Rising Apple’s Mets Madness Tournament to find the fans’ favorite player in New York Mets history is now in its Sweet 16 stage. In round two, we narrowed the field down even further to what will hopefully lead to a few more tight fights in the next eight days.
In case you’re new to Mets Madness, you can follow along daily on the Rising Apple Twitter page to vote.
Before we move along to the schedule and some predictions for round three, let’s recap what happened in round two:
January 6: Jacob deGrom (2) wins with 89% of the vote over Wilmer Flores (7)
January 7: Gary Carter (5) wins with 61% of the vote over Ron Darling (4)
January 8: Bartolo Colon (3) wins with 58% of the vote over Rusty Staub (6)
January 9: Tom Seaver (1) wins with 92% of the vote over Cleon Jones (9)
January 10: Noah Syndergaard (6) wins with 70% of the vote over Carlos Beltran (3)
January 11: Edgardo Alfonzo (2) wins with 65% of the vote over Yoenis Cespedes (10)
January 12: Jose Reyes (5) wins with 58% of the vote over Johan Santana (4)
January 13: Darryl Strawberry (3) wins with 72% of the vote over John Franco (11)
January 14: Mike Piazza (1) wins with 95% of the vote over Jesse Orosco (8)
January 15: Ed Kranepool (2) wins with 71% of the vote over Tommie Agee (10)
January 16: Dwight Gooden (2) wins with 85% of the vote over Bud Harrelson (10)
January 17: Tug McGraw (3) wins with 84% of the vote over Jerry Grote (6)
January 18: Keith Hernandez (1) wins with 79% of the vote over Mookie Wilson (8)
January 19: Jerry Koosman (4) wins with 63% of the vote over Nolan Ryan (12)
January 20: Robin Ventura (5) wins with 63% of the vote over John Olerud (4)
January 21: David Wright (1) wins with 91% of the vote Michael Conforto (9)
Notable Number From Round Two
Biggest Victory: Mike Piazza takes down Jesse Orosco with 95% of the vote
Closest Call: Bartolo Colon and Jose Reyes each edged their opponent with 58% of the vote
Biggest Underdog Advancing: Noah Syndergaard (6) is the highest seed in the Sweet 16
We begin round three on January 22 when current Mets Jacob deGrom (2) and Noah Syndergaard (6) go head-to-head.