GM: Omar Minaya
2006: made playoffs · 97–65. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Beltrán | 29 | FA-elig | 140 | 7.8 | 13.6 | +2.1 |
| José Reyes | 23 | arb | 153 | 5.7 | 0.4 | +11.0 |
| David Wright | 23 | pre-arb | 154 | 4.7 | 0.4 | +9.0 |
| Tom Glavine | 40 | FA-elig | 32 | 3.3 | 10.0 | -3.5 |
| Endy Chavez | 28 | arb | 133 | 3.0 | 0.5 | +5.5 |
| Jose Valentin | 36 | FA-elig | 137 | 3.0 | 0.9 | +5.0 |
| Carlos Delgado | 34 | FA-elig | 144 | 2.8 | 13.5 | -7.9 |
| Paul Lo Duca | 34 | FA-elig | 124 | 2.5 | 6.6 | -1.6 |
| Pedro Martínez | 34 | FA-elig | 23 | 2.2 | 14.9 | -10.5 |
| Orlando Hernandez↔ ARI | 40 | FA-elig | 20 | 2.0 | 3.2 | +0.8 |
| Billy Wagner | 34 | FA-elig | 70 | 1.9 | 10.5 | -6.8 |
| Aaron Heilman | 27 | arb | 74 | 1.7 | 0.4 | +3.1 |
| Chad Bradford | 31 | FA-elig | 70 | 1.5 | 1.4 | +1.6 |
| Pedro Feliciano | 29 | – | 64 | 0.8 | – | – |
| Duaner Sanchez | 26 | arb | 49 | 0.8 | 0.4 | +1.3 |
| Steve Trachsel | 35 | FA-elig | 30 | 0.7 | 2.5 | -1.0 |
| John Maine | 25 | – | 16 | 0.6 | 0.3 | +0.9 |
| Ramon Castro | 30 | FA-elig | 40 | 0.5 | 0.8 | +0.2 |
| Brian Bannister | 25 | pre-arb | 8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +0.6 |
| Dave Williams↔ CIN | 27 | arb | 6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | +0.3 |
| Michael Tucker | 35 | – | 35 | 0.4 | – | – |
| Guillermo Mota↔ CLE | 32 | FA-elig | 18 | 0.3 | 1.0 | -0.4 |
| Cliff Floyd | 33 | FA-elig | 97 | 0.2 | 6.6 | -6.2 |
| Oliver Pérez↔ PIT | 24 | arb | 7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | -0.1 |
| Roberto Hernandez↔ PIT | 41 | FA-elig | 22 | 0.2 | 0.9 | -0.5 |
| Xavier Nady↔ PIT | 27 | FA-elig | 75 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.0 |
| Jorge Julio↔ ARI | 27 | arb | 18 | 0.1 | 0.7 | -0.6 |
| Mike Pelfrey | 22 | pre-arb | 4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.4 |
| Heath Bell | 28 | – | 22 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Philip Humber | 23 | – | 2 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Darren Oliver | 35 | FA-elig | 45 | 0.0 | 0.6 | -0.6 |
| Henry Owens | 27 | – | 3 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Royce Ring | 25 | – | 11 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Shawn Green↔ ARI | 33 | FA-elig | 34 | -0.1 | 2.3 | -2.4 |
| Julio Franco | 47 | FA-elig | 95 | -0.1 | 1.1 | -1.2 |
| Kelly Stinnett↔ NYY | 36 | FA-elig | 7 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.3 |
| Alay Soler | 26 | – | 8 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Geremi Gonzalez↔ MIL | 31 | – | 3 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Jose Lima | 33 | – | 4 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Eli Marrero↔ COL | 32 | FA-elig | 25 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.4 |
| Victor Diaz | 24 | pre-arb | 6 | -0.2 | 0.3 | -0.7 |
| Victor Zambrano | 30 | arb | 5 | -0.2 | 3.0 | -3.4 |
| Ricky Ledee↔ LAD | 32 | FA-elig | 27 | -0.3 | 0.6 | -1.1 |
| Kazuo Matsui↔ COL | 30 | pre-arb | 38 | -0.3 | 4.4 | -4.9 |
| Mike DiFelice | 37 | – | 15 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Bartolome Fortunato | 31 | – | 2 | -0.3 | – | – |
| Anderson Hernandez | 23 | pre-arb | 25 | -0.6 | 0.3 | -1.4 |
| Lastings Milledge | 21 | – | 56 | -0.6 | – | – |
| Chris Woodward | 30 | FA-elig | 83 | -0.6 | 0.8 | -2.0 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Endy Chavez | 3.0 |
| Jose Valentin | 3.0 |
| Carlos Delgado | 2.8 |
| Paul Lo Duca | 2.5 |
| Orlando Hernandez | 2.0 |
| Billy Wagner | 1.9 |
| Player | 2005 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Mike Cameron | 2.1 |
| Jae Weong Seo | 1.9 |
| Kris Benson | 1.6 |
| Mike Jacobs | 1.1 |
| Mike Piazza | 0.9 |
| Marlon Anderson | 0.7 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2006, 2006–2012. 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 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Martínez | 34 | 14.000 | $14.9M | $14.0M | $11.8M | FREE AGENT | |||
| Carlos Beltrán | 29 | 8.000 | $13.6M | $13.6M | $18.6M | $19.2M | $19.4M | $13.3M | FREE AGENT |
