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200788–74 (0.543)
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GM: Omar Minaya

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2007, 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
$118M
Surplus $M
-31
Win %
0.543
TAB
+3.8
WAB
+1.5
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
42.4
Dead money %
27%
Depth Players
5.0
Dead WAR
-2.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2007 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RPaul Lo Duca113
RRamon Castro50
RMike DiFelice16
RSandy Alomar Jr.6

1B

LCarlos Delgado138
RJeff Conine⇄20
LShawn Green17
LMarlon Anderson⇄3
RDamion Easley2

2B

BLuis Castillo⇄50
BJose Valentin45
RDamion Easley39
BRuben Gotay37
LDavid Newhan1

3B

RDavid Wright159
RDamion Easley2
RJulio Franco⇄2
BRuben Gotay2
LDavid Newhan1

SS

BJosé Reyes160
BRuben Gotay5
BAnderson Hernandez1

LF

RMoises Alou84
LEndy Chavez37
RCarlos Gómez27
LMarlon Anderson⇄12
LRicky Ledee11
RLastings Milledge11
LDavid Newhan8
RBen Johnson5
RDamion Easley3
RJeff Conine⇄1

CF

BCarlos Beltrán141
RLastings Milledge14
LEndy Chavez10
RCarlos Gómez4
LMarlon Anderson⇄3

RF

LShawn Green110
RLastings Milledge28
LEndy Chavez24
RCarlos Gómez22
RDamion Easley6
RBen Johnson4
RChip Ambres1
RJeff Conine⇄1
LMarlon Anderson⇄1

DH

RPaul Lo Duca3
LCarlos Delgado1
BJose Valentin1
RJulio Franco⇄1

Starters

RJohn Maine3.2 WAR
LOliver Perez2.5 WAR
LTom Glavine2.0 WAR
RJorge Sosa1.7 WAR
ROrlando Hernandez1.4 WAR
RPedro Martinez1.2 WAR
RMike Pelfrey0.4 WAR
RBrian Lawrence0.2 WAR
RPhilip Humber-0.1 WAR
RChan Ho Park-0.2 WAR
LJason Vargas-0.2 WAR
LDave Williams-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ LBilly Wagner34 sv
RAaron Heilman22 h
LPedro Feliciano18 h
LScott Schoeneweis11 h
RJoe Smith10 h
RGuillermo Mota6 h
RAaron Sele1 h
RAmbiorix Burgos1 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 2006)

PlayerfWAR
Moises Alou1.9
Jorge Sosa1.7
Damion Easley1.4
Luis Castillo1.4
Ruben Gotay0.7
Marlon Anderson0.7

Key subtractions (gone from 2006)

Player2006 fWAR
Chad Bradford1.5
Duaner Sanchez0.8
Steve Trachsel0.7
Brian Bannister0.5
Michael Tucker0.4
Cliff Floyd0.2

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 2007; everyone else is shown as a 2007 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
David Wright 2007 +8.4 +95.4 1.2 +94.2 $0.1M 1.43× –
Carlos Beltrán 2007 +5.1 +83.4 13.6 +69.9 $2.7M 2.05× –
José Reyes 2007 +5.6 +67.3 2.9 +64.4 $0.5M 1.51× –
John Maine 2007 +3.2 +50.0 0.4 +49.6 $0.1M 1.96× –
Oliver Pérez 2007 +2.5 +39.8 2.3 +37.5 $0.9M 1.96× –
Tom Glavine 2007 +2.0 +23.3 7.5 +15.8 $3.8M 1.49× –
Billy Wagner 2007 +1.6 +25.0 10.5 +14.5 $6.6M 1.95× –
Moises Alou 2007 +1.9 +18.4 7.5 +10.9 $4.0M 1.22× –
Aaron Heilman 2007 +0.9 +9.3 0.5 +8.8 $0.5M 1.34× –
Orlando Hernandez 2007 +1.4 +11.2 5.0 +6.2 $3.6M 1.02× –
Damion Easley 2007 +1.4 +6.4 0.8 +5.5 $0.6M 0.56× –
Luis Castillo↔ 2007 +1.4 +6.2 2.1 +4.1 $1.5M 0.56× –
Marlon Anderson↔ 2007 +0.7 +4.7 0.6 +4.1 $0.9M 0.83× –
Pedro Feliciano 2007 +0.8 +4.2 0.6 +3.6 $0.8M 0.67× –
Endy Chavez 2007 +0.8 +5.2 1.7 +3.4 $2.2M 0.83× –
Ramon Castro 2007 +0.8 +3.3 0.8 +2.5 $1.1M 0.52× –
Mike Pelfrey 2007 +0.4 +2.9 0.9 +1.9 $2.7M 1.02× –
Carlos Gómez 2007 +0.3 +1.7 0.4 +1.3 $1.5M 0.83× –
Joe Smith 2007 +0.2 +1.2 0.4 +0.9 $1.6M 0.67× –
Lastings Milledge 2007 +0.1 +0.7 0.4 +0.3 $3.6M 0.83× –
Ambiorix Burgos 2007 +0.0 +0.3 0.4 -0.2 $8.5M 0.67× –
David Newhan 2007 -0.0 -0.0 0.6 -0.6 – 0.83× –
Guillermo Mota 2007 +0.2 +0.8 1.8 -1.0 $11.6M 0.67× –
Aaron Sele 2007 -0.1 -0.3 1.0 -1.3 – 0.67× –
Julio Franco↔ 2007 -0.1 -0.4 0.8 -1.3 – 0.58× –
Jeff Conine↔ 2007 -0.4 -1.7 0.4 -2.2 – 0.56× –
Dave Williams 2007 -0.2 -1.7 1.2 -3.0 – 1.02× –
Jose Valentin 2007 +0.1 +0.4 3.8 -3.4 $40.5M 0.56× –
Pedro Martínez 2007 +1.2 +10.0 14.0 -4.0 $11.4M 1.02× –
Paul Lo Duca 2007 +0.1 +0.6 6.2 -5.6 $42.4M 0.52× –
Scott Schoeneweis 2007 -0.4 -2.2 3.6 -5.8 – 0.67× –
Shawn Green 2007 +0.1 +0.4 9.5 -9.1 $145.4M 0.83× –
Carlos Delgado 2007 +0.5 +2.3 14.5 -12.2 $28.0M 0.56× –
Anderson Hernandez 2007 +0.0 +0.1 – – – 0.61× –
Ben Johnson 2007 -0.2 -1.3 – – – 0.83× –
Brian Lawrence 2007 +0.2 +1.9 – – – 1.02× –
Carlos Muniz 2007 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Chan Ho Park 2007 -0.2 -1.2 – – – 1.02× –
Chip Ambres 2007 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.83× –
Jason Vargas 2007 -0.2 -1.8 – – – 1.02× –
Jon Adkins 2007 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Jorge Sosa 2007 +1.7 +13.3 – – – 0.98× –
Lino Urdaneta 2007 -0.1 -0.5 – – – 0.67× –
Mike DiFelice 2007 +0.1 +0.6 – – – 0.52× –
Philip Humber 2007 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.67× –
Ricky Ledee 2007 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.83× –
Ruben Gotay 2007 +0.7 +3.2 – – – 0.56× –
Sandy Alomar Jr. 2007 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.52× –
Willie Collazo 2007 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+42.4+481.4117.9+349.7—

