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GM: Sandy Alderson

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2014, 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
$85M
Surplus $M
+3
Win %
0.488
TAB
+0.0
WAB
+0.6
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
30.8
Dead money %
30%
Depth Players
8.0
Dead WAR
-4.0

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2014 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

RTravis d'Arnaud105
RAnthony Recker52
LJuan Centeno9
RTaylor Teagarden9

1B

LLucas Duda146
REric Campbell18
LIke Davis⇄12
RJosh Satin8
LDaniel Murphy1

2B

LDaniel Murphy126
RWilmer Flores19
RDilson Herrera17
BEric Young Jr.2
LOmar Quintanilla2
REric Campbell1

3B

RDavid Wright133
REric Campbell19
LDaniel Murphy16
RJosh Satin1
RWilmer Flores1

SS

RRubén Tejada114
RWilmer Flores51
LOmar Quintanilla11
REric Campbell2
RWilfredo Tovar1

LF

BEric Young Jr.73
LMatthew den Dekker28
REric Campbell20
LKirk Nieuwenhuis17
LCurtis Granderson10
RAndrew Brown8
LBobby Abreu5
LLucas Duda1

CF

RJuan Lagares112
RChris Young⇄27
LMatthew den Dekker18
LCurtis Granderson15
LKirk Nieuwenhuis14
BEric Young Jr.1

RF

LCurtis Granderson142
LBobby Abreu26
LKirk Nieuwenhuis6
RAndrew Brown4
REric Campbell3
LMatthew den Dekker1

DH

LBobby Abreu3
LLucas Duda3
RAndrew Brown2
REric Campbell2
BEric Young Jr.1
RTravis d'Arnaud1

Starters

RJacob deGrom3.9 WAR
LJon Niese2.4 WAR
RBartolo Colon2.2 WAR
RZack Wheeler2.2 WAR
RJenrry Mejia0.3 WAR
RDaisuke Matsuzaka0.3 WAR
RDillon Gee0.1 WAR
RCarlos Torres0.1 WAR
RRafael Montero-0.2 WAR

Bullpen

★ RJeurys Familia5 sv
RCarlos Torres12 h
RVic Black12 h
LScott Rice7 h
LJosh Edgin5 h
LDana Eveland2 h
RBuddy Carlyle2 h
RGonzalez Germen1 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 2013)

PlayerfWAR
Jacob deGrom3.9
Bartolo Colon2.2
Curtis Granderson1.2
Buddy Carlyle0.4
Eric Campbell0.4
Dana Eveland0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2013)

Player2013 fWAR
Marlon Byrd3.3
Shaun Marcum1.6
LaTroy Hawkins1.2
Jeremy Hefner0.6
Justin Turner0.5
Zach Lutz0.2

