Trivia
As pitchers and catchers officially reported to Spring Training, new Mets manager Mickey Callaway is seeking to bring the Mets back to the World Series. In some ways, 2015 is another lifetime ago. Still, it really was only three years ago.
In total, there would be 49 players who appeared in a game for the Mets. Of that 49, there are only 13 who will be on the Mets Opening Day roster this season. Can you name them? Good luck!
Travis d’Arnaud Kevin Plawecki Wilmer Flores David Wright Juan Lagares Yoenis Cespedes Michael Conforto Jacob deGrom Matt Harvey Noah Syndergaard Steven Matz Hansel Robles Jenrry Mejia Rafael Montero Jerry Blevins
With the Mets signing Todd Frazier, the team has added a third baseman who has averaged 30 homers since the 2013 season. In their history, the Mets have seen third baseman who could hit for that type of power. However, there have not been that many who have been able to do so.
Are you able to name the third baseman in Mets history who have hit the most homers? Good luck!
(NOTE: to qualify, it is players who have played at third more than any other position. As a result, Edgardo Alfonzo and Bobby Bonilla do not qualify)
David Wright Howard Johnson Robin Ventura Wayne Garrett Charley Smith
With Johan Santana disappointingly getting dropped off the Hall of Fame ballot after failing to receive five percent of the vote, he will not join Tom Seaver, Mike Piazza, and other former Mets who have entered the Hall of Fame. He will also not join five other Hall of Famers who finished their careers as a member of the New York Mets.
Can you name those five Hall of Famers? Good luck!
Despite Daniel Murphy winning the 2015 NLCS MVP, the Mets seemed all too happy to let him depart via free agency. Instead of Murphy, the Mets first sought after Ben Zobrist, who spurned them for the Cubs, before trading Jon Niese for Neil Walker.
Walker was supposed to stabilize the position, and there was hopes he would be a Met for the long haul with the team offering him the qualifying offer. Instead, Walker had two injury riddled years before he was traded to the Brewers for minor league right-hand relief prospect Eric Hanhold.
Now, the Mets are once again in the position of finding out who their next second baseman will be. That task becomes all the more difficult when Ian Kinsler rejected a trade to the Mets, upper management rejected a trade for Jason Kipnis, and the Mets are reportedly not entertaining trading Brandon Nimmo for Josh Harrison.
The end result likely is the second base quagmire will continue. That quagmire has seen the Mets play 12 different players at second base over the past two seasons. Can you name them all? Good luck!
Kelly Johnson T.J. Rivera Wilmer Flores Matt Reynolds Ty Kelly Eric Campbell Jose Reyes Gavin Cecchini Phillip Evans Asdrubal Cabrera Travis d’Arnaud
With Jay Bruce returning to the Mets, he is attempting to win a World Series during his second stint with the team. That is just a feat accomplished just once in Mets history. In fact, there are only 10 players who have been to the postseason in their second stint with the team. Can you name those players? Good luck!
Jim Gosger Lee Mazzilli Bobby Bonilla Josias Manzanillo Jeff Tam Kelly Stinnett Pedro Feliciano Roberto Hernandez Kelly Johnson Jon Niese
Yesterday, the Mets had a player unexpectedly fall to them who could be of great help to them in 2018. Because the Mets are who they are, that player was immediately traded to the Kansas City Royals for cash considerations or a player to be named later.
Still, that player counts as a Mets Rule 5 pick much in the same way Johan Santana counts as a Florida Marlins Rule 5 Draft Pick even though he was immediately traded to the Minnesota Twins.
With the Mets having made another Rule 5 pick, can you name the Rule 5 draft picks the team has made in during the Sandy Alderson era? Good luck!
Brad Emaus Pedro Beato Burch Smith Kyle Lobstein Sean Gilmartin Seth Rosin
Since the Mets first season in 1962, the franchise has the most 90 loss seasons in baseball. Generally speaking, if you look at the players who have received the most plate appearances in those seasons you can ascertain why those teams have struggled so. Conversely, you can also look at the players with the most plate appearances and see why the Mets were good that season. Can you name the Mets players who have had the most plate appearances each year? Good luck!
Jose Reyes Curtis Granderson Daniel Murphy David Wright Mike Cameron Ty Wigginton Roberto Alomar Todd Zeile Edgardo Alfonzo John Olerud Jose Vizcaino Lance Johnson Bobby Bonilla Eddie Murray Howard Johnson Gregg Jefferies Keith Hernandez Mookie Wilson Dave Kingman Lee Mazzilli Willie Montanez Felix Millan Rusty Staub Bud Harrelson Tommie Agee Ed Kranepool Joe Christopher Frank Thomas Ron Hunt Tommy Davis Cleon Jones
With Carlos Beltran retiring, the clock on his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame is a matter not of if but when. When that day comes, Beltran will become just the third Hall of Famer who has played for both the Mets and the Yankees. Can you name the other two? Good Luck!
With the Mets only having so many holes this offseason, it appears the team is going to have to make a few strikes in free agency. Presumably, the sooner the team locks up a Todd Frazier or an Addison Reed, they can quickly shift their focus to the next need. There’s just one problem. In his tenure as the Mets GM, Sandy’s first free agent acqusition has typically been lacklaster.
Can you name the first MLB free agent Sandy has signed with the Mets each offseason? Good luck!
D.J. Carrasco Ronny Paulino Jon Rauch Shaun Marcum Chris Young Michael Cuddyer Asdrubal Cabrera Neil Ramirez
When your team isn’t in the World Series, you look for different reasons to root for one team or another. One of the reasons is rooting for some of your favorite Mets. This year is a little more difficult with players on both sides even with Curtis Granderson being left off the World Series roster.
Can you name the former Mets from the Sandy Alderson regime who have played in the World Series since 2011? Good luck!
Justin Turner Angel Pagan Chris Young Collin McHugh Carlos Beltran Tyler Clipboard