I'm Daniel Vogelbach, and you can call me Mr. Three-True-Outcomes, because I walk, I whiff, and when I get the opportunity to, I destroy baseballs.
Here's a fun fact! Despite showing up at the butt end of last year, I'm three games short of becoming the Mets' all-time leader in appearances at designated hitter.
Here's another fun fact! I haven't checked, but I'm pretty sure that, conversely, I'm also the organization's all-time leader in game appearances without putting on a glove.
Yeah, those facts are fun without necessarily being plusses. I don't really run at all, and while I may have outhit Dom Smith in taking his role, I'm probably a less encouraging option as a backup firstbaseman, and certainly not in the conversation as an emergency outfielder.
But, as I mentioned, I hit the ball and the ball hurts a lot. I've hit as many as 30 in a season, and while my career batting average is .218, I've raised that in recent years by curtailing my strikeouts. I'm a work in progress, and progress I've made.
So what does Vogelprogress look like in 2023?
