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THE SCHAEFER METS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR, 2024

PLAYER OF THE YEAR The Schaefer Mets Player of the Year for 2024 is first-time winner FRANCISCO LINDOR, with 112.85 points. In 2023, Francisco finished only 0.84 points behind winner Pete Alonso. This year, he made sure not to let it get close. PREVIOUS WINNERS: 2005 - David Wright, 140.17 points*; 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 - Jose Reyes, 104.96; 2012 - David Wright, 113.06; 2013 - Daniel Murphy, 107.30; 2014 - Lucas Duda, 95.62; 2015 - Jacob deGrom, 97.08; 2016 - Yoenis Cespedes, 90.62; 2017 - Jacob deGrom, 92.11; 2018 - Jacob deGrom, 126.99; 2019 - Pete Alonso, 124.86; 2020 - Michael Conforto, 36.56; 2021 - Pete Alonso, 110.35; 2022 - Pete Alonso 121.33; 2023 - Pete Alonso, 106.21. * 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 a first-time winner, SEAN MANAEA with 69.43 points, finishing almost 13 points ahead of runner-up Luis Severino. PREVIOUS WINNERS: 2005 - Pedro Martinez, 120.68 points*; 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; 2014 - Bartolo Colon, 74.77; 2015 - Jacob deGrom, 97.08; 2016 - Noah Syndergaard, 89.81; 2017 - Jacob deGrom, 92.11; 2018 - Jacob deGrom, 126.99; 2019 - Jacob deGrom, 106.29; 2020 - Jacob deGrom, 34.82; 2021 - Marcus Stroman, 77.55; 2022 - Chris Bassitt, 75.01; 2023 - Kodai Senga, 67.85. * 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 reliever of the year is fourth-time winner EDWIN DIAZ, who earned 27.66 points out of the bullpen. PREVIOUS WINNERS: 2006 - Billy Wagner, 40.39 points; 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; 2014 - Carlos Torres, 35.75; 2015 - Jeurys Familia, 35.85; 2016 - Jeurys Familia, 36.70; 2017 - Paul Sewald, 22.41; 2018 - Seth Lugo, 36.26; 2019 - Seth Lugo: 39.38; 2020 - Edwin Diaz, 12.96; 2021 - Edwin Diaz, 39.54; 2022 - Edwin Diaz, 41.44; 2023 - Brooks Raley, 26.88.

BENCH PLAYER OF THE YEAR The Bench Player of the Year is BRANDON NIMMO, who, although primarily a starting player, earned 4.45 points in games in which he was not in the starting lineup. PREVIOUS WINNERS: 2006 - Julio Franco, 7.16 points; 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; 2014 - Eric Campbell, 5.89; 2015 - Michael Cuddyer, 3.49; 2016 - Kelly Johnson, 8.29; 2017 - Wilmer Flores, 4.89; 2018 - Wilmer Flores, 9.99; 2019 - J.D. Davis, 10.98; 2020 - Amed Rosario, 2.83; 2021 - Brandon Drury, 11.97; 2022 - Darin Ruf, 3.65; 2023 - Mark Canha, 3.95.

SEASON TOTALS FOR RELIEF PITCHERS IN 2024
1 Edwin Diaz 27.66
2 Reed Garrett 25.83
3 Adam Ottavino 22.89
4 Jose Butto 15.70
5 Dedniel Nunez 15.11
6 Danny Young 14.64
7 Phil Maton 12.14
8 Jake Diekman 11.42
9 Jorge Lopez 11.17
10 Sean Reid-Foley 9.93
11 Adrian Houser 9.35
12 Huascar Brazoban 6.71
13 Drew Smith 6.34
14 Brooks Raley 4.61
15 Ryne Stanek 3.91
16 Alex Young 3.83
17 Josh Walker 3.33
18 Yohan Ramirez 2.40
19 Michael Tonkin 2.20
20 Ty Adcock 1.02
21 Tyler Jay 0.97
22 Cole Sulser 0.81
23 Grant Hartwig 0.60
24 Luis Torrens 0.25
25 Eddy Alvarez 0.19
26 Eric Orze 0.02



