Mets Player Performance Meter, Week 10

by Chris McShane on Jun 16, 2011 1:00 PM EDT

It's been a good week for the Mets. Beginning last Thursday, they won their series finale in Milwaukee, split a four-game series in Pittsburgh, and took the first two games against the Braves the past couple of nights. In the process, they passed the Marlins to move into third place and finally got back to .500.

The starting pitching has been outstanding, but the lineup has been able to score at a pretty good pace, especially given the fact that David Wright and Ike Davis have been on the shelf for quite some time now. The bullpen certainly isn't perfect, but it appears to have gotten over its collective woes from the beginning of the month.

All stats below are from June 9 through June 15.

Player	Last Week	This Week	Comment
Manny Acosta			Loaded the bases while recording only one out in his only appearance.
Jason Bay, LF			Another week without an extra-base hit. Will Bay get a green arrow in this space before the end of July?
Pedro Beato, RP			He was used only once and walked the only batter he faced.
Carlos Beltran, RF			No extra-base hits for Carlos either, but his week wasn't awful or anything.
Taylor Buchholz, RP			No changes in Buchholz's DL status.
Tim Byrdak, RP			Four strikeouts and one walk in two innings of scoreless work, some of which was against righty hitters.
Chris Capuano, SP			With another great start, Capuano's ERA slowly gets closer to his xFIP, which is third-best on the staff at 3.86.
D.J. Carrasco, RP			Called up from Buffalo after going there to work things out, D.J. threw 2.1 innings without allowing a baserunner.
Ike Davis, 1B			He's got a doctor's appointment next week, so there's that.
R.A. Dickey, SP			Dickey went eight innings strong, and if it seems like the bullpen has gotten rest lately it's because the starters are giving the team innings.
Lucas Duda			In limited playing time, Duda's still not hitting major league pitching.
Dillon Gee, SP			Twelve more innings, ten strikeouts, two walks, and only one run allowed. Would have been even more innings if not for the weather last night.
Scott Hairston, OF			Unlike last week, Hairston played, and one of his two trips to the plate resulted in a home run.
Willie Harris, OF			In six plate appearances, .500/.667/.500. That's the smallest of samples, but by Harris' standards that's a good week.
Jason Isringhausen, RP			Izzy's been successful overall but not dominating, and his one run in two innings this week was more of that.
Daniel Murphy, 2B			He made a pretty big unofficial error at third base to help cost the Mets a game and hit .286/.333/.357.
Jon Niese, SP			A 1.93 ERA in fourteen innings, and these days it's becoming clear that Niese is the best pitcher on the team.
Angel Pagan, CF			The 1.106 OPS on the week almost earned him the fireball, but he made a couple of baserunning blunders to remain at the green arrow.
Bobby Parnell, RP			Seven strikeouts in three innings of work. That's the Parnell I've really liked watching the past two seasons.
Ronny Paulino			He didn't hit much, but his playing time is down as Thole has looked better at the plate.
Mike Pelfrey, SP			The rotation is on a roll, and that certainly includes Pelfrey. Seven excellent innings of work for him.
Jason Pridie, CF			Not much production here in only a handful of trips to the plate.
Jose Reyes, SS			.375/.364/.594 with a pair of stolen bases, and he's scorching the ball every game.
Francisco Rodriguez, RP			Looks like his short span of struggles has subsided.
Ruben Tejada			He's looking a lot more like Ruben Tejada at the plate.
Josh Thole, C			He's not exactly tearing it up, but the .364 OBP this week is pretty much what the Mets hope for in Thole.
Justin Turner, 2B			He didn't hit much early in the week and has a sore thumb now.
David Wright, 3B			Like Davis, he'll see the doctor next week and hope for good news on his injury.

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Jose's balls are on fire

I know, I know. Couldn’t resist.

by tmu on Jun 16, 2011 1:05 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

jose

Jose

I hate Philadelphia so much.

by the caveman on Jun 16, 2011 1:13 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

Reyes#7

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by Steve Schreiber on Jun 16, 2011 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Jose's pelotas en fuego.