Trades

Every graded 2007 deal involving the Mets — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

2007 · WSN / NYM
WSN · Jim Bowden +$4.0M
Lastings Milledge
NYM · Omar Minaya −$4.0M
Ryan Church, Brian Schneider
WSN came out ahead by $4.0M
2007 · NYM / MIL
NYM · Omar Minaya +$5.6M
Johnny Estrada
MIL · Douglas Melvin −$5.6M
Guillermo Mota
NYM came out ahead by $5.6M
2007 · MIN / NYM
MIN · Terry Ryan +$17.6M
Dustin Martin, Drew Butera
NYM · Omar Minaya −$17.6M
Luis Castillo
MIN came out ahead by $17.6M
2007 · CIN / NYM
CIN · Dan O'Brien +$6.4M
Jose Castro, Sean Henry
NYM · Omar Minaya −$6.4M
Jeff Conine
CIN came out ahead by $6.4M

Current & Historical Payroll

2007 payroll
$118.2M

What the front office was committed to as of 2007, 2007–2013. 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 (27)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Carlos Delgado3514.000$14.5M$16.0M$12.0MFREE AGENT
Pedro Martínez3515.000$14.0M$11.8MFREE AGENT
Carlos Beltrán309.000$13.6M$18.6M$19.2M$19.4M$13.3MFREE AGENT
Billy Wagner3512.000$10.5M$10.5M$9.3MFREE AGENT
Shawn Green3414.000$9.5MFREE AGENT
Moises Alou4017.000$7.5M$7.5MFREE AGENT
Tom Glavine4120.000$7.5MFREE AGENT
Paul Lo Duca359.000$6.2MFREE AGENT
Orlando Hernandez419.000$5.0MFREE AGENT
Jose Valentin3715.000$3.8MFREE AGENT
Scott Schoeneweis338.000$3.6M$3.6MFREE AGENT
Luis Castillo3111.000$2.1M$6.2M$6.2M$6.2MFREE AGENT
Guillermo Mota338.000$1.8MFREE AGENT
Endy Chavez296.000$1.7M$1.8MFREE AGENT
Dave Williams286.000$1.2MFREE AGENT
Aaron Sele3714.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Ramon Castro318.000$850k$2.0M$1.4MFREE AGENT
Damion Easley3715.000$850k$950kFREE AGENT
Julio Franco4825.000$836kFREE AGENT
Marlon Anderson339.000$603k$1.1M$1.1MFREE AGENT
David Newhan338.000$575kFREE AGENT
Jeff Conine4117.000$416kFREE AGENT
Sandy Alomar Jr.4119.000—FREE AGENT
Mike DiFelice3811.000—FREE AGENT
Chan Ho Park3413.000—FREE AGENT
Ricky Ledee339.000—FREE AGENT
Brian Lawrence316.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
José Reyes244.000$2.9MARB 3FREE AGENT
Oliver Pérez255.000$2.3MFREE AGENT
David Wright243.000$1.2MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pedro Feliciano305.000$602kFREE AGENT
Aaron Heilman284.000$453kARB 3FREE AGENT
John Maine263.000$391kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jorge Sosa295.000—FREE AGENT
Jon Adkins294.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lino Urdaneta273.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ruben Gotay243.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (12)

PlayerAgeSvc2007200820092010201120122013
Mike Pelfrey231.000$950kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ambiorix Burgos232.000$415kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lastings Milledge221.000$383kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Gómez210.000$380kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Joe Smith230.000$380kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chip Ambres27–—
Ben Johnson262.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Anderson Hernandez242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Muniz26–—
Jason Vargas242.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Philip Humber241.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Willie Collazo27–—

Graphs

How each 2007 acquisition stacked onto Mets's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0).
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