The New York Mets had a Cy Young award finalist in Jacob deGrom, yet only one player finished in the top 15 of the National MVP voting. Dare to guess who that player is? No, it’s not Pete Alonso, or Jeff McNeil, or even Michael Conforto. It was Dominic Smith.
If you thought Smith would be the only New York Mets’ player in the top 15 of the NL MVP ballot, well, you could be related to Smith. But with hard work, an improved batting line (.316/.377/.616, with 10 home runs, a .412 wOBA and a 165 wRC+) and playing time that became available after Yoenis Cespedes decided to opt out, he managed to get two eight place votes, four nine place votes and a couple of 10th place ones to finish 13th.