR
LKazuhisa Ishii-0.0 WAR
RSteve Trachsel-0.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RBraden Looper28 sv
RRoberto Hernandez18 h
LDae-Sung Koo6 h
RJuan Padilla5 h
RHeath Bell4 h
RManny Aybar2 h
RDanny Graves⇄1 h
RMike DeJean⇄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 2004)

PlayerfWAR
Pedro Martínez5.6
Carlos Beltrán2.3
Ramon Castro1.2
Mike Jacobs1.1
Roberto Hernandez1.0
Marlon Anderson0.7

Key subtractions (gone from 2004)

Player2004 fWAR
Al Leiter1.3
Ty Wigginton1.2
Shane Spencer0.9
Matt Ginter0.9
Orber Moreno0.8
Vance Wilson0.8

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 2005; everyone else is shown as a 2005 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Pedro Martínez 2005 +5.6 +112.0 10.9 +101.1 $1.9M 2.50× –
David Wright 2005 +5.8 +65.9 0.3 +65.6 $0.1M 1.43× –
Tom Glavine 2005 +3.9 +68.1 10.8 +57.3 $2.8M 2.19× –
Cliff Floyd 2005 +3.7 +53.1 6.6 +46.5 $1.8M 1.79× –
Aaron Heilman 2005 +2.0 +30.9 0.3 +30.6 $0.2M 1.95× –
Kris Benson 2005 +1.6 +19.2 5.3 +13.9 $3.3M 1.49× –
Mike Cameron 2005 +2.1 +20.9 7.3 +13.6 $3.4M 1.22× –
José Reyes 2005 +1.7 +12.4 0.3 +12.1 $0.2M 0.89× –
Carlos Beltrán 2005 +2.3 +22.6 11.6 +11.0 $5.0M 1.22× –
Roberto Hernandez 2005 +1.0 +11.0 0.7 +10.3 $0.6M 1.34× –
Victor Zambrano 2005 +1.4 +11.2 2.1 +9.1 $1.5M 1.02× –
Ramon Castro 2005 +1.2 +5.0 0.5 +4.5 $0.4M 0.52× –
Chris Woodward 2005 +0.6 +2.6 0.7 +1.9 $1.2M 0.56× –
Manny Aybar 2005 +0.1 +0.7 0.4 +0.3 $3.3M 0.67× –
Mike Matthews 2005 +0.0 +0.1 0.5 -0.4 $41.0M 0.67× –
Jose Offerman↔ 2005 -0.2 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 – 0.56× –
Felix Heredia 2005 +0.0 +0.0 1.8 -1.8 $315.0M 0.67× –
Mike DeJean↔ 2005 -0.3 -1.5 0.5 -2.0 – 0.67× –
Shingo Takatsu↔ 2005 -0.2 -1.8 0.6 -2.4 – 1.34× –
Doug Mientkiewicz 2005 +0.1 +0.6 3.8 -3.2 $29.1M 0.56× –
Miguel Cairo 2005 -0.5 -2.3 0.9 -3.2 – 0.56× –
Kaz Ishii 2005 -0.0 -0.0 3.6 -3.6 – 1.02× –
Eric Valent 2005 -0.6 -4.1 0.3 -4.5 – 0.83× –
Kazuo Matsui 2005 +0.1 +0.5 7.0 -6.5 $64.1M 0.56× –
Braden Looper 2005 -0.6 -6.3 0.8 -7.1 – 1.34× –
Steve Trachsel 2005 -0.1 -0.4 6.8 -7.2 – 1.02× –
Danny Graves↔ 2005 -0.4 -4.2 3.1 -7.3 – 1.34× –
Mike Piazza 2005 +0.9 +3.8 16.1 -12.3 $17.7M 0.52× –
Dae-Sung Koo 2005 +0.1 +0.5 0.5 +0.0 $5.0M 0.67× –
Anderson Hernandez 2005 -0.3 -1.2 – – – 0.56× –
Brian Daubach 2005 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.56× –
Gerald Williams 2005 +0.1 +0.6 – – – 0.83× –
Heath Bell 2005 +0.6 +3.4 – – – 0.67× –
Jae Weong Seo 2005 +1.9 +22.1 – – – 1.49× –
Jose Santiago 2005 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Juan Padilla 2005 +0.6 +3.2 – – – 0.67× –
Marlon Anderson 2005 +0.7 +3.2 – – – 0.56× –
Mike DiFelice 2005 -0.2 -0.7 – – – 0.52× –
Mike Jacobs 2005 +1.1 +4.9 – – – 0.56× –
Royce Ring 2005 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Tim Hamulack 2005 -0.3 -1.7 – – – 0.67× –
Victor Diaz 2005 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.83× –
Total—+35.3+452.4104.4+315.0—

Trades

Every graded 2005 deal involving the Mets — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 7 total.