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 2014; everyone else is shown as a 2014 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Jacob deGrom 2014 +3.9 +68.8 0.4 +68.4 $0.1M 2.19× Free Agent · 2023–2028 · $37.0M AAV
Juan Lagares 2014 +2.9 +36.8 0.5 +36.3 $0.2M 1.60× –
Zack Wheeler 2014 +2.2 +26.2 0.5 +25.7 $0.2M 1.49× Extension · 2025–2027 · $42.0M AAV
Lucas Duda 2014 +3.1 +26.8 1.6 +25.2 $0.5M 1.07× –
Travis d'Arnaud 2014 +3.1 +25.1 0.5 +24.6 $0.2M 1.00× Free Agent · 2025–2026 · $6.0M AAV
Jonathon Niese 2014 +2.4 +28.8 5.0 +23.8 $2.1M 1.49× –
Bartolo Colon 2014 +2.2 +25.8 9.0 +16.8 $4.1M 1.49× –
Daniel Murphy 2014 +2.5 +21.8 5.7 +16.1 $2.3M 1.07× –
Jeurys Familia 2014 +1.0 +10.5 0.5 +10.0 $0.5M 1.34× –
Kirk Nieuwenhuis 2014 +1.1 +7.4 0.2 +7.1 $0.2M 0.83× –
Rubén Tejada 2014 +1.5 +7.3 1.1 +6.2 $0.7M 0.61× –
Wilmer Flores 2014 +1.2 +5.6 0.3 +5.3 $0.3M 0.61× –
Eric Young Jr. 2014 +0.8 +5.4 1.9 +3.6 $2.3M 0.83× –
Jenrry Mejia 2014 +0.3 +3.6 0.5 +3.1 $1.5M 1.34× –
Eric Campbell 2014 +0.4 +2.6 0.4 +2.2 $1.0M 0.83× –
Buddy Carlyle 2014 +0.4 +2.2 0.2 +2.0 $0.6M 0.67× –
Josh Edgin 2014 +0.4 +2.1 0.4 +1.7 $1.0M 0.67× –
Ike Davis↔ 2014 +0.4 +1.8 0.3 +1.5 $0.7M 0.56× –
Dana Eveland 2014 +0.2 +1.1 0.3 +0.8 $1.6M 0.67× –
Dilson Herrera 2014 +0.2 +0.8 0.1 +0.7 $0.5M 0.56× –
Daisuke Matsuzaka 2014 +0.3 +1.8 1.5 +0.3 $4.4M 0.67× –
Carlos Torres 2014 +0.1 +0.8 0.6 +0.2 $7.9M 1.34× –
Erik Goeddel 2014 +0.0 +0.2 0.1 +0.2 $1.7M 0.67× –
Dario Alvarez 2014 -0.2 -0.9 0.1 -0.9 – 0.67× –
Taylor Teagarden 2014 -0.2 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 – 0.52× –
Kyle Farnsworth↔ 2014 -0.1 -0.7 0.5 -1.2 – 0.67× –
Omar Quintanilla 2014 -0.2 -0.9 0.8 -1.7 – 0.61× –
Rafael Montero 2014 -0.2 -1.5 0.1 -1.7 – 1.02× –
Bobby Abreu 2014 -0.2 -1.4 0.4 -1.8 – 0.83× –
Jose Valverde 2014 -0.2 -1.1 1.0 -2.1 – 0.67× –
Josh Satin 2014 -0.4 -1.6 0.5 -2.1 – 0.56× –
Scott Rice 2014 -0.3 -1.5 0.5 -2.1 – 0.67× –
Anthony Recker 2014 -0.5 -1.9 0.5 -2.4 – 0.52× –
Andrew Brown 2014 -0.3 -2.0 0.5 -2.5 – 0.83× –
Dillon Gee 2014 +0.1 +1.1 3.6 -2.5 $25.9M 1.02× –
Gonzalez Germen 2014 -0.5 -2.8 0.5 -3.3 – 0.67× –
John Lannan 2014 -0.4 -2.1 1.5 -3.6 – 0.67× –
Bobby Parnell 2014 -0.0 -0.1 3.7 -3.8 – 0.67× –
Curtis Granderson 2014 +1.2 +8.0 13.0 -5.0 $10.8M 0.83× –
Chris Young↔ 2014 -0.0 -0.2 5.7 -6.0 – 0.83× –
David Wright 2014 +1.6 +11.1 20.0 -8.9 $12.2M 0.85× –
Vic Black 2014 +0.1 +0.5 0.5 +0.0 $4.9M 0.67× –
Juan Centeno 2014 -0.3 -1.3 – – – 0.52× –
Matthew den Dekker 2014 +1.0 +6.9 – – – 0.83× –
Wilfredo Tovar 2014 -0.0 -0.2 – – – 0.61× –
Total—+30.6+320.085.2+229.3—

Trades

Every graded 2014 deal involving the Mets — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 1 total.

2014 · NYM / PIT
NYM · Sandy Alderson +$4.0M
Zack Thornton, Blake Taylor
PIT · Neal Huntington −$4.0M
Ike Davis
NYM came out ahead by $4.0M

Current & Historical Payroll

2014 payroll
$85.4M

What the front office was committed to as of 2014, 2014–2020. 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 (8)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
David Wright3113.075$20.0M$20.0M$20.0MFREE AGENT$20.0M
Curtis Granderson3314.077$13.0M$16.0M$16.0M$11.3MFREE AGENT
Bartolo Colon4115.061$9.0M$11.0M$7.2MFREE AGENT
Chris Young307.045$5.7MFREE AGENT
Daisuke Matsuzaka336.039$1.5MFREE AGENT
Jose Valverde3611.000$1.0MFREE AGENT
Kyle Farnsworth3814.100$543kFREE AGENT
Bobby Abreu4016.165$361kFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (11)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Daniel Murphy294.109$5.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
Jonathon Niese274.107$5.0MARB 3FREE AGENT
Bobby Parnell294.132$3.7MARB 3FREE AGENT
Dillon Gee283.028$3.6MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Young Jr.295.000$1.9MFREE AGENT
John Lannan295.046$1.5MFREE AGENT
Omar Quintanilla324.164$800kARB 3FREE AGENT
Dana Eveland304.164$328kARB 3FREE AGENT
Ike Davis273.155$294kARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Buddy Carlyle365.002$232kFREE AGENT
Taylor Teagarden304.007$210kARB 3FREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (26)

PlayerAgeSvc2014201520162017201820192020
Lucas Duda282.137$1.6MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rubén Tejada242.171$1.1MARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Torres311.114$562kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Rice321.073$542kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Andrew Brown291.036$538kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zack Wheeler240.098$512kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jenrry Mejia241.140$510kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Satin290.145$507kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Lagares250.160$507kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Anthony Recker301.128$505kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Gonzalez Germen261.135$505kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeurys Familia241.030$503kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Vic Black260.040$502kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Travis d'Arnaud250.044$502kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Eric Campbell270.000$385kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jacob deGrom260.000$377kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Josh Edgin271.050$372kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wilmer Flores220.055$328kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kirk Nieuwenhuis261.015$208kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Rafael Montero230.000$137kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dilson Herrera200.000$85kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dario Alvarez250.151$77kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Erik Goeddel251.126$77kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Juan Centeno240.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Wilfredo Tovar220.000—Pre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Matthew den Dekker261.000—Pre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2014 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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