Mets Player Performance Meter, Week 2

by Eric Simon on Apr 21, 2011 10:00 AM EDT

Yea, the Mets have the worst record in baseball, so fan confidence is through the ground and you wouldn't imagine things could get much worse. This past week we've seen Brad Emaus designated for assignment and Justin Turner called up to take his place. Chris Young has been placed on the disabled list, as has Bobbby Parnell (or at least he will be any minute now).

Player	Last Week	This Week	Comment
Pedro Beato, RP			Beato continues to be the Mets' best reliever with another scoreless week under his belt. He struck out six in four innings spanning three games this week, and has outlasted Brad Emaus on the roster to be crowned Rule 5 Champion.
Carlos Beltran, RF			.273/.360/.455 over the past week, but the Mets won just one game so I'm sure that's Beltran's fault somehow. #BlameBeltran
Blaine Boyer, RP			Boyer didn't pan out for the Mets, so they cut him to make room for Izzy last week. He signed with the Pirates yesterday.
Tim Byrdak, RP			Despite being the only lefty in the bullpen, Byrdak only made it into two games this week and didn't do anything exceptional while he was in them. Half of his balls in play have gone for hits, so that probably won't last forever.
Taylor Buchholz, RP			Buchholz gave up a solo home run to the Rockies' Jonathan Herrera in one outing, but was flawless in two others.
Chris Capuano, SP			Bleah, seven runs in eight innings against the Rockies, not nearly redeemed by a third of an inning of scoreless relief against the Braves.
D.J. Carrasco, RP			I wish there were an "angry down" arrow for Carrasco this week: 4.2 innings pitched, four walks, three home runs.
Ike Davis, 1B			4-for-21 this week, but six walks as well. His ten walks and .400 on-base percentage lead the team.
R.A. Dickey, SP			Even the Dickster had a bad week, walking four and allowing five runs in 7.1 innings, covering a start and a relief appearance.
Brad Emaus, 2B			He stunk last week, he stunk this week, and now he's gone.
Scott Hairston, OF			Hairston hit .308/.357/.615 this week, albeit in just 13 at-bats. I'm optimistic that he'll be a useful backup outfielder and bench bat.
Willie Harris, OF			He's been mostly terrible following a few nice games to start the season. Mercifully, he won't get much playing time with Jason Bay returning to the lineup tonight.
Daniel Murphy, UT			The bat is coming around — the two-run, blue-collar blast last night certainly helped — and the defense has looked a lot smoother of late.
Jonathon Niese, SP			Goodness, this whole list is depressing. Just when I thought it couldn't possibly get any worse, Niese allows seven runs, two homers, and eight walks in 12 innings.
Angel Pagan, CF			His defense was a lot better this week, but his bat remains flaccid: .167/.214/.292 in his last 24 at-bats.
Bobby Parnell, RP			Just one run allowed in three innings, lowering his season ERA from 9.00 to 6.14. Circulation problems with his middle finger will shelve him for a little while.
Mike Pelfrey, SP			Had more ground outs (13) than fly outs (9) last time out, so that's something. He has allowed 29 hits in 16.2 innings, a .397 BABIP which seems destined to drop given his league-average line drive rate.
Jose Reyes, SS			Unspectacular week at the plate for Jose, but he drew three walks and belted his first home run, both good signs.
Francisco Rodriguez, RP			Three strikeouts and one walk in two innings is par for the course. Two games finished this week means his vesting option for 2012 is just 51 GFs away.
Josh Thole, C			Another Mets batter, another crummy week at the plate. Thole needs to draw walks and hit for average and he did neither of those things.
David Wright, 3B			Woof. .111/.172/.185 with eight strikeouts. Traid David Wrong?
Chris Young, SP			Well, he's on the disabled list now, which is too bad since he was one of the few bright spots so far.

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Can we talk about Carlos Beltran a little bit?

He’s been real fun to watch. Gotta enjoy every bit while we can.

by TheBigStapler on Apr 21, 2011 10:10 AM EDT reply actions

Beltran?

Yes Beltran has been the only good thing about the 2011 METS. My concern is, all his hits and HR’s have NOT produced a single win :{ I think of Belltran as A-Rod, he gets alot of hit and HR’s, but, not in the clutch, or, when the really matter. I hits 5 solo HR;s in one game, and the METS are down 2-11. who really cares? We need him to keep up this level, and, help get this team some wins. The same thing for Reyes, if he steals 100 bases and we still loose, what good is it? The team has to click as a team, they win as a team or loose as a team.

by PiazzaHOF on Apr 21, 2011 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

So he should play badly in losses and play well only if the team is going to win the game?

I believe in one Dickey, Maker of knuckles and balls

by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Apr 21, 2011 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs

duh.

Now, kids, being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep; in giant blender.

by meigs1414 on Apr 21, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions

Your assessment of Beltran's ability "in the clutch"

Is about as accurate as your assessment of A-Rod, meaning not at all.

by dcmetsfan on Apr 21, 2011 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

How about

He needs to keep doing what he’s doing and the rest of the team needs to pick it up?

by TheBigStapler on Apr 21, 2011 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

If a few players perform great and we lose

then we need more players who perform great.

