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Mets: 5 best offensive WAR seasons since 2000

By Ryan Morik

NEW YORK - AUGUST 06: David Wright #5 of the New York Mets connects in the fifth inning against the San Diego Padres on August 6, 2008 at Shea Stadium in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK - AUGUST 06: David Wright #5 of the New York Mets connects in the fifth inning against the San Diego Padres on August 6, 2008 at Shea Stadium in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /
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New York Mets Edgardo Alfonzo watches his two-run double in the fifth inning against the San Francisco Giants during the National League Division Series 08 October, 2000 at Shea Stadium in New York. The Mets lead the series 2-1. AFP PHOTO Matt CAMPBELL (Photo by MATT CAMPBELL / AFP) (Photo by MATT CAMPBELL/AFP via Getty Images)
New York Mets Edgardo Alfonzo watches his two-run double in the fifth inning against the San Francisco Giants during the National League Division Series 08 October, 2000 at Shea Stadium in New York. The Mets lead the series 2-1. AFP PHOTO Matt CAMPBELL (Photo by MATT CAMPBELL / AFP) (Photo by MATT CAMPBELL/AFP via Getty Images) /

Edgardo Alfonzo, 2000, 6.4 WAR

After a trip to the National League Championship Series to close out the 20th century, the Mets had very high expectations. The Mets had three top-eight finishers in MVP voting (Robin Ventura sixth, Mike Piazza seventh, Edgardo Alfonzo eighth).

Despite finishing lower in the 2000 MVP vote, Alfonzo’s numbers the year they made the World Series were much better than the year before.

Alfonzo slashed .324/.425/.542 in 2000, all of which were career-bests, as opposed to .304/.385/.502 the year prior.

Alfonzo started off slowly, too. In his first 12 games, he hit just .186. In his next 15 games, he hit .509, including going 11-for-14 (.786) in a three-game stretch. Once that hot streak rolled around, Alfonzo didn’t slow down.

The 2000 season was Alfonzo’s lone All-Star season.

Alfonzo was hitting .361 in the postseason entering that World Series, including an 8-for-18 (.444) effort in the NLCS against the Cardinals, along with four walks.

But he got cold in the Fall Classic. He went just 3-for-21 (.143) with one RBI.

Alfonzo hit just .270 the rest of his career. But for a couple of years, he was among the top players on a pretty stacked squad.

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