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Citi Field Power Surge 2015

G-Fafif Apr 15 2015 01:30 AM

Daniel Murphy became the fourth Met to total at least 20 home runs at Citi Field on Tuesday night. Here is the updated Top 10. 1. Wright 46 2. Duda 35 3. Davis 30 4. Murphy 20 5. Pagan 15 6. Beltran 14 T7. Hairston 13 T7. Reyes 13 9. Bay 10 10. Francoeur 9 Jeff Francoeur's ninth-inning home run in a Phillies uniform is not included in the above total. Threatening Frenchy's surprisingly entrenched place in the Top 10 are Kirk Nieuwenhuis (8), Curtis Granderson (7), Anthony Recker (7) and Travis d'Arnaud (6).

Edgy MD Apr 15 2015 07:26 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Appropriate, as Murphy was one of three Mets who made a visit and took batting practice to test the dimensions at the end of 2008. One of the other two is atop this list. The other is sitting on 10 career homers (including two for the Mets at New Shea) and currently toiling for the Reno Aces.

G-Fafif Apr 16 2015 12:09 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Duda hit his 36th last night, pulling to within 10 of the Captain. Td'A's 7th puts him in a five-way tie for 12th with Granderson, Recker, Byrd and Valdespin.

Frayed Knot Apr 16 2015 12:18 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

1. Wright 46 2. Duda 36 3. Davis 30 4. Murphy 20 5. Pagan 15 6. Beltran 14 T7. Hairston 13 T7. Reyes 13 Adam LaRoche -- 13 Chase Utley -- 11 9. Bay 10 10. Francoeur 9

Edgy MD Apr 16 2015 12:37 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

If you're going to play like that, then Francoeur gets bumped up to 10. Beltran climbs to 15 and Reyes to 14, too. And Pagan to 17(!!).

Frayed Knot Apr 16 2015 12:57 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Just pointing out that it would be nice to get to a time when the top ten CF HR hitters are players who actually call CitiField their home park.

G-Fafif Apr 16 2015 02:35 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

I started keeping track during 2010 because home team HRs had been so few and far between. The fences now seem so close upon first 2015 inspection that one might have to actually update the list frequently from here on out.

Ceetar Apr 16 2015 03:11 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

well, Utley and LaRoche are 25th and 32nd in PA at Citi field. So it's not really that surprising, the Mets have just had a lot of turnover and some of the guys that have amassed PA are guys like Castillo, and Turner. Cora, Tatis. Eric Young. Tejada.

Edgy MD Apr 16 2015 03:56 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

I don't think anybody is trying to argue that it's surprising.

Ashie62 Apr 16 2015 04:32 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Duda could emerge as the leader for many years.

G-Fafif Apr 17 2015 09:45 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Wilmer Flores has pulled into a four-way tie for 20th place among Met Citi Field sluggers by smacking his 5th home run there. He is joined at five by Justin Turner, Rod Barajas and Gary Sheffield.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 17 2015 09:59 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

I'd have to look it up, and this probably isn't fair to Ruben Tejada, but I'll go out on a limb and say it: Ruben Tejada hasn't ever, nor ever will, hit a game-tying, 3-run home run for the Mets.

Ceetar Apr 17 2015 10:06 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'd have to look it up, and this probably isn't fair to Ruben Tejada, but I'll go out on a limb and say it: Ruben Tejada hasn't ever, nor ever will, hit a game-tying, 3-run home run for the Mets. Ruben Tejada: 7 Career Home Runs 1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 1 go ahead his biggest WPA added was .117 on 6/4/2014 against Edwin JAckson and the Cubs in the top of the 4th with the Mets up 3-2 already.

Edgy MD Apr 17 2015 10:06 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Tejaddy HAS hit two three-run homers — both coming during his little appreciated offensive surge down the stretch last year — but interesting, has NEVER hit a home run while the Mets have been behind. The brief but exciting Ruben home run log: http://www.baseball-reference.com/playe ... adru01&t=b

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 17 2015 10:12 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Good work you guys. Amazin too, that last night dinger allowed Flores to surpass Tejada's career HR total in less than 25% of plate appearances. I'm writing all of this to pick a fight with Ceeter.

Ceetar Apr 17 2015 10:16 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Good work you guys. Amazin too, that last night dinger allowed Flores to surpass Tejada's career HR total in less than 25% of plate appearances. I'm writing all of this to pick a fight with Ceeter. if only a HR once in a while was everything.