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by Russ on Apr 21, 2011 10:31 AM EDT up reply actions

Congratulations!

You fail!

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by Steve Schreiber on Apr 21, 2011 10:40 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

BTW

I think this comment has to be the leader in the clubhouse for this week’s Sitebot facepalm of the week. I double-facepalmed after reading this…it overtook my brain with the level of fail.

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by Steve Schreiber on Apr 21, 2011 10:45 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

Other than the spelling, grammar, capitalization and logic errors

What’s wrong with it?

by dcmetsfan on Apr 21, 2011 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

If you ignore all those things, then nothing.

I just happen to count logic about 20 times in my assessment.

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by Steve Schreiber on Apr 21, 2011 11:16 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

lobby'd

Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?

by KeithsMoustache on Apr 21, 2011 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

#blamebeltran

by MCATDT on Apr 21, 2011 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

#blamebeltran

even when he is playing well, it is his fault.

His fault the team isnt playing well,
his fault the hitters arent hitting better
his fault the bullpen is so brittle
his fault the starters are sucking it
his fault the manager bunts in the worst possible places…there are few good places to bunt
his fault the LA Dodgers are under MLB control
His fault the BP oil spill occured
His fault Japan was hit by a Tsunami
His fault Indian Point is built on two faults

#blamebeltran for everything

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by ScottfromPeekskill on Apr 21, 2011 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Ohboy.

The hits and HRs and steals are the stuff wins are made of, friend.

by tmu on Apr 21, 2011 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Was wondering how this article had so many posts

Now I know.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Apr 21, 2011 2:51 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs

How much do you bet if it was Jeff Francoeur putting up these numbers

people would claim

"he’s trying the win the game for the team all by himself! What a clubhouse guy! What grission!

Instead, when Beltran does it, he becomes

a selfish asshole just padding his stats

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by Aidan Gibson on Apr 21, 2011 4:23 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

you do realize how silly this argument sounds right?

Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know? A headache with pictures?

by KeithsMoustache on Apr 21, 2011 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Okay

who rec’d this comment and where can we find you so we can burn you at the stake?

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by Steve Schreiber on Apr 21, 2011 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

False sense of hope for 2011 :{

After the past few seasons, I really thought that 2001 would be a better season, and, here is my reasons why. Beltran back and in the walk year of his contract, the same thing for Reyes, Bay back from the DL and he will have a bounce back year after a bad 2010, Ollie and Louie both gone, a young guy behind the plate and at second, Ike just being Ike , a new GM and Manager. I really beleived that all these things would add up to a fun and exciting 2011. I was correct it has been exciting, but, in the wrong way :{

by PiazzaHOF on Apr 21, 2011 10:11 AM EDT reply actions

For reals

I suppose it would have been easier to swallow had we fallen out of contention in July instead of April!

by TheBigStapler on Apr 21, 2011 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah

I really thought 2001 would be better too. That’s what happens when players age and you switch Hampton for Kevin Appier and Steve Trachsel.

Wait…what year is it?

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by Steve Schreiber on Apr 21, 2011 10:48 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

We were in the World Series last year, remember?

God Damn Timo Perez…

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Apr 21, 2011 2:52 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Rec'd for "Goodness, this whole list is depressing."

I believe in one Dickey, Maker of knuckles and balls

by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Apr 21, 2011 10:23 AM EDT reply actions

Was Josh Thole just a flash in the pan?

0.333 wOBA 59 PAs Sept/Oct 2009
0.446 wOBA 06 PAs June 2010
0.376 wOBA 38 PAs July 2010
0.339 wOBA 73 PAs August 2010
0.286 wOBA 85 PAs Sept/Oct 2010
0.235 wOBA 55 PAs April 2011

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by Russ on Apr 21, 2011 10:38 AM EDT reply actions

Too early to say, but

Right now he is a contact hitter who can’t make contact. The K rate is much, much higher this year. (and higher than at any point since he first broke into the professional ranks) He’s swinging at more pitches outside the zone and making less contact.

You also have to be careful just splitting out small wOBA samples like that, you can get a lot of BABIP noise. For example, his slump in Sept/Oct was completely BABIP driven, as his periphreals and batted ball data stayed the same. This year, though, he is clearly swinging and missing a lot, while his BABIP is normal.

It is only 55 PA, and you might as well give him the whole year, as there’s nobody coming down the pipe anyway. I still think he can basically be an OBP driven, but completely average hitter, as long as he can keep his contact rate up.

