Thursday, December 22, 2022

Are The Mets Better Than The Yankees?

For the most part the money has been spent and the rosters are set. The Mets are paying, after the competitive balance tax, almost $500M next year. There is no doubt that they will make the playoffs. As will we. But it begs the question... Are the Mets better than the Yankees? 

Let's take a look at the position players using last year's stats and this year's salary. 



RF  Sterling Marte             .292/.814    16 HR 63 RBI    20.7M

RF  Aaron Judge                .311/1.111   62 HR  131 RBI  40M

Well this one is easy.   YANKEES

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CF  Brandon Nimmo       .269/.827   16 HR  64 RBI   18.5M

CF  Harrison Bader          .250/.356   5 HR    30 RBI   5.2M

Bader was hurt for a lot of the year and gives GG defense and was clutch in the playoffs. But Nimmo is better.  METS 

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LF    Mark Canha         .266/.770    13 HR 61 RBI  11M

LF      TBD 

I gotta believe whoever the Yankees slap in left will be better and, since it's the last of their major needs, they will will trade for a good one.   YANKEES

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1B   Pete Alonzo          271/.869    40 HR 131 RBI  12.4M

1B   Anthony Rizzo     .224/.817    32 HR   75 RBI  17M

As much as I like Rizzo this one isn't even close.  METS

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2B  Jeff Mc Neil         .326/836      9HR  62RBI   6.5M

2B  Gleyber Torres      .257/.761    24 HR  76 RBI  9.6M

This could go either way.  Avg. vs. Power plus Gleyber is hopefully as good as gone because I want to see the kids.  That said...  TIE 

SS   Francisco Lindor 

SS   IKF 

Sure I could painstakingly write in the stats but why bother. If/when/they'd better fucking do it, the Yankees give it to Peraza it will be interesting to look at next year especially with Lindor making 34M and Peraza on a first year rookie deal . In the meantime METS 

3B  Carlos Correa  26.5M

3B  Josh Donaldson 21M + 6 M buyout = 27M

Donaldson by a mile. Close to the same money.  Plays a great 3B and... Ok screw this, we all know the answer.  The real question is... who is the bigger dickhead?   METS 

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C    Omar Narvaez    .206/.597   4HR 23 RBI  8M 

C    Jose Trevino      .248/.671   11HR  43 RBI 1.9M

Gotta be Jose right?   YANKEES

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DH   The Mets use a couple of guys who frankly are not good. 

DH   The Yankees also use a couple of guys. Unfortunately they are both Giancarlo Stanton. The good Stanton is one of the best. The bad Stanton is easily one of the worst. That said, on average... YANKEES

Are the Mets better than the Yankees?  The score was 4-4-1. So it's a tie. 

Let's go to the pitching staff...

Verlander  v. Cole   We've seen this one before .  METS 

Scherzer v. Rodon   Scherzer is too old. Better. Proven. But I think it's Rodon. YANKEES

Senga v .Nestor      Senga is an ace but it's his first year so there is no way of knowing.  Nasty Nestor is... Nasty Nestor. YANKEES

Quintana v.  Severino   Sevi's gotta stay healthy which has never happened.  But when he's healthy he's an ace as well. Uh, TIE?

Carrasco v. Montas    Technically it should be Montas but he has shown nothing. Particularly away from Oakland.   METS 

2-2-1 

DAMNIT!  

I'm skipping the pen and going straight to the Manager. 

Boone or Showalter... Hmmmn.  

Boone or Showalter...  Let's see, Boone 99 Wins. Showalter 101... Close. 

Boone... or Showalter.   

Oh G-d... 

The Mets are better than the Yankees. 



6 comments:

  1. Yes, Doug, the Mets are better than the Yankees but not by much.
    Too bad Matsui is no longer on the Yankees. Because then they would have Godzilla AND Rodan!

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  2. That's a pretty good side-by-side comparison, Doug. One thing you might consider adding to each player's numbers would be his age (e.g., right after salary). This would give us a dim sense of things how vulnerable the player is to injuries as well as how long the Mets' or Yankees' superiority at the position might endure.

    But, then again, Boone is younger than Showalter so perhaps never mind.

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  3. Eh, Showalter is not exactly a great manager either. His teams always get better after he leaves

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  4. On the contrary:

    Showalter builds those teams and then promptly gets fired.

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  5. Here’s a thought question…

    The Dodgers don’t sign Bauer…do the Yankees take a chance on him?

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  6. Very funny, Doug—though if anything, overly generous to our favorite team. Particularly when it comes to naming Gleyber as equal to anyone.

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