2018 New York Mets season
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The 2018 New York Mets season was the franchise's 57th season and the team's tenth season at Citi Field. They attempted to return to the postseason after an injury-plagued under-performance in 2017. This was their first season with Mickey Callaway as manager, succeeding Terry Collins.
The Mets got off to a franchise record 11–1 start [2] and ended the month of April with a 17–9 record, in first place in the National League East. However, they went 61–76 the rest of the way, and were eliminated from playoff contention by mid-September.[3]
Spring training
The Mets had a rough spring training with a record of 7–15–3 (ties). They ended the spring by winning an exhibition game 3–1 over the
Regular season
March
The Mets began the regular season on March 29, 2018, with their home opener with a 9–4 win over the
April
On April 1, the Mets started the month losing 1–5 to the St. Louis Cardinals, finishing the series two out of three. After, they went on a 9–game win streak, which put them in first place in the NL East. They finished the month going 15–9 and having a strong win (14–2) over the San Diego Padres.
May
On May 1, the Mets started the month losing 3-2 to the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field. They went on a 6–game losing streak, but broke out of it seven days later by beating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6. The one highlight of the month was a three–game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks. However, the remaining weeks didn't fare well.
June
The Mets started the month continuing their losing streak when the
July
The Mets started the month winning the last game of the series with the Miami Marlins by a score of 5–2. The team set a franchise record on July 31 for its worst loss ever, suffering a 25–4 defeat against the Washington Nationals.[4]
August
The Mets started the month continuing their loss from last month in a two game set to the
September
The Mets started the month with beating the
Season standings
National League East
W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road | |
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Atlanta Braves | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | — | 43–38 | 47–34 |
Washington Nationals | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 8 | 41–40 | 41–40 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 10 | 49–32 | 31–50 |
New York Mets | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 13 | 37–44 | 40–41 |
Miami Marlins | 63 | 98 | 0.391 | 26½ | 38–43 | 25–55 |
National League Division Leaders
Division Leaders | W
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L
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Pct. |
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Milwaukee Brewers | 96 | 67 | 0.589 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 92 | 71 | 0.564 |
Atlanta Braves | 90 | 72 | 0.556 |
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) |
Wild Card teamsW
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L
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Pct. | GB |
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Chicago Cubs | 95 | 68 | 0.583 | +4 |
Colorado Rockies | 91 | 72 | 0.558 | — |
St. Louis Cardinals | 88 | 74 | 0.543 | 2½ |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 82 | 79 | 0.509 | 8 |
Arizona Diamondbacks | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 8½ |
Washington Nationals | 82 | 80 | 0.506 | 8½ |
Philadelphia Phillies | 80 | 82 | 0.494 | 10½ |
New York Mets | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 13½ |
San Francisco Giants | 73 | 89 | 0.451 | 17½ |
Cincinnati Reds | 67 | 95 | 0.414 | 23½ |
San Diego Padres | 66 | 96 | 0.407 | 24½ |
Miami Marlins | 63 | 98 | 0.391 | 27 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | LAD | MIA | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
Arizona | — | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 11–8 | 6–1 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 10–10 |
Atlanta | 4–3 | — | 3–3 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 14–5 | 3–4 | 13–6 | 12–7 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 8–12 |
Chicago | 4–3 | 3–3 | — | 11–8 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 11–9 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
Cincinnati | 3–3 | 4–3 | 8–11 | — | 2–4 | 6–1 | 2–5 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–14 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 7–12 | 1–6 | 10–10 |
Colorado | 11–8 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | — | 7–13 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 12–7 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 13–7 |
Los Angeles | 8–11 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 13–7 | — | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 14–5 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 12–8 |
Miami | 1–6 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | — | 2–5 | 7–12 | 8–11 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 6–13 | 9–11 |
Milwaukee | 5–1 | 4–3 | 9–11 | 13–6 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | — | 4–3 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 4–2 | 6–1 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 13–7 |
New York | 5–2 | 6–13 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 2–4 | 12–7 | 3–4 | — | 11–8 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 8–12 |
Philadelphia | 2–4 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 8–11 | — | 6–1 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 12–8 |
Pittsburgh | 1–6 | 1–5 | 9–10 | 14–5 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 4–1 | 12–7 | 4–3 | 1–6 | — | 3–4 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 2–5 | 15–5 |
San Diego | 7–12 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 5–14 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | — | 8–11 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 7–13 |
San Francisco | 11–8 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 11–8 | — | 2–5 | 4–2 | 8–12 |
St. Louis | 3–3 | 2–4 | 10–9 | 12–7 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 3–4 | 5–2 | — | 5–2 | 11–9 |
Washington | 5–2 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 13–6 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | — | 9–11 |
The October 1 tiebreaker games were regular-season games that are included here.
