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SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

Benjamin Grimm Oct 03 2014 09:05 AM

THE SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014 PLAYER OF THE YEAR The Schaefer Mets Player of the Year for 2014 is first-time winner LUCAS DUDA. Duda led the Mets in 2014 in multiple categories: Home runs (30), runs batted in (92), on base percentage (.349), slugging percentage (.481), OPS (.830) and total bases (247). This is only the second time that the leading Schaefer vote getter had fewer than 100 points. (David Wright had the lowest total for Schaefer winners, with 91.72 points in 2009.) Still, Lucas managed to finish 19.20 points ahead of runner-up Curtis Granderson. (That's right! Curtis Granderson finished in second place!) PREVIOUS WINNERS: 2005 - David Wright, 140.17*; 2006 - David Wright, 121.16; 2007 - David Wright, 124.77; 2008 - Johan Santana, 121.37; 2009 - David Wright, 91.72; 2010 - David Wright, 117.56; 2011 - José Reyes, 104.96; 2012 - David Wright, 113.06; 2013 - Daniel Murphy, 107.30. * Totals were higher in 2005 because of a rule specifying that ten points were to be awarded for each game. PITCHER OF THE YEAR The Schaefer Mets Pitcher of the Year is also a first-time winner, BARTOLO COLON, who led the Mets in wins with 15 and in innings pitched with 202.1. His 4.09 ERA trailed Jon Niese (3.40) and Zack Wheeler (3.54), the only other two Mets pitchers who threw enough innings to qualify. This competition was very close, and the winner wasn't determined until the final week of the season. Colon finished only 0.79 points ahead of Wheeler, who was only 0.28 points ahead of Niese. Jacob deGrom, who finished fourth among pitchers, was only 4.19 points behind Colon, which means that that last skipped start definitely cost deGrom a chance at the title. PREVIOUS WINNERS: 2005 - Pedro Martinez, 120.68*; 2006 - Tom Glavine, 80.26; 2007 - Tom Glavine, 75.97; 2008 - Johan Santana, 121.37; 2009 - Johan Santana, 84.61; 2010 - Johan Santana, 90.42; 2011 - R.A. Dickey, 69.40; 2012 - R.A. Dickey, 110.12; 2013 - Matt Harvey, 86.68. * Totals were higher in 2005 because of a rule specifying that ten points were to be awarded for each game. RELIEF PITCHER OF THE YEAR The Mets Relief Pitcher of the Year is yet another first-time winner, CARLOS TORRES. Carlos pitched 73 games in 2014, all but one in relief, and 35.74 of his 39.19 Schaefer points were earned from the bullpen. His only competition for the title was from Jeurys Familia, who finished 2.48 points behind Torres. Jenrry Mejia was third, with 25.56 points from the bullpen, and Vic Black (15.77) was fourth. PREVIOUS WINNERS: 2006 - Billy Wagner, 40.39; 2007 - Aaron Heilman, 34.86; 2008 - Aaron Heilman, 34.50; 2009 - Francisco Rodriguez, 38.58; 2010 - Hisanori Takahashi 28.69; 2011 - Pedro Beato, 25.93; 2012 - Bobby Parnell, 29.01; 2013 - LaTroy Hawkins, 32.30. BENCH PLAYER OF THE YEAR The Bench Player of the Year is also a first-time winner, ERIC CAMPBELL. Eric earned 5.89 points in games in which he did not start, ahead of Lucas Duda (4.56), Chris Young (4.03) and Kirk Nieuwenhuis (3.99). PREVIOUS WINNERS: 2006 - Julio Franco, 7.16; 2007 - Marlon Anderson, 10.39; 2008 - Damion Easley, 5.06; 2009 - Fernando Tatis, 8.37; 2010 - Chris Carter, 9.28; 2011 - Scott Hairston, 8.77; 2012 - Jordany Valdespin, 13.84; 2013 - Jordany Valdespin, 8.70. The only Mets players who did not earn any Schaefer points in 2014 were Bobby Parnell and Wilfredo Tovar. SCHAEFER METS PLAYER OF THE WEEK, 2014 Week ending April 5: Juan Lagares, 5.68 points. Week ending April 12: Eric Young, 4.89 points. Week ending April 19: David Wright, 5.25 points. Week ending April 26: Lucas Duda, 5.22 points. Week ending May 3: Chris Young, 5.50 points. Week ending May 10: David Wright, 5.58375 points. (Just 0.00042 ahead of Dillon Gee's 5.58333 points.) Week ending May 17: Jacob deGrom, 4.89 points. Week ending May 24: Curtis Granderson, 5.86 points. Week ending May 31: Jacob deGrom, 6.80 points. Week ending June 7: Jon Niese, 7.76 points. Week ending June 14: Curtis Granderson, 4.97 points. Week ending June 21: David Wright, 9.22 points. Week ending June 28: Lucas Duda, 5.28 points. Week ending July 5: Curtis Granderson, 5.53 points. Week ending July 12: David Wright, 6.70 points. Week ending July 19: Jacob deGrom, 4.28 points. Week ending July 26: Zack Wheeler, 7.37 points. Week ending August 2: Jacob deGrom, 8.57 points. Week ending August 9: Daniel Murphy, 8.76 points. Week ending August 16: Zack Wheeler, 6.81 points. Week ending August 23: Lucas Duda, 5.93 points. Week ending August 30: Juan Lagares, 5.61 points Week ending September 6: Dillon Gee, 6.51 points. Week ending September 13: Juan Lagares, 5.99 points. Week ending September 20: Wilmer Flores, 7.34 points. Week ending September 27: Lucas Duda, 5.35 points. Thanks to everyone who participated!

