Our All Time Top 50 New York Mets have been updated to reflect the 2022 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top 50 New York Mets.
As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, New York made it to the playoffs, though were bounced in the Wild Card round. The 2022 season saw one huge rise, and two new entries.
As always, we present our top five, which had no changes.
1. Tom Seaver
3. Jacob deGrom
4. David Wright
You can find the entire list here.
Notably, deGrom, who played for the Mets last season before signing with Texas as a Free Agent, did not do enough to move up from #3.
Power hitter, Pete Alonso, rocketed up from #49 to #24, and could make an eventual run for a top five spot.
Jeff McNeil debuts at #27, a reflection of his 2022 Season and the closeness of those in the bottom 25.
The other new entry is Outfielder, Brandon Nimmo, who enters at #35.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
22. Jeff McNeil
Jeff McNeil is still with the New York Mets as of this writing, where his orthodox style (he competes with a knobless bat) is considered a throwback of sorts, as he is a contact hitter who rarely strikes out.
McNeil has played multiple positions for the Mets (mostly between Second and Leftfield) after debuting in the Majors in 2018, and only needed one season to become an All-Star off a 23 Home Run/.318 Season. McNeil batted .311 in the COVID-shortened 2020 campaign, and after battling injuries in 2021, exploded in 2022, with his second All-Star season and his first Batting Title (.326). He also had career-highs in Hits (179), Doubles (39), and won his first Silver Slugger.
If McNeil wins another Batting Title, he could vault again up this list, but he is coming off his worst year with only 12 taters and a sub .240 Batting Average.