Looking Back on Mets Arbitration Estimates

Now that the Mets arbitration cases have been put to rest, let’s take a look on how your old pal here at Blogging Mets did predicting how much each player would get. Some websites like MLB Trade Rumors use sophisticated algorithms (or something) to figure it out. I don’t have the time or brains to do that — I just use my own common sense. Let’s compare my guesses to the “accurate model” that site uses. Let’s use “The Price is Right” rules — if you go over, you lose. The green means I win, the red goes to MLBTR.