d'Kong76 Oct 03 2014 09:14 AM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

Congrats to Schaefer Winners and thanks to Ben for all the hard work year after year!

themetfairy Oct 03 2014 09:52 AM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

d'Kong76 wrote: Congrats to Schaefer Winners and thanks to Ben for all the hard work year after year! What Kase said - just mahvelous!

Edgy MD Oct 03 2014 10:32 AM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

Coolest retro thing the hipsters haven't thought of.

themetfairy Oct 03 2014 10:51 AM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

Am I correct in assuming that this marks the first time that the Player of the Year was also the Bench Player of a month?

Benjamin Grimm Oct 03 2014 11:03 AM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

Yes, that would be correct. Daniel Murphy was a bench player of the month a few times, but not in 2013, the year he was Player of the Year. Wright, Reyes, and Santana were never bench players of the month.

Ashie62 Oct 03 2014 11:46 AM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

Well done and fun.

G-Fafif Oct 03 2014 11:55 AM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

Super work from Mr. Grimm. Thanks for the tracking, the Topps and the recalculation of my final box score. The success of Duda, Colon and Torres (along with Granderson and, to a certain extent, Wheeler) seems a testament to showing up every day. While the Mets weren't as bereft of six-month players as they were in 2013, there was enough time missed all around to let us reward the guys who were always in action. Well-deserved for Duda. Well-deserved for everybody, I suppose.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 05 2014 10:03 AM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

G-Fafif wrote: The success of ... Colon ... seems a testament to showing up every day. [fimg=172]http://www.ultimatemets.com/cards/BartoloColon1970.jpg[/fimg] Schaefer sez it's better to have played the game, even badly, than never to have played the game at all. Because Schaefer ignores bad outings, treating them no differently than a "did not play", and that's why Colon won this year's award. By exploiting Schaefer's inability to properly value rate stats, Colon was able to vulture the Pitcher of the Year award from the Mets best pitcher, Jacob deGrom, by simply pitching more often. This year, no Met pitcher was within a billion miles of deGrom, and it didn't matter that deGrom's season didn't start until May -- that's how much better deGrom was than the rest of the staff. Fail.

Zvon Oct 05 2014 12:54 PM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

Excellent. As always, thanks for doing this Grimm. And for laying out all the '14 cards at once. Colon IA: priceless :)

MFS62 Oct 05 2014 01:26 PM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

Great job again, Ben. Signing Torres was a good move. I hope they do it again. Later

Benjamin Grimm Oct 05 2014 02:25 PM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Fail. Maybe. Whatever. Once again, Schaefer is not meant to be a scientific way of evaluating player performances. It's just for fun, a revival of something from the 1970's. Or... you can think of it as a cumulative stat. Colon led the team in Schaefer points, just like he did in innings pitched. Sure, deGrom had a better year, but you wouldn't give him the Innings Pitched title, would you?

G-Fafif Oct 05 2014 04:54 PM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

Just noticed David's point total is totally Amazin'.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 05 2014 05:07 PM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

That he finished as low as he did? Or as high as he did?

G-Fafif Oct 05 2014 05:16 PM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

That it's 69.86.

Zvon Oct 05 2014 05:21 PM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

G-Fafif wrote: That it's 69.86.

Zvon Oct 05 2014 05:40 PM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

Benjamin Grimm wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Fail. Maybe. Whatever. Once again, Schaefer is not meant to be a scientific way of evaluating player performances. It's just for fun, a revival of something from the 1970's. Or... you can think of it as a cumulative stat. Colon led the team in Schaefer points, just like he did in innings pitched. Sure, deGrom had a better year, but you wouldn't give him the Innings Pitched title, would you? Kinda harsh Bats. This is done for fun. And make-believe beer. IMO Colon does deserve it. He was here to anchor the staff, win hopefully half his games, and put those innings in his belly. He did all that plus led the team in wins. I agree deGrom deserves more but Colon does not deserve less. And as said, if deGrom had made his last start he could have pulled a Goliath and won it. For a fun thing that rewards imaginary beer I think it's fairly reflective of those players seasons. And Duda had to work for that end burst he made for himself. I bet this is as reflectively accurate as the actual contest was back in the day, maybe more so.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 05 2014 06:08 PM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

