1 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:26,440 Are you listening? What's going on everybody, 2 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:28,840 welcome back to BT Unleash. You got a little special content 3 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:30,760 for you today. The snow start to melt a little 4 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:33,880 bit, baseballs around the corner, Yanks and Mets obviously 5 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:36,840 deep into the games. The WBC is around the corner 6 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:39,920 before you know it, Opening day. So the new content I dropped 7 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,480 last week, my all time Yankees lineup one through 9. 8 00:00:43,480 --> 00:00:46,760 We're using the DH and the only rule really is that it's got to 9 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,160 be post 1980 and you had to be on the team for at least two 10 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:52,120 years. So with that being said, the 11 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,520 Yankees was last week. Today we get with the New York 12 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:57,920 Mets and I'll tell you what I dropped this year and I wanted 13 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,680 you guys to start giving me your versions and obviously there's 14 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:02,960 no right or wrong. This is just my personal version 15 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,520 and I noticed in a lot of the replies we already disagreed off 16 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:09,000 the bat. I saw a lot of Jose races and I 17 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,320 love watching Jose Ray. He was really good. 18 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:16,360 José José José José he was a beast, but he is not this guy 19 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:20,400 batting first, playing shortstop for B TS all time Mets team as 20 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,720 we look to fill this out, that's obviously the objective batting 21 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:25,480 first. We'll slot that in right now. 22 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,960 Let's go with Yeah, we're going to go with Francisco Lindor. 23 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:31,480 I know. Oh, BT can't stand Lindor. 24 00:01:31,480 --> 00:01:34,640 Oh, I know BT said Lindor should only hit right-handed. 25 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,200 Well, BT is going to come correct when it's time to come 26 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,360 correct. Lindor is obviously a terrific 27 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:42,040 player. So what I did, I went back to 28 00:01:42,320 --> 00:01:45,280 all of the players that make my all Time Team and I picked out 29 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,280 their best year. So for me, Lindor was obviously 30 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,880 with the Mets of the Guardians back in 2024 where you had a WAR 31 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,400 of 6.9, very high number, finished second in the MVP to 32 00:01:55,400 --> 00:02:00,040 show Otani gave you the power, 33 bombs, 90 plus ribbies, a 33 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:05,920 very healthy OPS 844 for Lindor. Swipe 29 bags, scored 107 runs, 34 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:08,639 played really good defense, could have won the Gold Glove. 35 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:12,520 Now remember last year in 2025, Lindor's defensive metrics 36 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,320 dropped off a bit and hopefully that's just an anomaly for the 37 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,640 Mets and for the Mets fans. But Lindor as the leadoff man, 38 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:22,680 switch hitter, power, speed, you know, just a terrific 5 tool all 39 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,880 around player. You like to see him get off to a 40 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,200 quick start. You'd like to see that, but you 41 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,640 got to start my all time Mets team with Lindor in the lead off 42 00:02:30,640 --> 00:02:32,680 spot. So now we get to the number two 43 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:34,040 spot. You want somebody with pop, 44 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,560 preferably somebody with a high contact rate, preferably 45 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,080 somebody who's clutch, somebody who could run a little bit. 46 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,880 This one was easy. Newly minted Hall of Famer. 47 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,720 That's right and well deserved the great Carlos Beltran. 48 00:02:45,720 --> 00:02:48,960 We're going to put Beltran in the 2 hole and Beltran will 49 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:52,880 obviously bat second. Now we're going back to 2006 and 50 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:54,040 no, not with it. Didn't stretch. 51 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,440 We get that nasty pitch from Adam Wainwright to wrap up the 52 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,520 the Championship series against the Cardinals, but before that 53 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:04,560 he had a monster season. He had a WAR of 8.2, which was 54 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:08,240 the highest of any year he's had, including the Astros, the 55 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:11,400 Royals, other teams as well. Finished fourth in the MVP that 56 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,120 year. Beltran did what a Gold Glove in 57 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:16,400 center field and obviously did not start very well as a Met. 58 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,440 That first year at the Mets only had sixteen home runs and people 59 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:20,920 were saying what's going on with Beltran? 