Mets Guy in Michigan Apr 17 2015 10:17 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Edgy MD wrote: Appropriate, as Murphy was one of three Mets who made a visit and took batting practice to test the dimensions at the end of 2008. One of the other two is atop this list. The other is sitting on 10 career homers (including two for the Mets at New Shea) and currently toiling for the Reno Aces. Was that Nick Evans?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 17 2015 10:19 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Ceetar wrote: Good work you guys. Amazin too, that last night dinger allowed Flores to surpass Tejada's career HR total in less than 25% of plate appearances. I'm writing all of this to pick a fight with Ceeter. if only a HR once in a while was everything. It was everything last night. No Flores = No victory. But you know what I'm really getting at: Your position (correct me if I'm wrong) that Flores isn't any better a hitter than Tejada is.

Ceetar Apr 17 2015 10:21 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Good work you guys. Amazin too, that last night dinger allowed Flores to surpass Tejada's career HR total in less than 25% of plate appearances. I'm writing all of this to pick a fight with Ceeter. if only a HR once in a while was everything. It was everything last night. No Flores = No victory. But you know what I'm really getting at: Your position (correct me if I'm wrong) that Flores isn't any better a hitter than Tejada is. Without Flores we might had the offense to win those other three games. That Tejada is a better hitter is demonstrably true. What you mean is the level of doubt towards whether that will ever change.

Edgy MD Apr 17 2015 10:25 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Appropriate, as Murphy was one of three Mets who made a visit and took batting practice to test the dimensions at the end of 2008. One of the other two is atop this list. The other is sitting on 10 career homers (including two for the Mets at New Shea) and currently toiling for the Reno Aces. Was that Nick Evans? 'Twas. Such hopes. Such ambition. Such Omar. Such Jeff.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 17 2015 10:30 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Ceetar wrote: Ceetar wrote: Good work you guys. Amazin too, that last night dinger allowed Flores to surpass Tejada's career HR total in less than 25% of plate appearances. I'm writing all of this to pick a fight with Ceeter. if only a HR once in a while was everything. It was everything last night. No Flores = No victory. But you know what I'm really getting at: Your position (correct me if I'm wrong) that Flores isn't any better a hitter than Tejada is. Without Flores we might had the offense to win those other three games. That Tejada is a better hitter is demonstrably true. What you mean is the level of doubt towards whether that will ever change. At some point you'll need to acknowledge it already has.

Ceetar Apr 17 2015 10:38 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Wake me when he's hitting better than .172/.250/.310 or .235/.273/.352 for his career. Also he has only twice as many XBH as Tejada in more than 3x the PA.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 18 2015 08:07 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Bump

G-Fafif Apr 19 2015 05:25 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

"Travis d'Arnaud must be stopped," agreed Jeff Francoeur and Kirk Nieuwenhuis, and they engineered the power-hitting catcher's otherwise dispiriting trip to the DL the day after Travis belted the eighth Citi Field home run of his Met career, tying him with Kirk for eleventh place and positioning him to breathe down Francoeur's neck at No. 10. Unaffected by the conspiracy is Wilmer Flores, whose sixth Citi Field home run of his Met career boosted him into a four-way tie for 17th place alongside Chris Young, John Buck and Fernando Tatis.

G-Fafif Apr 23 2015 07:28 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

It's a five-way tie for 13th now, with Wilmer Flores having hit his seventh Citi Field home run.

G-Fafif May 07 2015 10:04 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Feel that, Jeff Francoeur? That's Curtis Granderson breathing down your neck to take your spot in the Top 10 Citi Field HRs by a Met derby. Good ol' Grandy hit No. 8 last night, tying Travis d'Arnaud and Kirk Nieuwenhuis (remember him?) for eleventh place. Also, Dilson Herrera got on the board as the 58th Met to homer at Citi Field and the 18th Met with exactly one homer at Citi Field.

G-Fafif May 16 2015 10:30 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Move over, Frenchy, you've got some company at No. 10. Wright 46 Duda 36 Davis 30 Murphy 20 Pagan 15 Beltran 14 Hairston 13 Reyes 13 Bay 10 Granderson 9 Francoeur 9 Also, Wilmer ties Travis and Kirk for eleventh place with 8, and Plawecki gets on the board with his first Citi Field HR.

G-Fafif May 17 2015 04:51 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Take a hike, Frenchy. The entire Citi Field Mets Top 10 HR list is populated by those who crossed the threshold into double-digits. Wright 46 Duda 36 Davis 30 Murphy 20 Pagan 15 Beltran 14 Hairston 13 Reyes 13 Granderson 10 Bay 10 Jason Bay, you're on notice.