Detailed records
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Roster
Player stats
Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
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Amed Rosario | 154 | 554 | 76 | 142 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 24 | 29 | .256 | .381 |
Michael Conforto | 153 | 543 | 78 | 132 | 25 | 1 | 28 | 82 | 3 | 84 | .243 | .448 |
Brandon Nimmo | 140 | 433 | 77 | 114 | 28 | 8 | 17 | 47 | 9 | 80 | .263 | .483 |
Todd Frazier | 115 | 408 | 54 | 87 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 59 | 9 | 48 | .213 | .390 |
Wilmer Flores | 126 | 386 | 43 | 103 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 51 | 0 | 29 | .267 | .417 |
Asdrúbal Cabrera | 98 | 375 | 48 | 104 | 23 | 1 | 18 | 58 | 0 | 29 | .277 | .488 |
Jay Bruce | 94 | 319 | 31 | 71 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 37 | 2 | 41 | .223 | .370 |
José Bautista | 83 | 245 | 37 | 50 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 37 | 2 | 51 | .204 | .367 |
Kevin Plawecki | 79 | 238 | 33 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 28 | .210 | .370 |
José Reyes | 110 | 228 | 30 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 22 | .189 | .320 |
Jeff McNeil | 63 | 225 | 35 | 74 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 7 | 14 | .329 | .471 |
Devin Mesoraco | 66 | 203 | 23 | 45 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 23 | .222 | .409 |
Austin Jackson | 57 | 198 | 17 | 49 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 12 | .247 | .348 |
Adrián González | 54 | 169 | 15 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 15 | .237 | .373 |
Dominic Smith | 56 | 143 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | .224 | .420 |
Yoenis Céspedes | 38 | 141 | 20 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 3 | 13 | .262 | .496 |
Tomas Nido |
34 | 84 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .238 |
Luis Guillorme | 35 | 67 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | .209 | .239 |
Juan Lagares | 30 | 59 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .339 | .390 |
José Lobatón | 22 | 49 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | .143 | .224 |
Jack Reinheimer | 21 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .167 | .167 |
Phillip Evans | 15 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .143 | .143 |
Matt den Dekker | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 |
Travis d'Arnaud | 4 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .200 | .400 |
Ty Kelly | 9 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 | .091 |
Kevin Kaczmarski | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 |
David Wright | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 |
Pitcher Totals | 162 | 300 | 12 | 42 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 10 | .140 | .180 |
Team Totals | 162 | 5468 | 676 | 1282 | 265 | 34 | 170 | 649 | 71 | 566 | .234 | .389 |
Source:[1]
Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
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Jacob deGrom | 10 | 9 | 1.70 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 217.0 | 152 | 48 | 41 | 46 | 269 |
Zach Wheeler |
12 | 7 | 3.31 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 182.1 | 150 | 69 | 67 | 55 | 179 |
Noah Syndergaard | 13 | 4 | 3.03 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 154.1 | 148 | 55 | 52 | 39 | 155 |
Steven Matz | 5 | 11 | 3.97 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 154.0 | 134 | 77 | 68 | 58 | 152 |
Seth Lugo | 3 | 4 | 2.66 | 54 | 5 | 3 | 101.1 | 81 | 36 | 30 | 28 | 103 |
Jason Vargas | 7 | 9 | 5.77 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 92.0 | 100 | 60 | 59 | 30 | 84 |
Robert Gsellman | 6 | 3 | 4.28 | 68 | 0 | 13 | 80.0 | 76 | 44 | 38 | 28 | 70 |
Corey Oswalt | 3 | 3 | 5.85 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 64.2 | 69 | 43 | 42 | 20 | 45 |
Paul Sewald | 0 | 7 | 6.07 | 46 | 0 | 2 | 56.1 | 62 | 39 | 38 | 23 | 58 |
Jerry Blevins | 3 | 2 | 4.85 | 64 | 1 | 1 | 42.2 | 36 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 41 |
Jeurys Familia | 4 | 4 | 2.88 | 40 | 0 | 17 | 40.2 | 36 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 43 |
Jacob Rhame | 1 | 2 | 5.85 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 32.1 | 38 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 28 |
Tyler Bashlor | 0 | 3 | 4.22 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 26 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 25 |
