Travis had a good year in terms of power numbers, but a bad year in pretty much everything else as the oft injured catcher was able to stay on the field for 376 PAs. At this point in d’Arnaud’s career he is becoming a catcher who plays below average time, mostly out of injury concerns.
Here are what the computers think he will do this year:
| Travis d’Arnaud | ||||||||
| Source | PA | AB | H | R | HR | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Baseball Prospectus | 488 | 86.392 | 58 | 16 | 0.25 | 0.315 | 0.418 | |
| ZiPS | 379 | 90 | 42 | 13 | 0.259 | 0.312 | 0.431 | |
| Steamer | 331 | 299 | 75 | 35 | 12 | 0.252 | 0.313 | 0.431 |
| ESPN | 330 | 85.14 | 39 | 14 | 0.258 | 0.31 | 0.439 | |
| MLB.com | 330 | 85.14 | 41 | 15 | 0.258 | 0.306 | 0.458 | |
| Baseball Reference | 416 | 377 | 94 | 46 | 15 | 0.249 | 0.311 | 0.422 |
| Average: | 403.5 | 334 | 85.94533 | 43.5 | 14.16667 | 0.254333 | 0.311167 | 0.433167 |
| 2017 Stats: | 376 | 348 | 85 | 39 | 16 | 0.244 | 0.293 | 0.443 |
Rene Rivera started to give d’Arnaud a run for his money in value to the team over the last couple of seasons. Now this is Travis and Kevin’s job where step forwards by either of them can edge out the others.
Travis will face additional pressures this year from the minors in both Nido (low threat) and Lobaton (spring threat). The projections see a step back in the correct direction for OBP and a step back for power. They also see him putting similar, if not less, playing time compared to last year.
The Mets don’t need d’Arnaud to be great. There are a lot of bats in the lineup now. They need him to be serviceable though.