G-Fafif May 27 2015 04:21 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Don't look now, but Lucas is gaining big-time on David. Wright leads the Citi Field pack at 46, but Duda's coming up fast at 41...and Wright ain't hitting no more home runs anywhere for a while. Also noteworthy: • Flores ties Francoeur for 11th place with 9. • Nieuwenhuis leaves tied with d'Arnaud for 13th place with 8. • Syndergaard becomes the 19th Met -- and third Met pitcher -- with exactly 1 Citi Field HR.

Mets Willets Point May 27 2015 04:58 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

G-Fafif wrote: Jason Bay, you're on notice. I hope Syndergaard catches Bay this year.

Edgy MD May 27 2015 06:14 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Amazing to hear Ronnie state right out that Syndergaard is good enough to consider the Mets' bench one player deeper. That's a big declaration (it would be the first time in team history) based on such a short ML track record for the guy.

G-Fafif May 30 2015 06:59 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Granderson has pulled ahead of Bay for sole possession of ninth place, a very 1968 kind of thing to do. Duda is within four of Wright for the lead.

Gwreck May 31 2015 01:17 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Only one to go for Wilmer to knock Jason Bay out of the top ten.

G-Fafif May 31 2015 04:23 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Gwreck wrote: Only one to go for Wilmer to knock Jason Bay out of the top ten. Indeed! The tie for tenth pushes Bay to the edge of Francoeurian extinction (except he actually existed as a Met and still technically exists as a person).

G-Fafif Jun 13 2015 07:23 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

The new Top 10... Wright 46 Duda 42 Davis 30 Murphy 21 Pagan 15 Beltran 14 Hairston 13 Reyes 13 Flores 11 Granderson 11 Jason "Bye-Bye" Bay falls out of the Top 10. Any home runs Jose Reyes hits in the Blue Jays' visit this week will not count toward this total (but might elicit at least one round of applause from certain quarters). John Mayberry became the 61st Met to hit at least one home run as a Met at Citi Field last night, the 20th with exactly one home run.

Edgy MD Jun 13 2015 09:42 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Looking forward to a point early next year when Cuddyer and d'Arnaud and Tejada and Herrera and maybe Campbell or Ceciliani or somebody conspire to make it an all-nominally-active-on-the-Mets top ten.

Edgy MD Jun 27 2015 02:31 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Granderson takes sole possession of ninth place.

G-Fafif Jul 12 2015 07:09 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

A brand new Top 10 has emerged. 1. Wright 46 2. Duda 44 3. Davis 30 4. Murphy 22 5. Pagan 15 6. Beltran 14 7. Granderson 13 7. Hairston 13 7. Reyes 13 10. Nieuwenhuis 11 10. Flores 11

G-Fafif Jul 26 2015 01:02 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

After a little double-checking and recalculating, all hail the new Home Run King of Citi Field. Duda 48 Wright 46 Davis 30 Murphy 24 Pagan 15 Beltran 14 Granderson 13 Hairston 13 Reyes 13 Nieuwenhuis 11 Flores 11 Not sure where I missed two of Duda's and one of Murphy's, but I did. Here, with confirmation, are the new standings, including Lucas Duda's ascension past David Wright for No. 1. A celebratory moment for the quiet man, kind of a sad milestone for the absent captain. Also, Kelly Johnson gets on the board, joining six 2015 Mets with exactly one Citi Field home run (Harvey, Ceciliani, Mayberry, Syndergaard, Plawecki are the others). However temporarily, Johnson also becomes the 76th Met with exactly one Met home run.

Edgy MD Jul 26 2015 05:58 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

That calls for some hailing. I like how he hit a second, just to clear up any ambiguity that missed homer may have caused.

Ceetar Jul 26 2015 07:36 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Peeking at this list: 64 Mets have homered at Citi Field. d'Arnaud with 9 is looking to join the top 10.

G-Fafif Jul 29 2015 05:39 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Wright shows his face and Duda extends his lead, 49-46. Granderson leaves seventh-place tie with Reyes and Hairston behind and moved into sixth-place tie with Beltran. One more for a fifth-place tie with Pagan.

Ceetar Aug 02 2015 06:43 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Duda's hitting this thread so hard there's talk of brown outs in the whole forum.