60 00:03:20,920 --> 00:03:25,600 Well, he quickly rectified that Silver Slugger check 41 home run 61 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:30,640 runs, check 116 RB is check 982 OPS. 62 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:32,480 I mean, that is a beast of the season. 63 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:35,600 How about this will go a little deeper in the metrics and OPS 64 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:39,920 plus of 150 big number. And Oh yeah, by the way, as a 65 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,080 switch hitter with power, with speed, scored 127 runs. 66 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,560 So the Mets all time lineup. My Mets all time lineup post 67 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:52,080 1980, you've got Francisco Lindor setting the tone, power, 68 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:55,760 speed in the two spot. You've got Carlos Beltran. 69 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,080 What about the three spot? Well, listen, you know my guy 70 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,560 was Don Mattingly. But if I was a Mets fan, this 71 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:03,480 dude absolutely would have been my guy. 72 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:06,120 And even though I'm not a Mets fan, there's a lot of love for 73 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:08,080 Keith Hernandez. I mean, you talk about a 74 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:12,440 prototypical #3 hitter. There was a stat I don't think 75 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:13,880 they really used. I remember used to be on the 76 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,600 back of baseball cards. I don't think they use it 77 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,760 anymore. It was a clutch that like from 78 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:22,720 the 7th inning on game-winning RBI's Hernandez was always in 79 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:24,960 the mix there. Now listen he had some great 80 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:29,640 years with the Cardinals won the MVP back in 70 Co MVP in 1979. 81 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:33,840 We go back to his 84 season. So Hernandez was acquired mid 82 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:39,400 season in 83 in 84 Hernandez's first season in 85 the Yankee of 83 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:41,200 the the Mets well of getting Gary Carter. 84 00:04:41,400 --> 00:04:44,400 But this year in 84 Keith finished second in the MVP. 85 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:47,480 Now, if there was a wild card like the Yankees back in the 80s 86 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:51,000 as well, the Mets would have had a lot more playoff appearances. 87 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:54,640 Second in the MVP for Keith, the best defensive first baseman of 88 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:56,720 all time. Mattingly was really good. 89 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:58,680 I got it. I got to keep it correct here. 90 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:00,920 I mean, I got to come clean on the bunt. 91 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:05,000 Turn to the 363 double play. Hernandez was an absolute 92 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,240 surgeon. Magician, won the Silver 93 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:12,240 Slugger, had an 859 OPS, 94 ribbies, 311 average member. 94 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:15,800 That was a lot of Letty Dykstra, Wally Backman, Samuki at the top 95 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:20,160 of the you got you got the thump now with Reyes and with Beltran. 96 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:23,840 I mean Hernandez might drive in 130 a 140 runs. 97 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:27,360 As I said, hit 311 when you know, hitting for average still 98 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:30,040 meant something didn't strike out a lot and his on base 99 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:34,240 percentage was incredibly well over 404 O 9. 100 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:39,240 So you go Lindor, you go Beltran, you go Keith Hernandez. 101 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:41,160 Now we get to the four spot. All right. 102 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:43,400 I don't know if I love him behind the dish as a catcher. 103 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,240 That was certainly advantage Gary Carter. 104 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,880 But in terms of thump, in terms of right-handed presence, Mike 105 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:52,160 Piazza absolutely as good as it gets. 106 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:54,040 He's my catch. A little deficient defensively, 107 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:55,920 sure. I'm going back to the Subway 108 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:00,920 Series year back in 2000 where Mike Piazza ran up and rang up a 109 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:05,840 WAR of 5.1 third in the MVP. Yeah, you bet he bagged the 110 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:11,040 Silver Slugger. 38 home runs, 113 RB is listen to this OPS 111 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:15,720 over 1001 thousand 12 his OPS plus you thought that, you know, 112 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:20,400 Beltran's was good at 1:50. This was 155 for the great Mike 113 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,800 Piazza. Only 69 strikeouts process that. 114 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,600 You know, obviously Judge has a ton more power and Darryl 115 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:31,200 Strawberry, who we might get to at some point coming up, had had 116 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:35,080 great power, clearly. But to have the power that 117 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:38,880 Piazza had and only strikeout 69 times, Like imagine if Straw 118 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:42,920 struck out 69 times or Arrow Judge struck out 69 times. 