Mets Analytics

Haven't written a full-length article in a while, but this felt pertinent with recent crescendos of batted-ball "luck" discourse & Jeff McNeil's .426/.450/.670 latest 100 PAs. A deep dive on why hitting skill is so difficult to measure! 🐿️ #LGM cornerthree.net/2022/08/21/o…

Carson Benge has a good arm.

Don’t look too hard too early, but Bo Bichette is a cool 81st percentile in outs above average at 3rd base to start the season. His maximum throw velocity of 88.6 MPH has already far eclipsed his hardest throw of 2025 (86.3 MPH). An optimist might say he could continue to improve at his new position as the season progresses! 🎯 #LGM

Nolan McLean is meeting expectations. 🤠Elite run prevention 🤠Elite quality of contact allowed 🤠Keeping ball on the ground McLean is generating Ks not through chases or swings & misses, but through called strikes. When he pitches, batters simply don’t want to swing. #LGM

Mets fWAR leaders through 10 games: 0.5 Senga👻 0.4 Alvarez🧌 Vientos🌬️ Robert🐆 0.3 Soto🔀 Semien🥫 Peterson👈 0.2 Lindor🚪 Young👶 Raley🏞️ McLean🤠 Brazobán🏝️ Peralta🔥 0.1 Torrens🚔 Holmes👨‍🎨 Williams💨 García👴 0.0 Meyers🧹 Weaver😴 -0.1 Baty🛻 Taylor🍺 Polanco😎Benge🦅Manaea🪒 -0.2 Lovelady👩‍❤️‍👨 -0.3 Bichette🌊 #LGM

This is what a “ground ball pitcher” looks like! Clay Holmes is at 65.7% GB through 2 games, which is 90th percentile in 2026, but amazingly wouldn’t even be the best of his career over a full season (he eclipsed that number 3 straight years from 2021-2023). All 6 of his pitches are moving with significantly more vertical drop - for some pitches, nearly 10 inches - than “expected” for batters based on MLB averages. It’s all working for Holmes, who is coming off just his second 7.0 IP outing of his Mets career in his second start of 2026! 👨‍🎨 #LGM

Mark Vientos is 8/15 on the season (.533) through 6 games. In 2025, he didn’t get his 8th hit until his 16th game of the season. 🌬️ #LGM

Nolan McLean’s pitch movement profile thus far. His curveball (blue) is breaking by nearly double the MLB average in horizontal inches. His sweeper (yellow) isn’t far off. The vertical gap between his 4 seamer (red) and his curve is averaging 30.3 (!) inches. 🤠 #LGM

The New York Mets are 1-0. Who was last night’s MVP of the game? #LGM

Mark Vientos since returning to the Mets in spring training: 🌬️Flyout 🌬️Groundout 🌬️Strikeout 🌬️Groundout 🌬️Groundout 🌬️Strikeout 🌬️Popout 🌬️GIDP 🌬️Lineout 🌬️Lineout 🌬️Flyout 🌬️Strikeout 🌬️Popout 🌬️Walk 🌬️GIDP 🌬️Flyout 🌬️Strikeout 🌬️Groundout 🌬️Groundout 0/18. #LGM

Mark Vientos, playing for Team Nicaragua, just roped a 108 MPH single against Jonah Tong and the Mets. 💨