[ThePundit]

Manager
Gil Hodges

Starters:
Tom Seaver
Pedro Martinez
Craig Swan
Jerry Koosman
Dwight Gooden
Jon Matlack

Closer:
Tug McGraw

Lineup

cf: Tommy Agee
2b: Felix Millan
1b: Keith Hernandez
dh: Mike Piazza
rf: Daryl Strawberry
3b: David Wright
lf: Rusty Staub
c: Gary Carter
ss: Bud Harrelson

[EmpireWF]

c'mon, there's no DH

Piazza would certainly be the best Catcher in Mets history...even though Carter won the Series

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

Manager
Gil Hodges

Starters:
Tom Seaver
Pedro Martinez
Craig Swan
Jerry Koosman
Dwight Gooden
Jon Matlack

Closer:
Tug McGraw

Lineup

cf: Tommy Agee
2b: Felix Millan
1b: Keith Hernandez
dh: Mike Piazza
rf: Daryl Strawberry
3b: David Wright
lf: Rusty Staub
c: Gary Carter
ss: Bud Harrelson

Where's Lee Mazzilli. and Dave Kingman ...Staub was cool...I'd take Nolan Ryan over Craig Swan any day though...and I hated Harrelson for his fight against Pete Rose, surley Kaz Matsui is better???

[ThePundit]

Empire: Piazza was their best hitting catcher - but he was such a defensive liability. He can't even reach 2nd base on a fly. So based on what Carter meant to them as a leader, I'd give the slight edge to him.

Gotham: Nolan Ryan was not an all time great Met. I tried to do it based on how that guy played when he was a Met. Otherwise, I would put in Jeff Kent over Felix Millan and I'm sure there are others.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

Empire: Piazza was their best hitting catcher - but he was such a defensive liability. He can't even reach 2nd base on a fly. So based on what Carter meant to them as a leader, I'd give the slight edge to him.

Gotham: Nolan Ryan was not an all time great Met. I tried to do it based on how that guy played when he was a Met. Otherwise, I would put in Jeff Kent over Felix Millan and I'm sure there are others.

Dude ...Swan was 59-71! for the Mets, Ryan was 29-38, but with a lower ERA, and a better K/IP ratio and was part of the 1969 team...given that, I'd still take Nolan.

[ThePundit]

Gotham: I don't think you can just look at stats when it comes to Swan. He pitched on some awful Met teams of the 70's. He pitched a ton of innings and won the ERA title 1 year. Maybe Jon Matlack or Ron Darling should be on the list instead. Definitely not Ryan.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

Gotham: I don't think you can just look at stats when it comes to Swan. He pitched on some awful Met teams of the 70's. He pitched a ton of innings and won the ERA title 1 year. Maybe Jon Matlack or Ron Darling should be on the list instead. Definitely not Ryan.

I'd even take Sid Fernandez over Swan...and its not like Seaver played on a lot of great Mets team...but like any good pitcher, he found a way to win...Swan didn't... Everything else being equal I'd take my chances in a game with a young Ryan over vintage Swan any day...

Ryan didn't pitch enough for the Mets to be included. Doesn't matter how great he was in his entire career, as a Met, he just didn't pitch enough. I would be thinking long and hard for Ron Darling. Very underrated and he was a winner.

By the way - IF you wanted to include any player who ever wore a Mets uniform you'd have Gil Hodges at first and Willie Mays in center. But, like Ryan, they didn't have their greatest years (or ANY great years for that matter) as a Metropolitan.