The New York Mets’ news and rumors of the day are here! Pete Alonso keeps receiving awards and recognitions, which is normal when you rake to the tune of a team-leading 143 wRC+ in your first season.
Otherwordly ace Jacob deGrom had two very odd statistical lines in 2019. Also, a known projection system, Â ZiPS, just went over the Mets in its latest series.
Here are the New York Mets’ news and rumors of the day:
MLB.com: Pete Alonso received the Breakout Player of the Year award from MLB.com. He earned the distinction as part of a list of 40 major-league players who had a 2019 to remember.
Alonso, the reigning National League Rookie of the Year, hit .260 with 53 home runs and an outstanding .941 OPS. In his first season, he made the All-Star team and was seventh in the NL MVP Award voting. He crushed the Home Run Derby at Progressive Field with a victory and 57 round-trippers.
MLB.com: MLB also mentioned the Mets’ ace Jacob deGrom in its latest article, “Statistical Oddities of 2019.â€
Writer Manny Randhawa said that “Jacob deGrom had two games in 2019 in which he struck out at least 13 batters while homering in the same contest — he did it on April 3 against the Marlins in Miami (14 strikeouts), and on Aug. 23 against the Braves at Citi Field (13 strikeouts).â€
Fangraphs: Writer Dan Szymborski is publishing his annual projection system ZiPS. The latest team in the website, which he detailed over the weekend, was the New York Mets.
ZiPS didn’t like Robinson Cano’s 2019 season, and that is why he is currently projecting to be one of the team’s weakest players next year. On the other hand, the system has bounceback seasons from Edwin Diaz and Jeurys Familia in store.
Additionally, ZiPS if forecasting 43 home runs for Pete Alonso and 31 for Michael Conforto. Also in store are Cy-Young caliber seasons from Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard, which the Mets would surely love. Go take a look to the full projections.