You know that book I always quote for Stats and rankings, well this was last years, its interesting to see what they got right, and what they got horribly wrong
Sporting News Preview 2006 Big Book
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Power Ranking, Mets 3rd NL
Four Analysts Said that Leyland and the Tigers was the worst Managerial Move
One Analyst said that Carlos Beltran was the most Overrated Player
Out of Eight Analysts, only 2 said the Mets would win the East, 6 said the Braves.
Four said Mets in Wild Card (Both who said Mets in the east, said Braves in the wild card)
3 Had the Mets in the NLCS, Once being beat by the Cubs, and then 2 saying the Mets over the Braves and Cards
2 Had the Mets losing in the World Series
In the overall Power Poll, The Mets were ninth
For the actually Ranking Portion:
Mets 2nd in the NL East
Jose Reyes 7.7
Paul Lo Duca 7.9
Carlos Beltran 9.0
Carlos Delgado 8.6
David Wright 8.4
Cliff Floyd 8.1
Xavier Nady 5.7
Kazuo Matsui 6.0
Rankings for other Mets 07 starters
Jose Valtine NR
Moises Alou 8.0
Shawn Green 7.2
