Tejada. Castillo. Cora. Which one has a winning record in appearing in Mets games? Well, as you are probably not surprised, the winner is…..Tejada! The player with the least amount of veteran experience is the one that brings the winning sensation (which is really funny that two of the players that are supposed to bring the veteran knowledge are Cora and Castillo). Anyway, the numbers:
Cora: 23-39, 169 AB, .207 BA, .265 OBP, 6 2B, 3 3B, 20 RBI, 14 R
Castillo: 26-34, 195 AB, .246 BA, .341 OBP, 4 2B, 2 3B, 15 RBI, 20 R
The problem with looking through those numbers is that they are all over different amounts of AB's. The one area though that Tejada clearly stands out on is the amount of wins he has vs losses. It is a lot better than the other two, we'll get into that later but first lets even the field and assume that each player had 200 AB so far this season:
Cora: 7.1 2B, 23 RBI, 16.56 R
Castillo: 4.1 2B, 15.38 RBI, 20.5 R
Interestingly, Tejada is hitting doubles at a better rate than the other options, Cora and Castillo. Tejada may lack in RBI's but check out how many times in 200 games he would cross home plate, vs his other options. This has to have something to do with why he has the best winning record vs the other two.
There are also things Tejada brings that the numbers don't show. His youth brings energy to the team while his defense is starting to improve greatly. However that topic branches away from the numbers so it won't be discussed here. What can be said is that he is the defensive upgrade to Cora and Castillo, and I believe the above numbers show he is or is nearly the offensive upgrade.
