Today we wrap up our projections review of catchers on the 40 man with the actual starting catcher for the 2019 Mets – Wilson Ramos!
The last two days we’ve looked at d’Arnaud and Nido. The former will be competing with Mesoraco for a back up role and Nido will probably be on the outside looking for the major league season.
But Wilson! He’s the focus here. The Mets got Wilson Ramos on a steal of a deal after Grandal turned down a 4 year offer from the Mets.
2018: 416 PA, 382 AB, 15 HR, .306/.358/.487, 2.7 WAR, 121 DRC+
Career: .273/.317/.439, 104 DRC+
Ramos put up a great year last year and his career DRC+ is better than anyone the Mets have on their roster (closest is Mesoraco at 100). Here are what the projection programs see in Wilson’s first year as a Met:
(Citations: Baseball Prospectus (BP) projections are from the Baseball Prospectus annual which can you can get here. It’s highly recommended. ESPN projections can be found here. ZiPS can be found here. Steamer can be found here. Baseball Reference projections (BR) can found on the players BR page which linked elsewhere on this article. )
Steamer and ZiPS, both fangraphs linked projections, see Ramos taking a step back of his career numbers in 2019. Everyone else see’s an improvement including a whopping 112 DRC+ (which is high off his average career mark) from BP.
It’s been a while since the Mets have had a reliably offensive minded catcher behind the plate. Even the ZiPS line would feel like an improvement over past years.
Tomorrow we’ll continue with new players with Robinson Cano!