SEASON TOTALS FOR BENCH PLAYERS IN 2024
1 Brandon Nimmo 4.45
2 Tyrone Taylor 4.25
3 DJ Stewart 3.91
4 Mark Vientos 3.81
5 Harrison Bader 3.56
6 Francisco Lindor 3.42
7 Jose Iglesias 2.71
8 Brett Baty 2.53
9 Jesse Winker 2.45
10 Starling Marte 2.05
11 Joey Wendle 1.68
12 Omar Narvaez 1.61
13 Luis Torrens 0.58
14 Pete Alonso 0.54
15 Eddy Alvarez 0.52
16 Jeff McNeil 0.29
17 Zack Short 0.23
17 Ben Gamel 0.23
19 Francisco Alvarez 0.22
20 Pablo Reyes 0.12
21 Tomas Nido 0.11
22 J.D. Martinez 0.07





SCHAEFER METS PLAYER OF THE WEEK, 2024
Week ending March 30, 2024: Francisco Alvarez, 2.90 points.
Week ending April 6, 2024: Tyrone Taylor, 4.04 points.
Week ending April 13, 2024: Pete Alonso, 7.50 points.
Week ending April 20, 2024: Starling Marte, 7.12 points.
Week ending April 27, 2024: Francisco Lindor, 4.71 points.
Week ending May 4, 2024: Francisco Lindor, 6.38 points.
Week ending May 11, 2024: Brandon Nimmo, 5.19 points.
Week ending May 18, 2024: J.D. Martinez, 7.11 points.
Week ending May 25, 2024: Luis Severino, 4.21 points.
Week ending June 1, 2024: Francisco Lindor, 6.06 points.
Week ending June 8, 2024: Starling Marte, 4.34 points.
Week ending June 15, 2024: J.D. Martinez, 10.12 points.
Week ending June 22, 2024: Pete Alonso, 8.38 points.
Week ending June 29, 2024: Mark Vientos, 5.37 points.
Week ending July 6, 2024: Brandon Nimmo, 6.50 points.
Week ending July 13, 2024: Brandon Nimmo, 8.82 points.
Week ending July 20, 2024: Jeff McNeil, 4.90 points.
Week ending July 27, 2024: Francisco Lindor, 9.25 points.
Week ending August 3, 2024: J.D. Martinez, 6.20 points.
Week ending August 10, 2024: Francisco Lindor, 5.01 points.
Week ending August 17, 2024: Francisco Lindor, 6.84 points.
Week ending August 24, 2024: Francisco Lindor, 7.50 points.
Week ending August 31, 2024: Jose Quintana, 5.69 points.
Week ending September 7, 2024: Francisco Lindor, 6.73 points.
Week ending September 14, 2024: Luis Severino, 5.06 points.
Week ending September 21, 2024: Sean Manaea, 6.72 points.
Week ending September 28, 2024: Mark Vientos, 3.26 points.
Week ending October 5, 2024: Francisco Lindor, 6.38 points.

Thanks to those who participated!

We had six voters this year who had a perfect voting record. They will each receive a vacuum cleaner bag and a chance to dance with Maja at the CPF Christmas party.

Benjamin Grimm
Cowtipper
G-Fafif
Methead
Metirish
SkyKing#26




And... coming soon:

Amazing, I look forward to picking up my bag

I'm sure Lucas Duda in his interview for Lipscomb baseball hitting coach showed them his 2014 POTY award

Fun stuff as usual! Twenty years of thanks, Señor Grimm.

Congrats to Francisco, Sean, Edwin and Nimmz. Hopefully SNY
will share what they have to say about the honors on the pre-
game shows airing this afternoon.

A vacuum cleaner bag! What a generous and thoughtful gift. I
have the perfect spot for it in my trophy room.

And folks, if you dance with Maja be mindful of your pockets.
She is slick and I'm certain she lifted $800 in travelers cheques
from me a number of years ago.

Glad someone edged out Reed Garrett for Relief Pitcher of the Year.

I would have thought bench player would be Bader or Iglesias. Surprising.

I guess "bench player" means something different now in the world with the DH.

Outstanding work as always BG. Thank you for doing this!

This is always fun every year. A big thank you to BG for curating this

If you put all those RELIEVER OF THE MONTH cards into a pile, and you flip through them, it makes a movie.

I don't know where I dropped the ball on my perfect voting record, but my shame runs deep.

“This thing’s in the bag,” I said as I cast my Game 162 ballot — and it is!

All hail Schaefer PotY and East Coast NL MVP Lindor.

HAIL!!!