119 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,360 I mean, that is an incredibly efficient contact rate. 120 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,680 And Oh yeah, by the way, even though he couldn't run, he did 121 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,840 score at 90 runs. So we're going think about this 122 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:54,040 now one through 4. All right, I'm going to contrast 123 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:56,240 a little bit. The Yankees lead off man was 124 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,400 Ricky and the Mets lead off man is Lindor. 125 00:06:59,400 --> 00:07:02,560 I had Jeter in the 2 spot for the Yankees, obviously Beltron 126 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:05,400 of the two spot for the Mets. I had Mattingly in the three 127 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,000 hole vintage peak pre back injury, Mattingly in the third 128 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,520 spot there. Obviously you now get to the 129 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:12,440 Mets with Keith Hernandez. You got to have that little 130 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,000 Keith and Donnie juxtaposition there. 131 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,840 And now Mike Piazza is in the clean up spot. 132 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:20,640 And and just a quick aside from the lineup as as I construct 133 00:07:20,640 --> 00:07:23,280 this and I'll continue to build it out in a moment, I think 134 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:25,960 about some of the the great right-handed hitters in all the 135 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:29,400 baseball now, really some of his best, most of his best years, 136 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:31,760 maybe outside of this one and maybe one other with the Mets. 137 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:33,520 They were really with the Dodgers. 138 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,720 And you look at a right-handed catcher who couldn't run a lick 139 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,840 was hitting three 4350. And in terms of opposite field 140 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:44,520 prowess, you know, for my money, you know, I mean, I haven't 141 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:46,160 judges there. Bonds could do it as well. 142 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:50,120 But like Mike Piantz's ability to hit with power to right 143 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,920 center field, I don't want to say it was without precedent 144 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,240 because I just gave you a couple of names that are obviously 145 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,280 there. But Mike Piantz is on the short 146 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:01,240 list for incredible oppo power and oppo thumb. 147 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:03,480 So they got their first four. Now. 148 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,560 It's like I knew the names when I set this up. 149 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:07,200 There's only one or two. Left field was tricky. 150 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,120 I'll get to that. And I think you would agree left 151 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,360 field for the Mets. Put it this way, it's not Todd 152 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:15,200 Hundley and it's not Nemo. I no disrespect, but my my issue 153 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,240 was like, where do I put these next couple of guys in terms of 154 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,600 the batting order? Well, in the five hole. 155 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,000 All right, if Piazza doesn't get him in, would you probably will. 156 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:28,200 How about the straw man? All 6 foot 6 and a blur on the 157 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:30,120 bases are rocket and right field. 158 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,799 Yeah, I know he struck out. Yeah, I know the Darrell's head 159 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:35,720 wasn't always there. Yeah, I know he's a little slow 160 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:37,320 to recover from injuries, but come on. 161 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:42,600 You go back to 1988, which was his best Met season with a 5.5 162 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:45,680 WAR, almost one the MVP. I thought he should have won the 163 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:48,680 MVP back in 88 second in the MVP that year. 164 00:08:48,680 --> 00:08:52,400 Silver Slugger obviously led the league in all these categories. 165 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:57,600 Home runs, 39 slugging percentage, OPSOPS plus and Oh 166 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:01,600 yeah, we know Darryl could run. I mean, man, watching Darrell, 167 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:05,120 obviously he could steal and he had 29 swipes that bag that 168 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,440 year, 101 runs scored. But watching Darrell, what you 169 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,800 know with that 66 frame and he was a quick twitch guy. 170 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:13,880 Like, you know, that's just to make it a Yankee met thing. 171 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,000 But Bernie Williams was a very good base runner. 