Zvon wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Fail. Maybe. Whatever. Once again, Schaefer is not meant to be a scientific way of evaluating player performances. It's just for fun, a revival of something from the 1970's. Or... you can think of it as a cumulative stat. Colon led the team in Schaefer points, just like he did in innings pitched. Sure, deGrom had a better year, but you wouldn't give him the Innings Pitched title, would you? Kinda harsh Bats. This is done for fun. And make-believe beer. IMO Colon does deserve it. He was here to anchor the staff, win hopefully half his games, and put those innings in his belly.... I know it's for fun. And we once had this discussion. Implementing an accurate scoring system would make the process extremely tedious and suck out most of the fun. I know that. But still, you get to gave your fun, and I get to thumb my nose when Colon emerges as the undeserving 2014 Pitcher of the Year. Think of poor old Jacob deGrom. How do you think he feels getting gypped out of an award he should've won? It's not all about Bartolo. That's how things work. "Pitcher of the Year" implies "best pitcher", not "most often used pitcher". And I get to have my cake and eat it, too. I get to enjoy the super duper retro '70's style cards Grimm puts out, and get to point out the major flaws in the system. And I get to do all this even though I haven't cast a single Schaefer vote this season. So who has it better than me?

themetfairy Oct 05 2014 06:30 PM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

Jacob can blame Terry and Sandy for shutting him down prematurely. His loss is on their shoulders. Or he could at least make them buy him a few beers (something better than Schaefer).

G-Fafif Oct 05 2014 06:42 PM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

It appears Wheeler was maybe 3-5 good innings from fending off Colon. And had Niese not slipped out of that Fourth of July start for his annual "let's save him for later" DL trip, the brewskis were his cold. DeGrom wins the Schaefer per start non-award, for sure. And since Colon was signed as Harvey's proxy, Matt will be accepting his award. He deserves the additional attention.

Zvon Oct 05 2014 06:47 PM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

Fail. Maybe. Whatever. Once again, Schaefer is not meant to be a scientific way of evaluating player performances. It's just for fun, a revival of something from the 1970's. Or... you can think of it as a cumulative stat. Colon led the team in Schaefer points, just like he did in innings pitched. Sure, deGrom had a better year, but you wouldn't give him the Innings Pitched title, would you? Kinda harsh Bats. This is done for fun. And make-believe beer. IMO Colon does deserve it. He was here to anchor the staff, win hopefully half his games, and put those innings in his belly.... I know it's for fun. And we once had this discussion. Implementing an accurate scoring system would make the process extremely tedious and suck out most of the fun. I know that. But still, you get to gave your fun, and I get to thumb my nose when Colon emerges as the undeserving 2014 Pitcher of the Year. Think of poor old Jacob deGrom. How do you think he feels getting gypped out of an award he should've won? It's not all about Bartolo. That's how things work. "Pitcher of the Year" implies "best pitcher", not "most often used pitcher". And I get to have my cake and eat it, too. I get to enjoy the super duper retro '70's style cards Grimm puts out, and get to point out the major flaws in the system. And I get to do all this even though I haven't cast a single Schaefer vote this season. So who has it better than me? deGrom knows he had his shot. He did not want to be put on a shelf. He lays in bed at night and knows deep inside he pitched better than his SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014 point total indicates. deGrom thinks that putting 200 innings in your belly is a major part of a starters job description and deserves serious beerage. deGrom says: "I shall return for all the beer next year!"and Harvey says:" Whoa, wait a minute there rook.." to which Jacob adds," yea, rook OF. THE. YEAR." I'm sorry, I forgot what this was all about. Oh, yea, you being kinda dickish. Carry on. Seriously thou, one drawback in the system is that when a pitcher has a game where he pitched good and the team hit great, the pitching usually takes the hit in point distribution. And it's tough to divy up reliever points in a way that gives the role the proper gravitas. Sometimes I wish I had 10 points just for pitchers and 10 for players.

Frayed Knot Oct 05 2014 07:43 PM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

Y'know, we do also conduct a post-season project where anyone who cares to participate gets to rank their top 30 Mets for the season based on whatever criteria you care to use.

Mets Guy in Michigan Oct 06 2014 10:00 AM Re: SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2014

Spectacular cards!! Always the highlight of the month. I think Colon did exactly what he was supposed to do: Eat innings, give the team a chance to stay in the game, provide a bridge to Harvey's return and the emergence of the young studs. Outside of Dickey's 20, have we even had a 15-game winner in a while? And Bartolo's no-hit bid was all kinds of fun. Give the big guy his props. He delivered.