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201274–88 (0.457)
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GM: Sandy Alderson

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2012, 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
$99M
Surplus $M
-20
Win %
0.457
TAB
-3.9
WAB
-7.8
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
30.3
Dead money %
39%
Depth Players
3.0
Dead WAR
-4.9

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2012 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

LJosh Thole100
RMike Nickeas45
RKelly Shoppach⇄28
RRob Johnson17

1B

LIke Davis148
LDaniel Murphy12
RJustin Turner11
RVinny Rottino⇄7
LLucas Duda6
RZach Lutz1
RJosh Satin1

2B

LDaniel Murphy138
LOmar Quintanilla⇄29
RRonny Cedeno28
LJordany Valdespin16
RJustin Turner14

3B

RDavid Wright155
RJustin Turner11
RRonny Cedeno3
RVinny Rottino⇄2

SS

RRubén Tejada112
RRonny Cedeno27
RJustin Turner10
LJordany Valdespin4
RDavid Wright1

LF

RJason Bay65
RScott Hairston59
LLucas Duda24
LKirk Nieuwenhuis23
LJordany Valdespin21
LMike Baxter18
LFred Lewis4

CF

BAndres Torres124
LKirk Nieuwenhuis50
RScott Hairston14
LJordany Valdespin11
LFred Lewis1
LMike Baxter1

RF

LLucas Duda81
RScott Hairston48
LMike Baxter45
LKirk Nieuwenhuis20
LJordany Valdespin10
LFred Lewis4

DH

LLucas Duda5
LJordany Valdespin2
BAndres Torres1
LMike Baxter1

Starters

RR.A. Dickey4.7 WAR
LJon Niese3.1 WAR
RDillon Gee1.7 WAR
RMatt Harvey1.6 WAR
LJohan Santana1.3 WAR
RJeremy Hefner1.2 WAR
RChris Young1.1 WAR
RMike Pelfrey0.6 WAR
RJeurys Familia0.0 WAR
RJenrry Mejia-0.2 WAR
RCollin McHugh-0.2 WAR
RMiguel Batista⇄-0.4 WAR
RChris Schwinden-0.4 WAR

Bullpen

★ RFrank Francisco23 sv
RBobby Parnell18 h
LTim Byrdak17 h
RJon Rauch16 h
LJosh Edgin5 h
RManny Acosta4 h
RRamon Ramirez1 h
RElvin Ramirez1 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 2011)

PlayerfWAR
Matt Harvey1.6
Andres Torres1.5
Johan Santana1.3
Jeremy Hefner1.2
Ronny Cedeno0.5
Kirk Nieuwenhuis0.5

Key subtractions (gone from 2011)

Player2011 fWAR
José Reyes5.8
Carlos Beltrán3.3
Chris Capuano1.7
Ángel Pagán0.9
Jason Pridie0.7
Nick Evans0.5

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 2012; everyone else is shown as a 2012 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
R.A. Dickey 2012 +4.7 +82.2 4.2 +77.9 $0.9M 2.19× –
David Wright 2012 +6.6 +75.4 15.0 +60.4 $2.3M 1.43× –
Jonathon Niese 2012 +3.1 +48.0 0.8 +47.3 $0.3M 1.96× –
Dillon Gee 2012 +1.7 +20.7 0.5 +20.2 $0.3M 1.49× –
Matt Harvey 2012 +1.6 +19.5 0.5 +19.0 $0.3M 1.49× –
Scott Hairston 2012 +1.6 +15.7 1.1 +14.6 $0.7M 1.22× –
Rubén Tejada 2012 +1.7 +12.2 0.5 +11.7 $0.3M 0.89× –
Daniel Murphy 2012 +1.6 +10.6 0.5 +10.1 $0.3M 0.82× –
Jeremy Hefner 2012 +1.2 +10.0 0.5 +9.6 $0.4M 1.02× –
Bobby Parnell 2012 +0.9 +9.6 0.5 +9.1 $0.6M 1.34× –
Chris Young 2012 +1.1 +9.1 0.5 +8.5 $0.5M 1.02× –
Andres Torres 2012 +1.5 +9.8 2.7 +7.1 $1.8M 0.83× –
Mike Baxter 2012 +1.0 +6.5 0.5 +6.0 $0.5M 0.83× –
Ike Davis 2012 +1.0 +4.3 0.5 +3.8 $0.5M 0.56× –
Kirk Nieuwenhuis 2012 +0.5 +3.5 0.5 +3.0 $0.9M 0.83× –
Josh Thole 2012 +0.8 +3.2 0.5 +2.7 $0.7M 0.52× –
Jordany Valdespin 2012 +0.3 +1.9 0.5 +1.4 $1.7M 0.83× –
Ronny Cedeno 2012 +0.5 +2.3 1.2 +1.1 $2.3M 0.56× –
Vinny Rottino↔ 2012 +0.2 +1.1 0.2 +0.9 $1.0M 0.56× –
Justin Turner 2012 +0.3 +1.3 0.5 +0.8 $1.6M 0.56× –
Jon Rauch 2012 +0.3 +3.4 3.5 -0.1 $11.2M 1.34× –
Tim Byrdak 2012 +0.2 +0.8 1.0 -0.2 $6.3M 0.67× –
Justin Hampson 2012 +0.0 +0.1 0.5 -0.4 $23.2M 0.67× –
Kelly Shoppach↔ 2012 -0.1 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 – 0.52× –
Mike Pelfrey 2012 +0.6 +5.1 5.7 -0.6 $9.1M 1.02× –
Pedro Beato↔ 2012 -0.1 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 – 0.67× –
Elvin Ramirez 2012 -0.1 -0.5 0.5 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Robert Carson 2012 -0.1 -0.7 0.5 -1.2 – 0.67× –
Jenrry Mejia 2012 -0.2 -1.2 0.5 -1.7 – 1.02× –
Josh Edgin 2012 -0.2 -1.2 0.5 -1.7 – 0.67× –
Mike Nickeas 2012 -0.3 -1.3 0.5 -1.8 – 0.52× –
Ramon E Ramirez 2012 +0.1 +0.7 2.6 -1.9 $19.2M 0.67× –
D.J. Carrasco 2012 -0.1 -0.8 1.2 -2.0 – 0.67× –
Fred Lewis 2012 -0.2 -1.1 0.9 -2.0 – 0.83× –
Collin McHugh 2012 -0.2 -1.8 0.5 -2.3 – 1.02× –
Rob Johnson 2012 -0.4 -1.8 0.5 -2.3 – 0.52× –
Miguel Batista↔ 2012 -0.4 -2.2 0.6 -2.8 – 0.67× –
Manny Acosta 2012 -0.4 -2.2 0.9 -3.1 – 0.67× –
Frank Francisco 2012 +0.2 +2.1 5.5 -3.4 $28.4M 1.34× –
Lucas Duda 2012 -0.7 -4.3 0.5 -4.8 – 0.83× –
Johan Santana 2012 +1.3 +10.6 24.0 -13.4 $18.5M 1.02× –
Jason Bay 2012 -0.9 -5.9 16.0 -21.9 – 0.83× –
Jeurys Familia 2012 +0.0 +0.1 0.1 +0.0 $3.4M 0.67× –
Chris Schwinden 2012 -0.4 -3.0 – – – 1.02× –
Garrett Olson 2012 -0.0 -0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Jack Egbert 2012 +0.0 +0.0 – – – 0.67× –
Josh Satin 2012 -0.0 -0.1 – – – 0.56× –
Omar Quintanilla↔ 2012 +0.5 +2.1 – – – 0.56× –
Zach Lutz 2012 -0.2 -0.7 – – – 0.56× –
Total—+30.1+342.598.9+245.4—