172 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:18,960 Like when he got going, he didn't steal a ton. 173 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:24,760 His first step is read was but Darrell, you know, on a double 174 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:27,800 in the gap from first base or a base hit up there to right field 175 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,240 from 2nd. We're even tagging up from third 176 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:33,080 on a semi shallow bolt to the like Darryl's wheels were 177 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:36,400 phenomenal. So after Piazza, yeah, I love 178 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:37,920 Darryl. I mean I love them as a Yankee, 179 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:39,320 but again, I got to come correct. 180 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,640 There's some of these Mets I really enjoyed watching my dad's 181 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:44,920 a Mets fan as you know, and Channel 9 was on a little bit 182 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,320 more often than WPIX until I got older and I started taking 183 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:50,520 control of the remote. Then it went to the to the 184 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,320 Yankees more. But love Darryl lot lot of love, 185 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:56,160 lot of respect for Darryl. Good guy happy turns his life 186 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,600 around and and he deserves to be in that five spot. 187 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:01,520 All right, now we get to the 6th hole. 188 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:03,280 So we have Keith Hernandez playing first base. 189 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:06,880 So Pete Alonzo is not my first baseman obviously, but you 190 00:10:06,880 --> 00:10:09,480 better believe that Big Pete is my designated hitter. 191 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:11,680 He's behind Daryl in the sixth spot. 192 00:10:11,680 --> 00:10:15,200 So I'm going to go back to Pete's 29 was really early. 193 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:19,440 Obviously guys that was that was his first year 2019 Rookie of 194 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:22,720 the year, a WAR of 5.4 As a rookie. 195 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:27,440 He broke Aaron Judges rookie home run mark with 53 had 120 196 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:32,760 ribbies, had a 941 OPS as a rookie had an OPS plus of two of 197 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,240 147. And it's not like he hit 220 or 198 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:40,680 230 hit a really healthy 2 Sixty 57th in the MVP had 103 runs 199 00:10:40,680 --> 00:10:42,640 scored. And I think it's funny, this is 200 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,800 as a quick decide, but if you think about a lot of those 201 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,680 conversations that I had on the fan, I had on the fan with Sal, 202 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:50,640 you know, do you give Pete a long term deal? 203 00:10:50,640 --> 00:10:53,240 What is he worth? Well, one of the things that, 204 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:55,840 and I know he's not here, so it doesn't really matter, but one 205 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,480 of the things that was beginning to creep into Pete Alonso's 206 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:04,840 game, you know, like in 2023 and 2024, the average really sunk. 207 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,000 But if you go and and it was alarming, I'm like, is this the 208 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,200 new Pete Alonso? And then he rectified it and 209 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,040 then the Orioles gave him a rightful 5 year big money deal. 210 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:18,200 But Pete Alonzo early was at 260, was at 260-2265 ish. 211 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:21,600 I think even one year he may have hit 270 and you know, he 212 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,440 was just a tougher out, didn't strike out quite as much. 213 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:28,000 But Pete in certainly his rookie year 2019, was an absolute 214 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,840 animal and for the most part was an animal throughout his Mets 215 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,240 run. He is in the 6th hole behind the 216 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,680 straw man now, the 7th spot this is. 217 00:11:36,680 --> 00:11:40,840 And I, I got to be honest, I debated putting this next player 218 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:43,320 in the 2 hole. Like I was messing around. 219 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,920 I'm like, do I drop Lindoor? Do I maybe mess around to get 220 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,240 cute with some of these new, you know, modern lineups where Judge 221 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,960 hit second, you know, Soto hit second, Shohei Otani's atop the 222 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:54,920 order. I actually thought about putting 223 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:57,680 this guy, not one but maybe 2 and he would have fit there 224 00:11:57,680 --> 00:11:59,800 nicely. But he's going to settle in as a 225 00:11:59,800 --> 00:12:02,280 great 7 hitter. That's David Wright, who's 226 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,480 probably outside of Doc and Darrell. 227 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:06,520 He's by far my all time favorite Met. 228 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,600 I think David Wright is the Mets version of of Don Mattingly. 