Why Pagan Will Be Huge

Today the Mets sent down Nick Evans to make room for Angel Pagan, who has been very good for the Mets over the last two seasons when healthy.

He has hit .275 in 08, and .333 in 09, driving in a combined 16 runs, and compiling OBPs of .346, and .429, he has stolen 4 bases both years, and still has not been caught as a Met, which makes him a great leadoff hitter, which is something the Mets have not had since Reyes went down. He has a line this year of .333/.429/.405 and the rest of the league would have compiled a .264/.338/.417, which means that even though his Slugging Percentage is down, being a leadoff batter he does not have to have a high slugging percentage.

This year he has drawn a walk in 13.7 % of his ABs, when Reyes had a 10.8 % before getting injured, which means that Pagan gets on base about as much as Reyes would, meaning that maybe he can spark the Mets, and with Murphy moving up to 3, and getting hot we might have a shot at this division yet!