The Mets Franchise Deep Four

No, I didn't forget about this project. Just been doing other stuff lately. Today we're going to look at our amazin' friends in Flushing. Who are their best by position?

	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF
1st	Tom Seaver	Mike Piazza	Keith Hernandez	Edgardo Alfonzo	David Wright	Jose Reyes	Cleon Jones	Carlos Beltran	Darryl Strawberry
2nd	Jerry Koosman	John Stearns	John Olerud	Wally Backman	Howard Johnson	Bud Harrelson	Kevin McReynolds	Tommie Agee	Ron Swoboda
3rd	Dwight Gooden	Todd Hundley	Dave Magadan	Ron Hunt	Wayne Garrett	Kevin Elster	Steve Henderson	Lenny Dykstra	Joel Youngblood
4th	Jon Matlack	Gary Carter	Ed Kranepool	Felix Millan	Robin Ventura	Rey Ordonez	Bernard Gilkey	Mookie Wilson	Rusty Staub

The Mets have one heck of a 1st Team: Two Hall of Famers, one borderline guy who I think should be in, another guy who'll have a good argument once he retires, another guy who could qualify with a few more good seasons, and four other fine players.

Catcher surprised me. I thought Hall of Famer Gary Carter would end up on the 2nd Team, but the Mets really got him at the decline phase of his career. Stearns and Hundley were much better players than they get credit for. And Jerry Grote just missed the cut.

Center field was surprisingly deep. Angel Pagan, Juan Lagares, and Lee Mazzilli were all worthy of honorable mentions.

Right field and shortstop were the two weakest positions. After the 2nd Teams, there wasn't a lot to get excited about. You never realize how shallow some teams are at certain spots.

Second base didn't have any really outstanding players, but it had a lot of good ones. Jeff Kent just missed the cut, as you can see.