229 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:12,840 I've said that a lot the the correlations to their careers, 230 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:16,920 the back injury, the captaincy, the steadiness, the leadership. 231 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,040 And unlike Donnie, David Wright could run. 232 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,320 I'm going to go to David Wrights 2007 season. 233 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:26,320 Listen to these numbers. First of all, his war was over 234 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:28,480 8. Just a little context here. 235 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:31,960 Aaron Judge's war this past year when I mean Aaron Judge's 236 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:35,400 superhero right now was a shade below 10. 237 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:40,000 It was 9.78 point 3 for David Wright in 2007. 238 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:42,840 Somehow we didn't finish in the top three in the MVP, which is 239 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:45,600 mystifying. He won a Gold Glove, obviously 240 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:49,640 got the Silver Slugger stole the career high 34 bases like David 241 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:55,880 could run 42 double S foul line to foul line power 30 bombs, 107 242 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:58,880 RB is remember this is before they moved away from Shea and 243 00:12:59,040 --> 00:13:02,560 when he got the city his numbers dip power wise for a minute and 244 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:04,080 then you know, then they they were stabilized. 245 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:05,360 But then his back became an issue. 246 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:07,520 David Wright was just phenomenal. 247 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:11,920 Just the ballplayer 113 runs scored almost 200 hits banged 248 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:17,400 out 196 and OPS of 963 and OPS plus of 149. 249 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:19,360 I mean, those are remark. Those are Hall of Fame numbers, 250 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,920 like if you have 4-5 years like that, which he didn't quite have 251 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:25,080 that, but if you did, that's a Hall of Famer. 252 00:13:25,360 --> 00:13:29,400 And you know, I look at you guys know what I value on a baseball 253 00:13:29,400 --> 00:13:32,200 field, Obviously power. You know, I want you to be able 254 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,680 to play your defensive, especially if it's a position of 255 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:37,480 of Providence, like up the middle, shortstop, behind the 256 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:40,240 plate, center field. I want a slick field in first 257 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:42,000 baseman. I can live with a guy who's 258 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:45,040 going to booted at third base a little bit if he's a masher, 259 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,480 left field, whatever. I need a right fielder with a 260 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,880 hose. But when I look at David Wright, 261 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,520 like I just go to the conveyor belt of a baseball players, like 262 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,640 when you are constructing a baseball player, everything I 263 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:01,480 look for the prototypical body like speed and strength ratio. 264 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:03,600 Can you run? Do you have an arm? 265 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:06,080 Do you have soft hands? He was a shortstop as a young 266 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,880 player, so him moving to third base was was a lock. 267 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:10,800 It was simple. Are you clutch? 268 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,640 Are you emotionally consistent? Are you a leader? 269 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:17,200 I remember many times David Wright had no issue looking into 270 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,840 that camera and talking to those reporters and calling himself 271 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:24,040 out, calling his teammates out. Massive respect for David 272 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:25,760 Wright. You know that back doesn't 273 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,080 betray him. He is AI think he's a first 274 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,120 ballot Hall of Famer. Forget about being a Hall of 275 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:33,040 Famer and in the seventh spot. That is phenomenal. 276 00:14:33,160 --> 00:14:37,040 Love David Wright, shout out to #5 Now we get to left field. 277 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,160 Not many options. I'm going to lie to you now, I 278 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:44,280 will say this, and it's not just because he, I mean, he's going 279 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:46,600 to play this year for the Mets, obviously, which will be year 280 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:51,120 #2I elected to omit Juan Soto. I'll mess around to give you a 281 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,240 little version of Soda was was in my lineup. 282 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,720 So if Soda was there, I could have put Soda on the left, which 283 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,360 where he'll be this year, could have kept Daryl and right. 284 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:01,880 And then obviously, you know, I'm not not scratching for a 285 00:15:01,880 --> 00:15:04,560 left fielder here. And it was really the only 286 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:06,480 position, not so much of the batting order. 