Curently there are three players who have joined the organization that lives on the other side of town: Capuano, Beltran and Chris Young.
Capuano had a solid year for the Mets in 2011 reaching a total of 186 inning sand a 4.55 ERA. Before that, his last time in the majors was in 2007 where he posted a 5.10 ERA over 29 games. In 2010 he then posted a 3.95 ERA in 24 games, but only 9 starts. He was able to use his success with the Mets to sign a two year deal with the Dodgers where he pitched better the following season and about two-thirds of a season load hte year after. In 2014 he split his time between the Red Sox Bullpen and the Yankees Rotation.
Beltran was such a critical player for the Mets for so long, I was happy to see him have success with the Cardinals after we traded him to San Francisco (he also netted us Zack Wheeler, so Beltran was the gift that kept on giving). He did well enough with the Cards to warrant a new contract with the Yankees, and he’ll try to rack up some more numbers as he moves on towards the end of his very nice career. If he has an amazing year this year, slamming 27 jacks, he’ll be up to 400 in his career. If he plays in 2016, he stands a decent shot at recording 400 Homers, 500 doubles overall, and maybe 2500 hits. After this year he should pass 1400 runs and 1000 walks.
The Mets signed Chris Young as an experiment last year. Didn’t really work out for us but the Yankees are still rolling with it.
This series of articles will take us across every organization in baseball and look for former Mets in the majors and minors to see how they are doing, leading up to a “Former Mets Team” to see how the current Mets stack up with pieces we have all over the place. I am still looking for Mets team members on the Rangers, White Sox and Tigers. If you know any, please let me know!
