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201079–83 (0.488)
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GM: John Ricco

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2010, 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
$134M
Surplus $M
-76
Win %
0.488
TAB
-9.6
WAB
-7.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
29.3
Dead money %
35%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-6.5

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2010 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RRod Barajas⇄74
LJosh Thole61
RHenry Blanco46
RMike Nickeas4

1B

LIke Davis146
RFernando Tatis14
LMike Jacobs7
RMike Hessman6
LAlex Cora⇄2
LFrank Catalanotto1

2B

BLuis Castillo74
RRubén Tejada50
RJoaquin Arias⇄19
BLuis Hernandez10
RFernando Tatis3
RJustin Turner⇄3

3B

RDavid Wright155
RMike Hessman8
RFernando Tatis4
BLuis Hernandez2
RJustin Turner⇄1

SS

BJosé Reyes133
RRubén Tejada28
LAlex Cora⇄6
BLuis Hernandez4
RJoaquin Arias⇄2

LF

RJason Bay93
BÁngel Pagán27
LLucas Duda24
LChris Carter17
LJésus Feliciano13
RNick Evans8
LFernando Martinez6
BGary Matthews Jr.3
RJoaquin Arias⇄1
LFrank Catalanotto1

CF

BÁngel Pagán94
BCarlos Beltrán61
LJésus Feliciano12
BGary Matthews Jr.10
RNick Evans1

RF

BÁngel Pagán33
LJésus Feliciano14
LChris Carter13
BGary Matthews Jr.7
RNick Evans3
LFernando Martinez2

DH

LChris Carter7
RFernando Tatis3
RDavid Wright1

Starters

LJohan Santana3.9 WAR
RR.A. Dickey3.4 WAR
RMike Pelfrey2.5 WAR
LJon Niese2.4 WAR
LHisanori Takahashi1.5 WAR
LPat Misch0.5 WAR
LRaul Valdes0.4 WAR
RDillon Gee0.3 WAR
RJenrry Mejia-0.1 WAR
RJohn Maine-0.5 WAR
RFernando Nieve-0.9 WAR
LOliver Perez-1.1 WAR

Bullpen

★ RFrancisco Rodriguez25 sv
LPedro Feliciano23 h
RElmer Dessens11 h
RBobby Parnell9 h
RFernando Nieve6 h
LRaul Valdes2 h
RRyota Igarashi2 h
RManny Acosta1 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 2009)

PlayerfWAR
R.A. Dickey3.4
Ike Davis2.9
Hisanori Takahashi1.5
Jason Bay1.3
Raul Valdes0.4
Dillon Gee0.3

Key subtractions (gone from 2009)

Player2009 fWAR
Livan Hernandez0.9
Nelson Figueroa0.9
Daniel Murphy0.8
Ryan Church0.5
Carlos Delgado0.4
Gary Sheffield0.3

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 2010; everyone else is shown as a 2010 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Ángel Pagán 2010 +4.9 +70.6 1.5 +69.1 $0.3M 1.79× –
Johan Santana 2010 +3.9 +67.7 20.1 +47.6 $5.2M 2.19× –
Mike Pelfrey 2010 +2.5 +39.7 0.5 +39.2 $0.2M 1.96× –
Jonathon Niese 2010 +2.4 +28.5 0.4 +28.1 $0.2M 1.49× –
Ike Davis 2010 +2.9 +24.8 0.4 +24.4 $0.1M 1.07× –
Hisanori Takahashi 2010 +1.5 +24.1 1.0 +23.1 $0.6M 1.95× –
David Wright 2010 +3.5 +30.9 10.2 +20.7 $3.0M 1.12× –
José Reyes 2010 +2.5 +23.6 9.4 +14.2 $3.7M 1.18× –
Francisco Rodríguez 2010 +1.5 +15.8 12.2 +3.7 $8.2M 1.34× –
Josh Thole 2010 +0.9 +3.9 0.4 +3.5 $0.4M 0.52× –
Dillon Gee 2010 +0.3 +2.8 0.4 +2.4 $1.2M 1.02× –
Pedro Feliciano 2010 +0.8 +4.1 2.9 +1.2 $3.8M 0.67× –
Nick Evans 2010 +0.0 +0.1 0.4 -0.3 $21.4M 0.83× –
Justin Turner↔ 2010 -0.1 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 – 0.56× –
Mike Jacobs 2010 +0.1 +0.4 0.9 -0.5 $10.4M 0.56× –
Fernando Tatis 2010 -0.0 -0.0 0.8 -0.9 – 0.56× –
Jenrry Mejia 2010 -0.1 -0.7 0.4 -1.1 – 0.67× –
Joaquin Arias↔ 2010 -0.3 -1.1 0.1 -1.2 – 0.56× –
Frank Catalanotto 2010 -0.3 -1.3 0.7 -1.9 – 0.56× –
Rubén Tejada 2010 -0.3 -1.5 0.4 -1.9 – 0.56× –
Sean Green 2010 -0.2 -0.9 1.0 -1.9 – 0.67× –
Rod Barajas↔ 2010 -0.4 -1.6 0.4 -2.0 – 0.52× –
Henry Blanco 2010 -0.3 -1.3 0.8 -2.1 – 0.52× –
Ryota Igarashi 2010 -0.3 -1.7 1.2 -2.9 – 0.67× –
Luis Castillo 2010 +0.4 +2.0 6.2 -4.2 $13.9M 0.56× –
Alex Cora↔ 2010 -0.5 -2.6 1.9 -4.5 – 0.61× –
Jeff Francoeur↔ 2010 -0.1 -0.5 4.5 -5.0 – 0.83× –
Fernando Nieve 2010 -0.9 -5.0 0.4 -5.4 – 0.67× –
John Maine 2010 -0.5 -3.7 3.3 -7.0 – 1.02× –
Gary Matthews Jr. 2010 -0.1 -0.6 11.4 -12.0 – 0.83× –
Carlos Beltrán 2010 +0.7 +4.8 19.4 -14.6 $27.0M 0.83× –
Oliver Pérez 2010 -1.1 -5.7 12.0 -17.7 – 0.67× –
Jason Bay 2010 +1.3 +8.6 8.6 -0.0 $6.7M 0.83× –
Bobby Parnell 2010 +0.7 +4.0 – – – 0.67× –
Chris Carter 2010 +0.0 +0.3 – – – 0.83× –
Elmer Dessens 2010 -0.3 -1.5 – – – 0.67× –
Fernando Martinez 2010 -0.2 -1.5 – – – 0.83× –
Jésus Feliciano 2010 -0.2 -1.2 – – – 0.83× –
Lucas Duda 2010 -0.3 -1.9 – – – 0.83× –
Luis Hernandez 2010 +0.1 +0.5 – – – 0.56× –
Manny Acosta 2010 +0.3 +1.8 – – – 0.67× –
Mike Hessman 2010 +0.0 +0.2 – – – 0.58× –
Mike Nickeas 2010 -0.1 -0.4 – – – 0.52× –
Pat Misch 2010 +0.5 +4.3 – – – 1.02× –
R.A. Dickey 2010 +3.4 +52.9 – – – 1.96× –
Raul Valdes 2010 +0.4 +2.1 – – – 0.67× –
Tobi Stoner 2010 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.67× –
Total—+28.9+383.3134.2+189.7—