287 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:07,800 I had to think about a few things there. 288 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,840 It was the only position where I'm like really had to crunch 289 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,640 some numbers. I knew the two names that jumped 290 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,920 out right away. It was, and I love Cliff Floyd. 291 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,440 It wasn't Cliff, it was you went to Cespedes. 292 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,640 It wasn't Todd Hundley. You know, it was really that 293 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:25,080 really came down to Cespedes. And Cespedes is the guy. 294 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:27,120 Get him up there right now batting 8th. 295 00:15:27,120 --> 00:15:29,760 Now when he was brought into the Mets, really, I mean, do you 296 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:33,200 want to talk about a surge of energy and just propelling that 297 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:36,120 team to the World Series? I'm going to go and that was 298 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,880 2015. I'm going to go to his 2016 299 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:40,800 year. Now this does tell you like the 300 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:44,600 Mets just had a shortage of of star left fielders and and 301 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:49,520 Cespedes like he is very low on this list in terms of 302 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:51,040 Providence. Here is probably last. 303 00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,640 As a matter of fact, his WAR in 2016, which was his best Mets, 304 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,480 he had some better years with the A's, I think maybe even one 305 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,360 better one with the Tigers, but his WAR was 2.9. 306 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:04,520 It is a lot of guys with the 2.9 WAR, but it's a position where 307 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:07,400 it hasn't been filled over the years greatly by the Mets. 308 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,960 You know, maybe Ben's changes that down the road, maybe Soto 309 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:12,760 change that, whatever. But up until this point, you 310 00:16:12,760 --> 00:16:16,200 know it's been. So you go back to that season 311 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:18,840 and again, for an 8 hitter, that's fine. 8 in the MVP. 312 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,680 So top 10, still big value there. 313 00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:25,360 Won the Silver Slugger, hit 31 home runs, only 86 RBI's and a 314 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:29,640 sub 900 OPS. Again, really good, but less 315 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,800 than some of the other big names and incredible, basically Hall 316 00:16:32,800 --> 00:16:35,600 of Fame numbers that I just hit you with as we filled out the 317 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:39,200 first seven spots. Now we get to the #9 spot in the 318 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,560 order I'm kind of looking for, you know, a guy that could 319 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:45,680 easily bat first or in this case he hit second quite a bit. 320 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:48,800 I was he was a ball player and he was a buttoned up, 321 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,480 fundamentally sound Polish ball player. 322 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,520 Met fans love him. Kind of gets overlooked a little 323 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,280 bit over the years with the straws and the Piazza's and the 324 00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:58,840 Hernandez's and the Gary Carter's. 325 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:02,600 And Gary did not make my team. I couldn't put Gary at the DH 326 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:05,480 over Pete and I certainly couldn't couldn't put Gary 327 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:10,240 behind the plate over Piazza. I guess some people can contest 328 00:17:10,240 --> 00:17:11,400 this and that's what this is all about. 329 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,280 I want to see the comments, I want to see the push back. 330 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,880 I want to spur some debate. Could I put Gary as the catcher 331 00:17:16,880 --> 00:17:18,880 and Mike is the DH and omitted Pete? 332 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:20,960 I could have. I'm not doing that to the Mets 333 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,520 all time home run leader. So that's how I came up with 334 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:26,240 what I came up with. But in the nine spot playing 335 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:29,080 second base, I thought about maybe even pumped and Reyes 336 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:32,520 there and getting cute. Edgardo Alfonso ball player 337 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:36,200 winner, good at everything, not great at anything. 338 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:37,520 That's although this year was great. 339 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:40,240 Not going to reference in a moment but just every night. 340 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:43,520 Ground ball, moving runners over, making the right play, 341 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:47,400 getting the clutch knock. Just a really good player. 342 00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:51,120 How about this war back in 2000 Subway series 6.4? 