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by TKFJ on Jun 16, 2011 1:15 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

I love Jose as much as the next guy

but why is his OBP 11 points lower than his average? Don’t get me wrong, he’s still amazing

Ryan Miller was the true MVP. See my profile for rant.

by Jsz on Jun 16, 2011 1:42 PM EDT reply actions

40 years of scoring games

and I learned this last week.

by Kepler on Jun 16, 2011 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions

.346 AVG .389 OBP

Looks like his OBP is higher than his average.

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by Russ on Jun 16, 2011 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions

For the week

Not the season

by Evan_S on Jun 16, 2011 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions

My bad

You are correct!

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by Russ on Jun 16, 2011 2:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Man, if weren't for Murphy's error and a bullpen meltdown in Milwaukee

they could potentially be 8-1 on this road trip.

by David G on Jun 16, 2011 1:49 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs

And if the opponents played differently, the Mets could be 1-8 on this road trip

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by Russ on Jun 16, 2011 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

Or if our opponents played even more differently

The Mets could be 68-0.

by Evan_S on Jun 16, 2011 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs

And Blaine Boyer would be a Cy Young candidate

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by Russ on Jun 16, 2011 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Damn our opponents!!!

#firesandyalderson

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by Steve Schreiber on Jun 16, 2011 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Fucking logic

Squeezed to Song and Bendtner and Song and Nasri oh lovely lovely lovely!
-Peter Drury, the one time his commentating has ever been acceptable.

by Aidan Gibson on Jun 16, 2011 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions

This logic tree got way out of hand.

by David G on Jun 16, 2011 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions

I think every starting pitcher deserves the fireball

I mean, hot damn, look at the scores from the Mets’ last 7 games:

W 4-1
W 8-1
L 3-2
W 7-0
L 3-1
W 4-3
W 4-0

1.57 RA/G … every starting pitcher has been masterful

by BJabs on Jun 16, 2011 1:55 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs

that's pretty.

by SuperT on Jun 16, 2011 3:00 PM EDT up reply actions

So score 4+ = Winz. Scoring -3 = Losing

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by Xfactor26 on Jun 16, 2011 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions

awesome icon for Reyes

Any task BIG or small, Do it well or not at all

by Rickfansince76 on Jun 16, 2011 2:28 PM EDT reply actions

Is the arrow relative to the prior week or to baseline expectations?

If the former, Bay could already have locked up a green arrow with 2 hits yesterday.

by Kepler on Jun 16, 2011 2:48 PM EDT reply actions

It's not relative to his performance last week,

just whether or not the week was any good.

by Chris McShane on Jun 16, 2011 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Just for fun, if you had to part with one starting pitcher, who would it be?

I’ve been very happy with everyone but Pelfrey though I’d have a hard time giving him the boot because of his track record. Gee is the opposite, someone who has a limited track record but a ton of success so far.

This will become an actual question when Santana returns but we’ll have a larger sample size to work with.

by TheBigStapler on Jun 16, 2011 3:07 PM EDT reply actions

Santana is not going to return

so the point is moot.

One day, this team is going to kill me.

by fxcarden on Jun 16, 2011 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't think this is something we need to worry about.

In baseball, there are always injuries. When the baseball you follow is Mets baseball, you can pretty much mark it down that there will be injuries. It’s the same thing with all of these discussions of who sits and who plays in regards to Turner/Tejada/Murphy when Ike and Wright come back. Someone always gets hurts. Or barring this someone’s performance will regress or their production will dovetail.

It’ll be easier to make the decisions when our stars do actually come back healthy and ready to go. We’ll have a much larger sample size to work with and a whole different set of circumstances at feet.

For now, let’s just enjoy this magic carpet ride for as long as it goes.

by Fmaxpont on Jun 16, 2011 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions

Dickey's arrow show go up even more now.

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/26541/dickey-shaves-era-without-pitching

First thing I thought was, “Dickey Shaves…”. Hmmm.. It’s very important to be extremely careful when working in that area and yes, it does make it look bigger. Or so I’ve heard.

by Fmaxpont on Jun 16, 2011 5:20 PM EDT reply actions