AGE: 28
POSITION: Shortstop
NUMBER: 12
NICKNAME: Mister Smile
fWAR IN 2021: 2.7
ZIPS PROJECTION FOR 2022: 4.7
Hi, I'm the big acquisition of 2021 wondering why everybody seems to be ga-ga over Max Scherzer and Starling Marte in 2022. But you know ... maybe that's better for me.
i got off to a pretty horrible start last year, and never fully recovered from it, but along the way, I showed leadership initiative, defensive acumen, good contact skills, pull power, middling bat speed, mixed plate judgment, old lady hair colors, and apparently the occasional willingness to fight a teammate.
Maybe I was hurt. Maybe I was pressing. Maybe the Mets bought a lemon. But I don't think so, and I intend to pull a Carlos Beltran and show the Mets world in year two of my contract what they didn't see in year one.
But maybe you've somehow seen 2022 play out in your head already. How does it go down for me?