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by Jeffrey Paternostro on Apr 21, 2011 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions

Swinging at more pitches outside of the zone

Sounds like he’s pressing, like everyone else does when the team is in a losing streak. He’s got good enough plate discipline that this should even out over the course of the season.

by JoshNY on Apr 21, 2011 11:45 AM EDT up reply actions

he is coming up with the David Wrightitis

striking out, if you looked at him he is a contact guy, but has been having trouble

in the previous 2 seasons he had only 30 K in 284 PA, this season he is at 15 in 59. That is from 1K/9.5 PA to 1K/4PA

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by Rickfansince76 on Apr 21, 2011 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions

I miss the David Wright who was the best hitter in the league with 2 strikes

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by KeithsMoustache on Apr 21, 2011 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Beltran, Reyes,

IMO, are the lone bright spots right now.

The rotation is decidedly “meh”, the bullpen sucks, and the rest of the lineup have their heads up their ass. As for the 3rd baseman, he should be dropped in the order until he starts hitting. I am starting to get the distinct impression that his best years may be behind him. Or maybe it is all booze speaking.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by fxcarden on Apr 21, 2011 10:55 AM EDT reply actions

cough>Beato<cough

I believe in Dillon Gee!
Logic Your Sense Makes None.

by JoeBighead on Apr 21, 2011 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

eh....

SSS, but he does look promising.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by fxcarden on Apr 21, 2011 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions

It's quite disheartening about Wright

He’s still a great player and I consider him the best on the team but after his 2007 and 2008, we thought he’d be a perennial MVP candidate.

2007 – 8.6 WAR
2008 – 7.6 WAR
2009 – 3.5 WAR
2010 – 4.1 WAR

by TheBigStapler on Apr 21, 2011 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions

what is is 2011 WAR ?

SSS not withstanding

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by fxcarden on Apr 21, 2011 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions

As per fangraphs

0.0

by aparkermarshall on Apr 21, 2011 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions

well, then......

that is a pretty steady decline, assuming he ends the year around 3.×.

don’t get me wrong, I hope he catches fire and winds up with 6 or something like that, but I just don’t see it happening.

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by fxcarden on Apr 21, 2011 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions

HARRUMPH

What changed b/w 2008 and 2009???

and don’t give me any of this “he didn’t hit on the road, either” crap. If your home field causes you to change your approach at home, you’re screwed on the road, too.

Not sure how CitiField made him suck in the field, though.

by tmu on Apr 21, 2011 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions

I say citi made him suck because he changed his swing to try and hit for more power

opening up more holes which is what’s led to the K’s.

amest I bovvered forsooth?
ARE YOU DISRESPECTING THE HOUSE OF CITI
ARE YOU CALLING REYES A POX RIDDEN WENCH
ARE YOU CALLING DAVID WRIGHT A GOODLY ROTTEN APPLE
CAUSE HE AIN'T EVEN A GOODLY ROTTEN APPLE THOUGH

by Gina on Apr 21, 2011 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

Couldn't that be noticed in the video room though?

It can’t be as simple as that.

There is no hope.... there is no future....there is only GRISSIONZ

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by Syler on Apr 21, 2011 5:04 PM EDT up reply actions

Noticing =/= fixing

A lot has to happen quickly in the batter’s box.

by tmu on Apr 21, 2011 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions

also long live the #blameciti movement

I am totally with you on it.

by Gina on Apr 21, 2011 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I realize that we're agreeing with a lot of FAN callers here

but I firmly believe that Wright was hosed by the stadium. It wasn’t intentional, obviously — in fact, if anything, they may have thought the right field upper deck would play like old Tiger Stadium. Wasn’t there supposed to be an overhang? — but the stadium as constructed is very frustrating for him.

Another speculative theory of the Zubaz set is that getting beaned affected him. He sure did seem to be standing WAY off the plate last year.

Anyway, I haven’t reviewed the “O-swing%” or any of the other handy hitting peripherals. Presumably he’s takign too many pitches in the zone and swinging at and missing too many pitches everywhere.

by tmu on Apr 21, 2011 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions

His fielding is a big diffetence, if you ask me

Going from a positive UZR to a negative is probably worth a half WAR or so. It’d be more palatable seeing 5.0 WARs than 4.0s or 3.0s.

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Apr 21, 2011 2:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

It would help

But the OPS has dropped, too.

by tmu on Apr 21, 2011 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions

this, plus in terms of WAR he was a 6-8 WAR player, so while 5 WAR would be an improvement

it would still be a bit below what we expected, not to mention most fielders decline in their late 20s, but usually at least for players that were elite hitters, their hitting improves to make up the difference.

by Gina on Apr 22, 2011 9:15 AM EDT up reply actions

I'm really happy about Reyes and Beltran.

This is good.
Beato is also good and also makes me happy.
Happy=good.
Are we forgetting some people (Isranghausen, Gee [also bright spots]) or do we just not doing the whole team.

I believe in Dillon Gee!
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by JoeBighead on Apr 21, 2011 11:05 AM EDT reply actions

Hu also gets a down arrow

I can't imagine how you forgot him

0-4 with 3 Ks (that is only a little better than I could do)

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by hotspur on Apr 21, 2011 11:11 AM EDT reply actions

Is he even on the team?

Hu who?

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by ScottfromPeekskill on Apr 21, 2011 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions