Though looking lost at times last year at the plate and still getting fooled with off speed stuff off plate, here is yet another injury prone player who has lost little as far as ability. Most will see a decline in skills, we don’t see that yet. Can still hammer ball, and if lineup around him stays healthy and he gets protection, he is back to 30+ homers. He has already been slated to hit in the 6 spot, which suits him better than leadoff. Looking for nice comeback year.

We have determined with much fanfare that Rollins played injured most of last year and was healing towards the end of the season, when he had a superb second half. He has lost very, very little as far as his ability, and where he once couldn’t be found outside of round one, there could be a steal here. Still drives ball with authority, and has the wheels for another 30+ stolen base season.

The Mets have to invest heavily in offense, especially at 1st base and outfield, which will be good news for Reyes. This surgery he is having on his hamstring is not so routine, and he will have to be watched closely in the off season to get his leg back in shape so he can push off of it for stealing, which makes him so valuable.

Really finishing up strong after a very difficult first 2 months after battling depression, which doesn’t go away overnight with a pill.  April and May was  a washout with the illness, and if he is mentally healthy next year, he is a cinch for 30+ hr’s and a robust average as well. No question will be a top 1st baseman option in 2010.

Josh Anderson sits with Crawford and Ellsbury as far as base stealing ability. He steals over 40% of the time he gets on base, but there is the catch. He doesn’t get on that often. He needs to be full time and may not get that opportunity if he stays in Kansas City. If he can get on base more often he will be a terror.

Ian Stewart is basically going to be Adam Dunn, which is not a bad thing. Has a big long uppercut swing, and regardless of showing signs in the minors that he can hit better than .240, he has a much better chance to hit 40 homers than to hit .240. He remains too impatient at the plate, but does hit alot of bad balls for hits.

Elvis Andrus is growing up very quickly at the plate. Appears to be getting extremely more disciplined, which will always lead to expanding offensive numbers. He could provide nice surprise power wise heading into 2010, and of course his base stealing is a given. No question has 50 steal potential within a year or 2 tops.

Angel Pagan will fly under many a radar due to being part of a poor Met club in 2009. He has the speed to swipe 30 to go along with a short swing which sits well for a leadoff batter.  Has tools for being a consistent .300 hitter.

Travis Snider  will be heavily touted going into 2010 with his power posssibility. However, he doesn’t have a very compact swing and doesn’t have much patience, which will come with time. We just don’t see him at such a young age correcting it over the winter, since the best cure for that is MLB experience with alot of at bats.

David Wright  has lost major bat speed, and his nemisis all year has been his inability to get around on the fastball, and that is the root cause of his severe power decline. At his age that is a skill that certainly can get fixed.