Cuddyer's Impotence, Ruben's Resurgence: Mets Position Players, Ranked

Wilmer Flores was supposed to be an offensive force for the Mets in 2015. Instead, he has been among the bottom feeders in most offensive categories. Photo by Stephen Guilbert

I am going to give you all a bunch of data then give you two reactions I have to it below. What you interpret from this information is up to you. Tell me in the comments and we'll start a good discussion. I'm going to use 100 plate appearances as my sample size which includes part time position players like John Mayberry Jr. but omits hurt or demoted players like Travis d'Arnaud and Dilson Herrera. 10 Mets have accumulated 100 plate appearances this year and here is how they rank using a number of different criteria:

WAR:

1.) Curtis Granderson: 2.5
2.) Lucas Duda: 1.5
3.) Ruben Tejada: 1.2
4.) Wilmer Flores: 1.1
5.) Juan Lagares: 0.8
6.) Daniel Murphy: 0.5
7.) Kevin Plawecki: 0.3
8.) Michael Cuddyer: 0.1
9.) John Mayberry Jr.: -0.1
10.) Eric Campbell: -0.2

WAR/600 AB (Wins Above Replacement extrapolated over a full season [600 plate appearances])

1.) Curtis Granderson: 3.89
2.) Ruben Tejada: 3.19
3.) Lucas Duda: 2.39
4.) Wilmer Flores: 1.96
5.) Juan Lagares: 1.40
6.) Daniel Murphy: 1.07
7.) Kevin Plawecki: 0.95
8.) Michael Cuddyer: 0.91
9.) John Mayberry Jr: -0.56
10.) Eric Campbell: -0.71

Base running (calculated by Fangraph's BsR):

1.) Ruben Tejada: 1.5
t2.) Lucas Duda: 0.4
t2.) Juan Lagares: 0.4
4.) John Mayberry Jr.: 0.3
5.) Curtis Granderson: -0.1
6.) Wilmer Flores: -0.2
7.) Kevin Plawecki: -0.4
8.) Michael Cuddyer: -0.8
9.) Eric Campbell: -1.1
10.) Daniel Murphy: -1.5

Total Defense Rating (calculated by Fangraph's DEF rating):

1.) Lagares: 7.5
2.) Flores: 4.9
t3.) Tejada: 3.7
t3.) Plawecki: 3.7
5.) Granderson: 2.1
6.) Campbell: 0.3
7.) Mayberry: -0.4
8.) Murphy: -1.7
9.) Duda: -4.9
10.) Cuddyer: -6.0

wOBA (weighted on-base average):

1.) Granderson: .341
2.) Duda: .332
3.) Tejada: .305
4.) Murphy: .304
5.) Cuddyer: .300
6.) Flores: .292
7.) Lagares: .267
8.) Mayberry: .266
9.) Campbell: .264
10.) Plawecki: .263


The five categories above tell us the following:

1.) Overall value based on offensive contribution (at the plate and on the bases) and defensive contribution
2.) Value per time played
3.) Offensive contribution- Base running
4.) Defensive contribution
5.) Offensive contribution- Hitting

The sample size is small and there are other ways to evaluate the Mets players (you could use wRC+ instead of wOBA, for example, but the results are about the same).

Here are my two reactions to this information:

1.) If I can pin down the biggest culprit to the Mets position player impotence this season, it is Michael Cuddyer. There are plenty of candidates, but none have been worse overall than Cuddyer for the playing time he has received and where his at bats have come.

2.) Ruben Tejada remains a misunderstood and completely under-appreciated and undervalued player by this organization and fan base.

What do you take away from this? Chat in the comments or Tweet a question at me (@StephenJosiah13)