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Robinson Canó was part of this team. That totally happened. As remote and foreign as his Mets existence may seem, it was part of the 2022 story.
Two numbers were retired in one year. Unprecedented. One of them was done seemingly spontaneously, with no advance publicity and no leaks.
Remember that whole five-aces thing of Harvey-Syndergrom-deGrom-Wheeler-Matz? Four of those five got playoff money this year, but only one with the Mets, and two with the Phillies.. Harvey, the sole holdout, didn't appear this season, and his team just missed out on post-season action. Syndergaard and Matz were part of post-season rosters but failed to appear.
Without looking at it too closely, like, five or six guys could jump out at you as Most Valuable Met. Looking at it closer, it's probably Lindor, but still!
There was a time when the team would rather play Conforto in center than Nimmo. Just when did he become one of the best centerfielders?
McNeil and Smith were tied to 824,321 an 711,219 trade rumors, respectively, this offseason, somehow hoping that there was still market value for each after a limp and soggy 2021. Neither went, and McNeil utterly played himself back to the top of the roster and Smith to the bottom.
Luis Guillorme started over 100 games. That wasn't in response to an attrition crisis either. It just happened. He played mostly that well. He even caught a second bat.
Daniel Vogelbach arrived on July 24, and he is now the team's all-time leader in appearances at DH.
That previous fact is actually a lie. Vogelbach has appeared in 48 games as a Mets designated hitter, and J.D. Davis has appeared in 51. But it feels true. And it's almost true, and if you count the post-season, it's even a little bit closer to true.
The New York Mets: 468 days without a reported sexually predatory behavior scandal.
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