Justin Toscano of The Record wrote the latest in what appears to be a series of articles giving the pros and cons of keeping Brodie Van Wagenen on as the New York Mets General Manager.

There has been much written on Van Wagenen’s tenure, especially here, but when we look at it the seminal moment might’ve been the Jed Lowrie signing. After all, that was the “Come get us” moment.

As explained by Michael Mayer of MMO, things didn’t quite work out that way.

List of players with more hits with the Mets than Jed Lowrie:

Ray Searage
Dae-Sung Koo
Jerry Blevins
Eduardo Nunez
Mike Glavine
Turk Wendell
Yogi Berra
Aaron Heilman
Vinegar Bend Mizell
Larry Bowa
Dock Ellis
Billy Beane
Kenny Rogers
Warren Spahn
Don Zimmer

— Michael Mayer (@mikemayer22) October 8, 2020

Really, the best way to sum up how poorly the Lowrie signing went is Bartolo Colon had more homers with the Mets than Lowrie had hits. More to the point, Colon, who set a Major League record for PA before his first walk, drew as many walks as Lowrie did with the Mets.

Colon has nine more runs, 15 more hits, four more doubles, one more homer, and six more RBI than Lowrie has with the Mets. They’ve also played the same amount of innings at second, third, and short.

Now, this isn’t to poke fun at Lowrie. He’s been a very good player throughout his career, and by all accounts, he’s been a good guy.

Rather, this just yet again highlights how horrific Van Wagenen’s tenure as GM has been. As a result, the articles looking for reasons for him to stay are really reaching.

Looking at everything, once Steve Cohen is approved, it’s time to come get a real GM.