2005 · LAD / NYM
LAD · Paul DePodesta +$2.4M
Jason Phillips
NYM · Omar Minaya −$2.4M
Kazuhisa Ishii
LAD came out ahead by $2.4M
2005 · DET / NYM
DET · Dave Dombrowski +$6.4M
Vance Wilson
NYM · Omar Minaya −$6.4M
Anderson Hernández
DET came out ahead by $6.4M
2005 · BOS / NYM
BOS · Theo Epstein +$8.0M
Ian Bladergroen
NYM · Omar Minaya −$8.0M
Doug Mientkiewicz
BOS came out ahead by $8.0M
2005 · NYM / DET
NYM · Omar Minaya +$1.6M
Steve Colyer
DET · Dave Dombrowski −$1.6M
Matt Ginter
NYM came out ahead by $1.6M
2005 · NYM / MIA
NYM · Omar Minaya +$6.4M
Paul Lo Duca
MIA · Larry Beinfest −$6.4M
Gaby Hernandez, Dante Brinkley
NYM came out ahead by $6.4M
2005 · SDP / NYM
SDP · Kevin Towers +$52.0M
Mike Cameron
NYM · Omar Minaya −$52.0M
Xavier Nady
SDP came out ahead by $52.0M
2005 · MIA / NYM
MIA · Larry Beinfest +$62.4M
Mike Jacobs, Yusmeiro Petit, Grant Psomas
NYM · Omar Minaya −$62.4M
Carlos Delgado
MIA came out ahead by $62.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

2005 payroll
$104.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 2005, 2005–2011. 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 (24)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Mike Piazza3613.000$16.1MFREE AGENT
Carlos Beltrán287.000$11.6M$13.6M$13.6M$18.6M$19.2M$19.4M$13.3M
Pedro Martínez3313.000$10.9M$14.9M$14.0M$11.8MFREE AGENT
Tom Glavine3918.000$10.8M$10.0M$7.5MFREE AGENT
Mike Cameron3210.000$7.3MFREE AGENT
Steve Trachsel3412.000$6.8M$2.5MFREE AGENT
Cliff Floyd3212.000$6.6M$6.6MFREE AGENT
Kris Benson306.000$5.3MFREE AGENT
Doug Mientkiewicz317.000$3.8MFREE AGENT
Danny Graves319.000$3.1MFREE AGENT
Felix Heredia309.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Miguel Cairo319.000$900kFREE AGENT
Braden Looper307.000$800kFREE AGENT
Chris Woodward296.000$700k$825kFREE AGENT
Roberto Hernandez4014.000$650k$1.9MFREE AGENT
Ramon Castro296.000$500k$800k$850k$2.0M$1.4MFREE AGENT
Mike DeJean348.000$488kFREE AGENT
Manny Aybar338.000$425kFREE AGENT
Jose Offerman3615.000$308kFREE AGENT
Mike DiFelice369.000—FREE AGENT
Jose Santiago308.000—FREE AGENT
Gerald Williams3813.000—FREE AGENT
Marlon Anderson317.000—FREE AGENT$603k$1.1M$1.1M
Brian Daubach337.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (5)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Kaz Ishii313.000$3.6MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Victor Zambrano294.000$2.1MARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Matthews315.000$500kFREE AGENT
Eric Valent284.000$332kARB 3FREE AGENT
Jae Weong Seo283.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (13)

PlayerAgeSvc2005200620072008200920102011
Kazuo Matsui291.000$7.0MPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shingo Takatsu361.000$562kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dae-Sung Koo350.000$450kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
José Reyes222.000$332kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
David Wright221.000$322kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Aaron Heilman262.000$316kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Jacobs240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Heath Bell271.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tim Hamulack280.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Royce Ring240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Victor Diaz231.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Padilla28–—
Anderson Hernandez220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2005 acquisition stacked onto Mets's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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