GM: Steve Phillips
2000: won pennant · 94–68. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgardo Alfonzo | 26 | arb | 150 | 6.4 | 4.2 | +4.9 |
| Mike Piazza | 31 | FA-elig | 136 | 5.8 | 12.1 | -3.8 |
| Mike Hampton | 27 | FA-elig | 35 | 5.2 | 5.8 | +1.6 |
| Glendon Rusch | 25 | – | 31 | 4.3 | – | – |
| Al Leiter | 34 | FA-elig | 31 | 4.3 | 7.8 | -1.6 |
| Rick Reed | 35 | FA-elig | 30 | 2.7 | 4.4 | -0.5 |
| Todd Zeile | 34 | FA-elig | 153 | 2.7 | 4.3 | -0.5 |
| Benny Agbayani | 28 | pre-arb | 119 | 2.1 | 0.2 | +2.7 |
| Jay Payton | 27 | pre-arb | 149 | 2.0 | 0.2 | +2.7 |
| Robin Ventura | 32 | FA-elig | 141 | 1.9 | 8.0 | -5.3 |
| Todd Pratt | 33 | FA-elig | 80 | 1.7 | 0.5 | +1.9 |
| Armando Benitez | 27 | FA-elig | 76 | 1.5 | 3.4 | -1.3 |
| Derek Bell | 31 | FA-elig | 144 | 1.4 | 5.0 | -3.0 |
| Lenny Harris↔ ARI | 35 | FA-elig | 76 | 0.8 | 0.7 | +0.4 |
| Bobby Jones | 30 | FA-elig | 27 | 0.7 | 5.4 | -4.4 |
| John Franco | 39 | FA-elig | 62 | 0.6 | 3.4 | -2.5 |
| Turk Wendell | 33 | FA-elig | 77 | 0.4 | 2.1 | -1.5 |
| Timo Perez | 25 | – | 24 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Melvin Mora↔ BAL | 28 | pre-arb | 79 | 0.3 | 0.1 | +0.2 |
| Jon Nunnally | 28 | arb | 48 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +0.0 |
| Rick White↔ TBR | 31 | FA-elig | 24 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +0.1 |
| Bubba Trammell↔ TBR | 28 | arb | 36 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +0.2 |
| Mike Bordick↔ BAL | 34 | FA-elig | 56 | 0.2 | 1.1 | -0.9 |
| Bobby Jones | 28 | – | 11 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Ryan McGuire | 28 | – | 1 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Grant Roberts | 22 | – | 4 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Jorge Toca | 29 | – | 8 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Eric Cammack | 24 | – | 8 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Darryl Hamilton | 35 | FA-elig | 43 | 0.0 | 3.6 | -3.6 |
| Jerrod Riggan | 26 | – | 1 | 0.0 | – | – |
| David Lamb | 25 | – | 7 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Mike Kinkade↔ BAL | 27 | – | 2 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Bill Pulsipher | 26 | – | 2 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Jim Mann | 25 | – | 2 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Vance Wilson | 27 | – | 4 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Dennis Springer | 35 | – | 2 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Dennis Cook | 37 | FA-elig | 68 | -0.1 | 2.2 | -2.3 |
| Mark Johnson | 32 | – | 21 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Matt Franco | 30 | arb | 101 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -0.7 |
| Jorge Velandia↔ OAK | 25 | arb | 15 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Joe McEwing | 27 | – | 87 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Kurt Abbott | 31 | FA-elig | 79 | -0.3 | 0.5 | -0.9 |
| Jason Tyner↔ TBR | 23 | – | 13 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Rich Rodriguez | 37 | FA-elig | 32 | -0.4 | 0.6 | -1.1 |
| Rickey Henderson↔ SEA | 41 | FA-elig | 31 | -0.5 | 0.5 | -1.2 |
| Pat Mahomes | 29 | FA-elig | 53 | -0.5 | 0.8 | -1.5 |
| Rey Ordonez | 29 | arb | 45 | -0.7 | 2.2 | -3.3 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Mike Hampton | 5.2 |
| Todd Zeile | 2.7 |
| Derek Bell | 1.4 |
| Lenny Harris | 0.8 |
| Timo Perez | 0.3 |
| Jon Nunnally | 0.2 |
| Player | 1999 fWAR |
|---|---|
| John Olerud | 5.8 |
| Orel Hershiser | 1.8 |
| Roger Cedeno | 1.5 |
| Masato Yoshii | 1.2 |
| Kenny Rogers | 1.1 |
| Octavio Dotel | 0.7 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2000, 2000–2006. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Piazza | 31 | 8.000 | $12.1M | $13.6M | $10.6M | $15.6M | $16.1M | $16.1M | FREE AGENT |
| Robin Ventura | 32 | 11.000 | $8.0M | $8.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Al Leiter | 34 | 13.000 | $7.8M | $9.8M | $9.2M | $8.0M | $10.3M | FREE AGENT | |
| Mike Hampton | 27 | 7.000 | $5.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Bobby Jones | 30 | 7.000 | $5.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Derek Bell | 31 | 9.000 | $5.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Rick Reed | 35 | 12.000 | $4.4M | $4.2M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Todd Zeile | 34 | 11.000 | $4.3M | $6.8M | FREE AGENT | $1.0M | |||
| Darryl Hamilton | 35 | 12.000 | $3.6M | $3.3M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Armando Benitez | 27 | 6.000 | $3.4M | $5.8M | $5.8M | $4.5M | FREE AGENT | ||
| John Franco | 39 | 16.000 | $3.4M | $3.6M | FREE AGENT | $3.8M | $1.0M | ||
| Dennis Cook | 37 | 12.000 | $2.2M | $1.7M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Turk Wendell | 33 | 7.000 | $2.1M | $2.2M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Mike Bordick | 34 | 10.000 | $1.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Pat Mahomes | 29 | 8.000 | $750k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Lenny Harris | 35 | 12.000 | $746k | $1.1M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Rich Rodriguez | 37 | 10.000 | $600k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Rickey Henderson | 41 | 21.000 | $504k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Todd Pratt | 33 | 8.000 | $500k | $338k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Kurt Abbott | 31 | 7.000 | $500k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Rick White | 31 | 6.000 | $215k | $1.1M | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgardo Alfonzo | 26 | 5.000 | $4.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Rey Ordonez | 29 | 4.000 | $2.2M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Matt Franco | 30 | 5.000 | $462k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jon Nunnally | 28 | 5.000 | $260k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jorge Velandia | 25 | 3.000 | $100k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Bubba Trammell | 28 | 3.000 | $89k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Mark Johnson | 32 | 5.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Bobby Jones | 28 | 3.000 | — | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Ryan McGuire | 28 | 3.000 | — | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Bill Pulsipher | 26 | 5.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Glendon Rusch | 25 | 3.000 | — | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Dennis Springer | 35 | 5.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benny Agbayani | 28 | 2.000 | $220k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jay Payton | 27 | 2.000 | $215k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Melvin Mora | 28 | 1.000 | $126k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Vance Wilson | 27 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Joe McEwing | 27 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Mike Kinkade | 27 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| David Lamb | 25 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Grant Roberts | 22 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jorge Toca | 29 | – | — | ||||||
| Jason Tyner | 23 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Eric Cammack | 24 | – | — | ||||||
| Jim Mann | 25 | – | — | ||||||
| Jerrod Riggan | 26 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Timo Perez | 25 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Mets 2000; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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