Earlier this month, Buster Olney ranked the top-10 players in baseball by position. Five Mets made the cut or were listed as honorable mentions (Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey, Jeurys Familia, Michael Conforto and Curtis Granderson). That got us to wondering where other prominent Mets should rank. This article series takes a look.
Walker represents a significant upgrade over Daniel Murphy with regards to overall performance. He’s bettered Murphy’s Wins Above Replacement in each of the last four seasons, totaling 12.3 WAR to Murphy’s 6.