G-Fafif Aug 02 2015 11:13 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Top 20 Duda 55 Wright 46 Davis 30 Murphy 25 Granderson 16 Pagan 15 Beltran 14 Hairston 13 Reyes 13 Flores 12 Nieuwenhuis 11 Bay 10 d’Arnaud 9 Francoeur 9 Recker 7 Byrd 7 Valdespin 7 C. Young 6 Buck 6 Tatis 6

Edgy MD Aug 15 2015 08:27 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Conforto 1

G-Fafif Aug 15 2015 11:52 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Conforto 1 By joining the Citi Field Power Surge, Conforto (not surprisingly) exits Club Hessman, a.k.a. the group of Mets who hit only one home run as Mets. Eight such Mets hit their lone Met homer at Citi Field; four of them are pitchers; three of them aren't necessarily done homering as Mets: Johan Santana 7/6/10 Val Pascucci 9/24/11 (D) Jeremy Hefner 5/29/12 Bobby Abreu 4/26/14 Taylor Teagarden 6/10/14 Noah Syndergaard 5/27/15 Darrell Ceciliani 6/14/15 Matt Harvey 7/11/15 Last Met whose only Met HR came at Shea Stadium was Robinson Cancel.

G-Fafif Sep 02 2015 10:33 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Yoenis Cespedes's third Citi Field HR as a Met pushed him into a seven-way tie for 27th place on the all-time Citi Field Power Surge list. By belting No. 3, he grabbed a spot alongside Josh Satin, Ronny Cedeño, Josh Thole, Jason Pridie, Brian Schneider and Carlos Delgado.

Edgy MD Sep 02 2015 10:43 AM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

I like that this thread started with some irony in the title and now is fully in earnest. Murphy, should he be heading out via free agency, has 13 home games to catch Ike Davis (who he has now preceded and succeeded at first). (Do we count post-season homers? It's never come up!)

G-Fafif Sep 02 2015 12:50 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Edgy MD wrote: I like that this thread started with some irony in the title and now is fully in earnest. Maybe a touch, but I figured with the walls pulled in, the balls would start flying (that's what she said). Murphy, should he be heading out via free agency, has 13 home games to catch Ike Davis (who he has now preceded and succeeded at first). Now that would be a surge. (Do we count post-season homers? It's never come up!) I think I'd prefer separate Citi Field All-Time Postseason Home Run Leadership totals be kept. I've been rubbed the wrong way by smashing together regular and post since the MFYs claimed a 125-win 1998. Plus what a fun list it will be to start and add to!

batmagadanleadoff Sep 02 2015 01:09 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

I'm not gonna look this up, but if i hadda bet on it, I'd bet that Cespedes needed the least AB's to reach three Mets Citi Field HR's.

Edgy MD Sep 02 2015 06:49 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Top 2 ItPHR Hitters at Citi Tejada 1 Pagan 1

G-Fafif Oct 04 2015 07:03 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Citi Field Regular-Season Met HR Leaders/2009-2015 Duda 56 Wright 47 Davis 30 Murphy 27 Granderson 19 Pagan 15 Beltran 14 Hairston 13 Reyes 13 d’Arnaud 12 Flores 12 Nieuwenhuis 11 Bay 10 Francoeur 9 Recker 7 Byrd 7 Valdespin 7 C. Young 6 Buck 6 Tatis 6 Cespedes 5 Lagares 5 Turner 5 Barajas 5 Sheffield 5 Conforto 4 Cuddyer 4 Brown 4 Uribe 3 Tejada 3 Satin 3 Cedeño 3 Thole 3 Pridie 3 Schneider 3 Delgado 3 Johnson 2 Herrera 2 Campbell 2 Baxter 2 Cowgill 2 Nickeas 2 Rottino 2 Evans 2 Blanco 2 Santos 2 Sullivan 2 Harvey 1 Ceciliani 1 Syndergaard 1 Plawecki 1 E. Young 1 Mayberry 1 Teagarden 1 Abreu 1 Quintanilla 1 Hefner 1 Torres 1 Paulino 1 Pascucci 1 Santana 1 Carter 1 Lu. Hernandez 1 Jacobs 1 Castillo 1 Church 1 Castro 1

Edgy MD Oct 04 2015 07:57 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Will any prospective post-season homers be counted in these totals?

G-Fafif Nov 02 2015 09:01 PM Re: Citi Field Power Surge 2015

Citi Field Met Career Postseason Home Run Leaders Murphy 3 Granderson 2 d'Arnaud 2 Conforto 2 Wright 1 Cespedes 1