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MANAGER
Last year Terry Collins passed Bobby Valentine and Davey Johnson in games managed, to move into the all-time lead, and also passed Bobby Valentine in wins to take hold of second place in that category. Our new guy, Mickey Callaway, is starting fresh.
In number of games managed, he can only pass the Mets four interim managers who did not go on to take permanent custody of the role. They are: Mike Cubbage (7 games), Salty Parker (11), Roy McMillan (53) and Frank Howard (116).
In the category of wins, in addition to the interim managers, Mickey can pass George Bamberger (81), Jeff Torborg (85) and even Joe Frazier (101). Art Howe (137), Wes Westrum (142), and Bud Harrelson (145) are also technically, but not practically, within reach.
For losses, on the optimistic side, Mickey may avoid passing interim manager Frank Howard's 64 losses. But on the pessimistic side, he could lose more games this season that the total number lost by Frazier (106 losses), Torborg (115), Bamberger (127), and Harrelson (129).
BATTING
There are essentially only two long-time Mets offensive players on the current roster, David Wright and Jose Reyes.
In games played, Reyes last year passed Mookie Wilson, Howard Johnson, Cleon Jones, and Jerry Grote to move from eighth place to fourth. This year, Bud Harrelson and third place is within his reach. He will have to stay with the Mets well beyond 2018 to pass David Wright. And he'd have to be a full-time player for almost four years to pass Ed Kranepool.
1. Ed Kranepool 1853
2. David Wright 1583
3. Bud Harrelson 1322
4. Jose Reyes 1255
5. Jerry Grote 1235
6. Cleon Jones 1201
7. Howard Johnson 1154
8. Mookie Wilson 1116
9. Darryl Strawberry 1109
10. Edgardo Alfonzo 1086
In hits, Jose last year knocked long-time record holder Ed Kranepool into third place. David Wright's hold on first place is still substantial, but not as unapproachable as it would certainly have been had he played regularly over the last three years.
1. David Wright 1777
2. Jose Reyes 1491
3. Ed Kranepool 1418
Wright's lead over Reyes in doubles is much more secure, at 390 to 260.
Reyes has overwhelming leads over his runners-up in triples and stolen bases.
In home runs, Wright remains stuck at 10 fewer than Darryl Strawberry. Reyes is tied with Carlos Delgado in 12th place with 104, but will need at least 14 to move up any further notches on the list. Yoenis Cespedes, in 29th place with 65, and Wilmer Flores, in 34th place with 57, might be able to move up quite a few positions on this list.
1. Darryl Strawberry 252
2. David Wright 242
3. Mike Piazza 220
4. Howard Johnson 192
5. Dave Kingman 154
6. Carlos Beltran 149
7. Lucas Duda 125
8. Todd Hundley 124
9. Kevin McReynolds 122
10. Edgardo Alfonzo 120
11. Ed Kranepool 118
12. Carlos Delgado 104
12. Jose Reyes 104
14. George Foster 99
15. Bobby Bonilla 95
16. Curtis Granderson 95
17. John Milner 94
18. Cleon Jones 93
19. Gary Carter 89
20. Tommie Agee 82
21. Cliff Floyd 81
22. Keith Hernandez 80
23. Robin Ventura 77
24. Rusty Staub 75
25. Ron Swoboda 69
26. Ike Davis 68
26. Lee Mazzilli 68
28. Jeff Kent 67
29. Yoenis Cespedes 65
30. John Olerud 63
31. Daniel Murphy 62
32. Mookie Wilson 60
32. Jim Hickman 60
34. Wilmer Flores 57
35. Butch Huskey 55
35. Wayne Garrett 55
37. Jeromy Burnitz 53
38. Bernard Gilkey 52
38. Frank Thomas 52
PITCHING
In strikeouts, Jacob deGrom moved into the Top Ten last year, but is now entering a territory where the pitchers ahead of him are spaced further apart. Realistically, the year he can only hope to pass Jon Niese and move into 9th place. Matt Harvey, tied with John Franco for 15th place, can move up several positions, but the Top Ten is likely out of reach unless deGrom falters. Noah Syndergaard, in 33rd place with 418 striekouts, can potentially move up close to 20 positions and leave himself comfortably in the Top Twenty.
1. Tom Seaver 2541
2. Dwight Gooden 1875
3. Jerry Koosman 1799
4. Sid Fernandez 1449
5. David Cone 1172
6. Ron Darling 1148
7. Al Leiter 1106
8. Jon Matlack 1023
9. Jon Niese 838
10. Jacob deGrom 731
11. Bobby Jones 714
12. Craig Swan 671
13. Tug McGraw 618
14. Johan Santana 607
15. John Franco 592
15. Matt Harvey 592
17. Rick Reed 590
18. Steve Trachsel 580
19. Gary Gentry 563
20. Al Jackson 561
21. Tom Glavine 516
22. Jesse Orosco 506
22. Mike Pelfrey 506
24. Oliver Perez 494
25. Nolan Ryan 493
26. Dillon Gee 489
27. Jack Fisher 475
28. R. A. Dickey 468
29. John Maine 467
30. Pedro Martinez 464
31. Bob Ojeda 459
32. Armando Benitez 456
33. Noah Syndergaard 418
34. Bartolo Colon 415
35. Jim McAndrew 408
36. Dave Mlicki 402
DeGrom and Harvey can move into the middle tier of Innings leaders, but the elites near the top of the list are well out of reach.
1. Tom Seaver 3045.2
2. Jerry Koosman 2544.2
3. Dwight Gooden 2169.2
4. Ron Darling 1620.0
5. Sid Fernandez 1584.2
6. Jon Matlack 1448.0
7. Al Leiter 1360.0
8. Craig Swan 1230.2
9. Bobby Jones 1215.2
10. David Cone 1209.1
11. Jon Niese 1079.1
12. Tom Glavine 1005.1
13. Al Jackson 980.2
14. Steve Trachsel 956.1
15. Jack Fisher 931.2
16. Mike Pelfrey 896.1
17. Rick Reed 888.2
18. Tug McGraw 792.2
19. Gary Gentry 789.1
20. Bob Ojeda 764.0
21. Pat Zachry 741.2
22. Ed Lynch 730.1
23. Jim McAndrew 729.2
24. Johan Santana 717.0
25. John Franco 702.2
26. Jacob deGrom 680.2
27. Dillon Gee 679.1
28. R. A. Dickey 616.2
29. Matt Harvey 612.1
30. Pete Falcone 607.2
DeGrom needs 21 wins to move into a tie for 10th place. Not likely to happen, but it sure would be nice!
1. Tom Seaver 198
2. Dwight Gooden 157
3. Jerry Koosman 140
4. Ron Darling 99
5. Sid Fernandez 98
6. Al Leiter 95
7. Jon Matlack 82
8. David Cone 81
9. Bobby Jones 74
10. Steve Trachsel 66
11. Tom Glavine 61
11. Jon Niese 61
13. Craig Swan 59
13. Rick Reed 59
15. Bob Ojeda 51
16. Mike Pelfrey 50
17. John Franco 48
18. Tug McGraw 47
18. Jesse Orosco 47
20. Johan Santana 46
21. Jacob deGrom 45
22. Bartolo Colon 44
23. Al Jackson 43
24. Pat Zachry 41
24. Gary Gentry 41
26. Dillon Gee 40
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