{"id":1162269,"date":"2020-10-08T18:22:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T23:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=1162269"},"modified":"2020-10-14T20:40:03","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T01:40:03","slug":"new-york-mets-2020-season-in-review-team-mvp-m1d1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/new-york-mets-2020-season-in-review-team-mvp-m1d1\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Mets&#8217; 2020 Season in Review: Team MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Now that the New York Mets\u2019 2020 season is over, we are going to take a look at the year as a whole over the few weeks. We will break down the offense, starting pitching, relievers, coaching staff, declare a team MVP, and more. We conclude this series today by naming the Mets&#8217; 2020 MVP.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Mets didn&#8217;t go to the playoffs in 2020 but it doesn&#8217;t mean that they didn&#8217;t have their fair share of outstanding performers. Dominic Smith was a true breakout star, hitting .316 with 10 home runs while leading the team in doubles (21), RBI&#8217;s (42) and OPS (.993). Jacob deGrom put together another brilliant campaign, going 4-2 with a 2.38 ERA and National League-leading 104 strikeouts in 68 innings pitched. There is no doubt, however, that the most valuable Met in 2020 from start to finish was outfielder Michael Conforto.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1162273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1162273\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img alt=\"New York Mets' 2020 Season in Review: Team MVP\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1162273\" src=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/USATSI_14927640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1162273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sep 13, 2020; Buffalo, New York, USA; New York Mets right fielder Michael Conforto (30) hits a single during the third inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Sahlen Field. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Mets got a brilliant year from Conforto, who hit .322 with nine home runs, 31 RBI&#8217;s and a .927 OPS. Conforto was a much more consistent hitter than he had been in the past, driving the ball to all fields in a manner that Conforto hadn&#8217;t shown since his rookie year. Another area where Conforto showed significant improvement was as a defender, where he played an excellent right field. That all-around value made Conforto the Mets&#8217; best player in 2020 and an excellent candidate for a contract extension when Steve Cohen takes over as the team&#8217;s new owner in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p><em>Check back tomorrow as we take a look ahead to the Mets&#8217; 2021 schedule.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the New York Mets\u2019 2020 season is over, we are going to take a look at the year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":1162273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[547148942,605048752],"tags":[46366593,224713,14441],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New York Mets&#039; 2020 Season in Review: Team MVP - The Sports Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/new-york-mets-2020-season-in-review-team-mvp-m1d1\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New York Mets&#8217; 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