Trades

Every graded 2012 deal involving the Mets — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 3 total.

2012 · NYM / TOR
NYM · Sandy Alderson +$369.6M
John Buck, Travis d'Arnaud, Noah Syndergaard, Wuilmer Becerra
TOR · Alex Anthopoulos −$369.6M
R. A. Dickey, Josh Thole, Mike Nickeas
NYM came out ahead by $369.6M
2012 · OAK / NYM
OAK · Billy Beane +$1.6M
Jefry Marte
NYM · Sandy Alderson −$1.6M
Collin Cowgill
OAK came out ahead by $1.6M
2012 · BOS / NYM
BOS · Ben Cherington +$0.0M
Pedro Beato
NYM · Sandy Alderson +$0.0M
Kelly Shoppach
Even trade

Current & Historical Payroll

2012 payroll
$98.8M

What the front office was committed to as of 2012, 2012–2018. 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 (14)

PlayerAgeSvc2012201320142015201620172018
Johan Santana3311.122$24.0MFREE AGENT
Jason Bay338.080$16.0MFREE AGENT
David Wright2913.075$15.0M$11.0M$20.0M$20.0M$20.0MFREE AGENT$20.0M
Frank Francisco327.053$5.5M$6.5MFREE AGENT
R.A. Dickey377.007$4.2MFREE AGENT
Jon Rauch337.126$3.5MFREE AGENT
Ramon E Ramirez306.000$2.6MFREE AGENT
Ronny Cedeno296.029$1.2MFREE AGENT
Scott Hairston326.102$1.1MFREE AGENT
Tim Byrdak386.150$1.0M$366kFREE AGENT
Miguel Batista4113.163$643kFREE AGENT
Chris Young338.000$546kFREE AGENT
Justin Hampson326.000$480kFREE AGENT
Kelly Shoppach326.021$418kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2012201320142015201620172018
Mike Pelfrey284.122$5.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
Andres Torres344.115$2.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
D.J. Carrasco355.103$1.2MFREE AGENT
Fred Lewis314.129$900kARB 3FREE AGENT
Manny Acosta314.024$875kARB 3FREE AGENT
Rob Johnson293.007$480kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Omar Quintanilla303.164—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jack Egbert293.000—ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Garrett Olson285.000—FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (26)

PlayerAgeSvc2012201320142015201620172018
Jonathon Niese252.107$770kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Daniel Murphy272.109$512kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ike Davis251.168$507kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Parnell272.132$504kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dillon Gee261.028$502kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Thole251.142$499kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Lucas Duda260.158$497kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Justin Turner271.045$491kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rubén Tejada221.053$491kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Nickeas292.000$481kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Collin McHugh250.000$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jordany Valdespin241.148$480kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Elvin Ramirez241.069$480kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeremy Hefner260.000$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jenrry Mejia220.110$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Baxter271.015$480kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Edgin250.000$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kirk Nieuwenhuis240.000$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Robert Carson230.000$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matt Harvey230.000$480kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pedro Beato251.000$310kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vinny Rottino320.112$240kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeurys Familia220.000$79kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Schwinden25–—
Zach Lutz260.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Satin271.145—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2012 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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