Drew Smith | 1 | 1 | 3.54 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 34 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 18 |
Tim Peterson | 2 | 2 | 6.18 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 27.2 | 29 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 25 |
Matt Harvey | 0 | 2 | 7.00 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 27.0 | 33 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 20 |
Anthony Swarzak | 0 | 2 | 6.15 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 26.1 | 28 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 31 |
A. J. Ramos | 2 | 2 | 6.41 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 22 |
Hansel Robles | 2 | 2 | 5.03 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 23 |
Drew Gagnon | 2 | 1 | 5.25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
Chris Beck | 0 | 0 | 5.23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
Daniel Zamora | 1 | 0 | 3.00 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
P. J. Conlon | 0 | 0 | 8.22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7.2 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
Chris Flexen | 0 | 2 | 12.79 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6.1 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Bobby Wahl | 0 | 1 | 10.13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
Gerson Bautista | 0 | 1 | 12.46 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
Buddy Baumann | 0 | 1 | 24.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
Eric Hanhold | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Scott Copeland | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
José Reyes | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
Team Totals | 77 | 85 | 4.07 | 162 | 162 | 41 | 1460.2 | 1364 | 707 | 661 | 484 | 1446 |
Source:[2]
Game log
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March: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 0–0)
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April: 15–9 (Home: 5–4; Away: 10–5)
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May: 10–18 (Home: 5–11; Away: 5–7)
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June: 5–21 (Home: 2–12; Away: 3–9)
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July: 12–12 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–5)
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August: 15–15 (Home: 7–7; Away: 8–8)
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September: 18–10 (Home: 9-4; Away: 9–6)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Mets team member |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Las Vegas 51s
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Pacific Coast League | Tony DeFrancesco |
AA | Binghamton Rumble Ponies | Eastern League
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Luis Rojas |
A-Advanced
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St. Lucie Mets | Florida State League | Chad Kreuter |
A
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Columbia Fireflies | South Atlantic League | Pedro Lopéz |
A-Short Season
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Brooklyn Cyclones | New York–Penn League | Edgardo Alfonzo |
Rookie
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Kingsport Mets | Appalachian League | Sean Ratliff |
Rookie
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GCL Mets
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Gulf Coast League
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David Davalillo |
Rookie
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DSL Mets 1 | Dominican Summer League | Manny Martinez |
Rookie
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DSL Mets 2 | Dominican Summer League | Yucary De La Cruz |
See also
- 2018 MLB Little League Classic
References
- ^ a b Wagner, James (January 23, 2018). "Jeff Wilpon Makes Rare Appearance to Defend Mets' Spending". The New York Times. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
- ^ "Four reasons the Mets are off to the best start in franchise history". sports.yahoo.com. April 12, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ^ "Mets officially eliminated from playoff contention". SNY. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- ^ Mets pounded 25-4 for worst loss in franchise history Retrieved August 2, 2018
- ^ "Mets score club-record 24 runs in rout of Phils". MLB.com.
External links
- 2018 New York Mets season Official Site
- 2018 New York Mets season at Baseball Reference