Trades

Every graded 2010 deal involving the Mets — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 4 total.

2010 · NYM / TEX
NYM · John Ricco +$4.0M
Joaquín Arias
TEX · Jon Daniels −$4.0M
Jeff Francoeur
NYM came out ahead by $4.0M
2010 · LAD / NYM
LAD · Ned Colletti +$3.2M
Mike Antonini
NYM · John Ricco −$3.2M
Chin-lung Hu
LAD came out ahead by $3.2M
2010 · ANA / NYM
ANA · Tony Reagins +$18.4M
Brian Stokes
NYM · John Ricco −$18.4M
Gary Matthews
ANA came out ahead by $18.4M
2010 · NYM / TOR
NYM · John Ricco +$0.0M
Jorge Padilla
TOR · Alex Anthopoulos +$0.0M
Clint Everts
Even trade

Current & Historical Payroll

2010 payroll
$134.3M

What the front office was committed to as of 2010, 2010–2016. 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 (19)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Johan Santana3110.000$20.1MFREE AGENT$24.0M
Carlos Beltrán3312.000$19.4M$13.3MFREE AGENT
Francisco Rodríguez288.000$12.2M$7.0MFREE AGENT
Oliver Pérez288.000$12.0MFREE AGENT
Gary Matthews Jr.3511.000$11.4MFREE AGENT
David Wright276.000$10.2M$14.2M$15.0M$11.0M$20.0M$20.0M$20.0M
José Reyes277.000$9.4M$11.0MFREE AGENT$250k
Jason Bay317.000$8.6M$18.1M$16.0MFREE AGENT
Luis Castillo3414.000$6.2MFREE AGENT
John Maine296.000$3.3MFREE AGENT
Pedro Feliciano338.000$2.9MFREE AGENT$322k
Alex Cora3412.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
Fernando Tatis3513.000$850kFREE AGENT
Henry Blanco3813.000$750kFREE AGENT
Frank Catalanotto3613.000$650kFREE AGENT
Rod Barajas3411.000$374kFREE AGENT
Elmer Dessens3914.000—FREE AGENT
R.A. Dickey359.000—$2.8M$4.2MFREE AGENT
Mike Hessman327.000—FREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (10)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Jeff Francoeur265.000$4.5MFREE AGENT
Ángel Pagán284.000$1.5MARB 3FREE AGENT
Sean Green314.000$975kARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Jacobs295.000$900kFREE AGENT
Mike Pelfrey264.000$500kARB 3FREE AGENT
Fernando Nieve274.000$414kARB 3FREE AGENT
Joaquin Arias254.000$123kARB 3FREE AGENT
Manny Acosta293.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Luis Hernandez263.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Misch284.000—ARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (18)

PlayerAgeSvc2010201120122013201420152016
Ryota Igarashi310.000$1.2MPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Hisanori Takahashi350.000$1.0MPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathon Niese232.000$402kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rubén Tejada200.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dillon Gee240.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Thole230.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Nick Evans242.000$400kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ike Davis230.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jenrry Mejia200.000$400kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Turner250.000$17kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Nickeas270.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jésus Feliciano31–—
Lucas Duda240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Raul Valdes320.085—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Carter272.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Parnell252.000—ARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Fernando Martinez210.073—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tobi Stoner25–—

Graphs

How each 2010 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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