| Carlos Delgado | 34 | 13.000 | $13.5M | $14.5M | $16.0M | $12.0M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Billy Wagner | 34 | 11.000 | $10.5M | $10.5M | $10.5M | $9.3M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Tom Glavine | 40 | 19.000 | $10.0M | $7.5M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Cliff Floyd | 33 | 13.000 | $6.6M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Paul Lo Duca | 34 | 8.000 | $6.6M | $6.2M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Orlando Hernandez | 40 | 8.000 | $3.2M | $5.0M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Steve Trachsel | 35 | 13.000 | $2.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Shawn Green | 33 | 13.000 | $2.3M | $9.5M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Chad Bradford | 31 | 8.000 | $1.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Julio Franco | 47 | 24.000 | $1.1M | $836k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Guillermo Mota | 32 | 7.000 | $1.0M | $1.8M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Jose Valentin | 36 | 14.000 | $912k | $3.8M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Roberto Hernandez | 41 | 15.000 | $890k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Chris Woodward | 30 | 7.000 | $825k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ramon Castro | 30 | 7.000 | $800k | $850k | $2.0M | $1.4M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Darren Oliver | 35 | 13.000 | $600k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ricky Ledee | 32 | 8.000 | $579k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Xavier Nady | 27 | 6.000 | $246k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Eli Marrero | 32 | 9.000 | $159k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Kelly Stinnett | 36 | 12.000 | $111k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mike DiFelice | 37 | 10.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Geremi Gonzalez | 31 | 9.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jose Lima | 33 | 12.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Michael Tucker | 35 | 11.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Zambrano | 30 | 5.000 | $3.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jorge Julio | 27 | 5.000 | $733k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Dave Williams | 27 | 5.000 | $600k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Oliver Pérez | 24 | 4.000 | $578k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Endy Chavez | 28 | 5.000 | $500k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| José Reyes | 23 | 3.000 | $402k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Duaner Sanchez | 26 | 4.000 | $400k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Aaron Heilman | 27 | 3.000 | $359k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Pedro Feliciano | 29 | 4.000 | — | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazuo Matsui | 30 | 2.000 | $4.4M | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Mike Pelfrey | 22 | 0.000 | $500k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| David Wright | 23 | 2.000 | $374k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Victor Diaz | 24 | 2.000 | $335k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Anderson Hernandez | 23 | 1.000 | $327k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| John Maine | 25 | 2.000 | $327k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Brian Bannister | 25 | 0.000 | $327k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Heath Bell | 28 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Royce Ring | 25 | 1.000 | — | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Bartolome Fortunato | 31 | – | — | ||||||
| Alay Soler | 26 | – | — | ||||||
| Lastings Milledge | 21 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Henry Owens | 27 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Philip Humber | 23 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Mets 2006; 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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