Here in one place, after ten years from more than eleven years ago and eleven installments, is Faith and Fear’s countdown of The Top 100 Mets of the 2000s, with links to each of the writeups. (An introduction to the series is available here).
Nos. 100-91
100. Luis Castillo
99. Fernando Nieve
98. Cory Sullivan
97. Roberto Alomar
96. Anderson Hernandez
95. Nelson Figueroa
94. David Cone
93. Shawn Estes
92. Eric Valent
91. Robinson Cancel
Nos. 90-81
90. Carlos Gomez
89. Nick Evans
88. Brian Stokes
87. Luis Ayala
86. Mark Guthrie
85. Kris Benson
84. Mo Vaughn
83. Esix Snead
82. Omir Santos
81. Fernando Tatis
Nos. 80-71
80. Jeff Francoeur
79. Ryan Church
78. Bubba Trammell
77. Angel Pagan
76. Dae-Sung Koo
75. Shawn Green
74. Jae Seo
73. Richard Hidalgo
72. Victor Diaz
71. Mike Jacobs
Nos. 70-61
70. Vance Wilson
69. Jason Phillips
68. Kaz Matsui
67. Damion Easley
66. Gary Sheffield
65. Bruce Chen
64. Lastings Milledge
63. Ramon Castro
62. Pat Mahomes
61. Darren Oliver
Nos. 60-51
60. Daniel Murphy
59. Timo Perez
58. Darryl Hamilton
57. Dennis Cook
56. Pedro Astacio
55. Kevin Appier
54. Ty Wigginton
53. Duaner Sanchez
52. Roberto Hernandez
51. Julio Franco
Nos. 50-41
50. Rey Ordoñez
49. Melvin Mora
48. Mike Bordick
47. Chris Woodward
46. Marlon Anderson
45. Rick White
44. Braden Looper
43. Mike Pelfrey
42. Desi Relaford
41. Moises Alou
Nos. 40-31
40. Derek Bell
39. Aaron Heilman
38. Todd Pratt
37. Orlando Hernandez
36. Tsuyoshi Shinjo
35. Oliver Perez
34. John Maine
33. Francisco Rodriguez
32. Mike Cameron
31. Xavier Nady
Nos. 30-21
30. Jose Valentin
29. Lenny Harris
28. Joe McEwing
27. Glendon Rusch
26. Bobby J. Jones
25. Pedro Feliciano
24. Turk Wendell
23. T#m Gl@v!ne
22. Mike Hampton
21. Jay Payton
Nos. 20-11
20. Robin Ventura
19. Todd Zeile
18. Paul Lo Duca
17. Billy Wagner
16. Cliff Floyd
15. Benny Agbayani
14. Rick Reed
13. Endy Chavez
12. John Franco
11. Armando Benitez
Nos. 10-3
10. Steve Trachsel
9. Johan Santana
8. Edgardo Alfonzo
7. Carlos Delgado
6. Pedro Martinez
5. Al Leiter
4. Carlos Beltran
3. Jose Reyes
Nos. 2-1
2. David Wright
1. Mike Piazza
Well, that was a fun series, brought back some good memories (or, as you said, not too painful ones.)
As in your last series, me being a contrarian, I looked through the roster to see if there was someone missing. Boy, were there a lot of fringe players in the 00’s! But amidst the various McKay Christensens and Jorge Velandias, one name jumped out: Chad Bradford. Yeah, I know we already covered Rick White and the Turk, but people forget how awesome the Mets middle relief was in 2000 in getting them to the WS, and Chad was a big part of that as well. I realize he’s borderline, and I don’t disagree with your list, but I figured he deserved an Honorable Mention.
Actually, just realized that Chad was involved in the 2006 run for the postseason, not the 2000 one. OK, I give. If I can’t even remember which pennant run he was in, I guess he belongs below the surface. Oh well…
Chad Bradford and Joe Smith apparently sidearmed each other off the list.
T#m Gl@v!ne
Sorry, I just crack up every time I see that.
Believe me, Seth, it wasn’t so funny at the time.
Bradford was so rad.