Heading into this offseason, the Mets had several areas of need that had to be addressed, and one in particular was catcher. Last season, five different players manned the position for the team, and none of them were particularly effective. The quintet of Travis d’Arnaud, Kevin Plawecki, Jose Lobaton, Tomas Nido, and Devin Mesoraco was one of the most offensively challenged at that position in the entire league.
According to Fangraphs, their combined line of .202/.289/.353 was good for 25th in the league, and collectively they were worth just 0.