It's Only a Fantasy

Ok, I know fantasy success doesn't mean real life success, but I think the following is pretty telling. ESPN's Tristan Cockroft posted the top 250 fantasy players for the 2012 season. As always, I like to see where Wright and Reyes fall (they were 23 and 33 respectively). As I looked for other Mets players, I came across something disturbing - we only had 1 other player (Angel Pagan - 160) ranked in the top 250. Surely that is a bad sign for next year.

So I decided to see if any other team has as few players in the top 250....and here is what I found

14: Atlanta, Texas
13: NY Yankees
12: Tampa Bay
11: Boston, Detroit, LA Angels, Philly
10: Arizona, Milwaukee, Toronto
9: San Fran, Washington
8: Cleveland, KC, LA Dodgers, St Louis
7: Baltimore, Chicago Cubs, Chicago WS, Cincy, Colorado, Florida
6: Oakland
5: Seattle
4: Houston, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, San Diego
3: NY Mets


So there ya go. Even the 106-loss Astros, the Mariners, the Pirates and the Padres have more players ranked in the top 250 than the Mets. Again, I know this doesn't mean anything in terms of real success, but surely it is a bad sign. I mean, Jason Bay is so bad now that there are 250 players ranked higher than him? Geeeesh. I can understand Johan and Ike not being on that list (although I bet they will be a top 250 player by the end of 2012), but wow, no Bay. That is how far he has fallen.

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In a bit of related news, don't expect any analysis of the MLB playoffs on JerseySounder until both the Phils and Yankees lose. I will be openly rooting for the Brewers and Tigers but I will not be spending a second writing about them.