343 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:55,520 That was his war. So 109 runs scored monster, 40 344 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,120 double S monster. If you get cute try to beat him 345 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:01,280 with a fastball 25 you know could take you deep spinning 346 00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:08,520 around 25 home runs. 94 RB is an on base percentage of 425. 347 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:15,320 I mean, that is freakishly good. 425 is insane and OPS of 967, 348 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:18,000 which is big time and I value this. 349 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:20,800 Like I was like Keith Hernandez and a few others that didn't 350 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:25,080 really strike out much like Mike Piazza only struck out 70 times. 351 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:28,280 So I've got my bottom third, my last dinner, Edgardo, Edgardo 352 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:32,400 Alfonso, who can it would pop, can move runners over, SAC fly, 353 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:35,120 whatever he calls for situational stuff, got to steal 354 00:18:35,120 --> 00:18:37,400 the base, whatever. You know that Fonzie could do 355 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:41,040 that for you. So that is my all time Mets 1980 356 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:43,560 lineup post 80. Let's get the lineup card up 357 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:44,480 there. Let's get it up. 358 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:46,680 Let's see. It was not easy as I was sitting 359 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:48,920 in the managers office trying to flush through this year. 360 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,760 So in the one spot playing shortstop, Lindor, you go 361 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:54,440 back-to-back, switch hitters, think about this. 362 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,080 You got to love that. Beltran Hall of Famer and Lindor 363 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,320 will be 1 of as well eventually. Carlos in the two spot playing 364 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:03,720 center, great fielder Hernandez best defensive first baseman of 365 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,560 all time, clutch hitter, captain three spot. 366 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:09,640 Piazza, absolute masher, straight up beast. 367 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:12,320 A lot of contact as well. He's in the four spot. 368 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:16,720 Daryl with the power, with the speed, you know, and back then 369 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:19,600 in the 80s, in the early 90s, power hitters, you know, guys 370 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,080 like Darryl, the great ones, they didn't hit 230. 371 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:26,040 Like now you know, Darryl was going to hit you 262-7265. 372 00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:29,720 So he's in the five spot. Pete Alonzo, you know, sucks. 373 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:31,720 He's no longer here. And no Mets fans lament that. 374 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,960 I think it's the right baseball move, but this is not the show 375 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:36,640 for that. Pete's in the 6th hole. 376 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,720 My DH is going to clean up and just go buck wild with all those 377 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:43,040 men on base, the great David Wright, all the round talent all 378 00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:46,000 around, player in the seven hole, suspicious in the 8th, Spa 379 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,640 playing left field and Fonzie batting 9th. 380 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:50,040 Keep that up there for a second here. 381 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:51,720 Think about the lower third guys. 382 00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:54,400 So how many guys in the lineup can't run? 383 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:55,480 We're actually let me do it this way. 384 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,200 Who can run? Lindor, yes, Beltran, yes. 385 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:01,960 Keith was actually OK like pretty quick with the Cardinals 386 00:20:02,280 --> 00:20:05,600 and then a a situationally very smart based runner with the 387 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,280 Mets. Piazza couldn't run a lick. 388 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:08,640 It was painful. Kind of like me. 389 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,560 Barrel could fly. Pete couldn't move. 390 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:15,520 Can't move right, can run, Cespedes could run and Fonzie 391 00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:18,200 could run to round it out. So that lower third, you get a 392 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,280 lot of power. You get, you know, good contact 393 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,320 rate and you get good speed. So there it is. 394 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:27,640 BT's all time Mets lineup post 1980. 395 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,520 Hey, I'm sure you guys will pick apart a couple of things. 396 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:32,600 Debate, click away. Let's go. 397 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,840 Let's get the conversation flow and hopefully you guys enjoyed 398 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:39,240 as we move toward the start of Opening Day for the Mets and 399 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:41,800 obviously for the Yankees in the New York baseball season. 400 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,440 Enjoy it, comment, like and subscribe and all that good 401 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:45,880 stuff and I'll catch you soon.