New York Mets
Established: 1962
Other Names:
None
2016 results: 87-75,
2nd in NL East
Lost Wild Card Game to San Francisco
2017 Prediction: 3rd
World Series Titles: 2
Most Recent: 1986
Last World Series
Appearance: 2015
Last Division Title: 2015
Ballpark: Citi
Field
Est: 2009
Best Season: 1986
Off the field, the 1986 Mets
were not exactly a group of role models. Several books have been written over
the years detailing the drug and alcohol problems a lot of the players endured.
But on the field, the Mets never had a better team. They easily won the NL East
title with a 108-54 record, 21 ½ games ahead of the second place Philadelphia
Phillies. In the NLCS, they took on the Houston Astros and eventually won the
series in six-games. But it wasn’t easy. Three of their wins were by just one
run and two of them went to extra innings. A two-run, ninth-inning home run by
centre-fielder Lenny Dykstra in Game 3, turned a 5-4 deficit into a 6-5 win.
After a 12-inning 2-1 win in Game 5, the Mets and Astros battled for 16 innings
in Game 6 before the Mets won, 7-6. But the World Series would be even more
dramatic. The Mets dropped the first two games at home to the Boston Red Sox
before rebounding to tie the series in Fenway. After dropping Game 5, the Mets
were down by two runs in the bottom of the tenth with two out in Game 6 when
they staged a three-run comeback capped by the dramatic Mookie Wilson ground
ball that went through Sox first baseman Bill Buckner’s legs. An 8-5 victory in
Game 7 gave the Mets their second and (to date) last World Series Championship.
Best All-time Player:
David Wright
While injuries have hampered his
play in recent years, Wright is arguably the best player the Mets franchise has
ever had. He is the all-time leader in runs scored (949), hits (1777), total
bases (2945), doubles (390) and RBIs (970). He has a career .296 average and
has hit 242 home runs. The seven-time All-Star has also won two Gold Gloves and
two Silver Sluggers.
Best Player on the
Current Roster: Yoenis Cespedes
While many would question the
attitude, there’s no denying the talent that Cespedes has brought to the Mets
since being acquired in 2015. In 189 games with the Mets over a year and a
half, he has a batting average of .282, slugged 48 home runs, driven in 130
runs, was an All-Star and won a Silver Slugger Award in 2016. There are no
problems with his defense either as he won a Gold Glove in 2015.
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