5 recent former Mets players who can help their team win a World Series

The New York Mets are going to the playoffs this year for the first time since 2016. Around the league, plenty of ex-Mets will also contribute in some big ways for their current clubs.

While this list doesn’t cover every single ex-Mets player appearing in this year’s postseason, these are five of the most significant ones. Justin Turner didn’t make the list because as important as he is to the Los Angeles Dodgers, he hasn’t been with the Mets for quite some time.

It’s these five others who were with the club as recently as last year that find themselves in the postseason hoping to do what they never could with the Amazins.

1) Former Mets infielder Andres Gimenez will have a big role for the Guardians

Maybe the second most important hitter on the Cleveland Guardians this year, former Mets infielder Andres Gimenez barely saw action during his time in New York strictly because of timing. He was battling for more starts at shortstop in 2020 against another former Mets player and current teammate, Amed Rosario. Each of them pieced together a solid 2022 campaign with Gimenez actually getting an All-Star selection out of it.

On a Guardians roster without much offense to speak of that isn’t named Jose Ramirez, Gimenez’s success is essential for Cleveland to advance at all.

The Guardians aren’t a team too many people expect can hang with the far more powerful Houston Astros or New York Yankees. For them to capture the division was impressive enough considering how much the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins did to try to improve themselves. Gimenez and company will look to overcome those doubts.

2) Former Mets catcher Travis d’Arnaud did it before and can do it again for the Braves

Travis d’Arnaud has broken the hearts of Mets fans plenty since departing. For him to eventually land with the rival Atlanta Braves makes it even more frustrating as he has finally developed into a reliable offensive catcher—something he never was during his time in New York.

Mets fans have already experienced the pain of seeing d’Arnaud succeed elsewhere. There might not be a place worse for him to do so well than with the Braves. They’ve consistently been the greatest foe of the Mets for a few decades already.

d’Arnaud won’t get a chance to directly impact the Mets in the postseason until the NLCS at the earliest. That’s if both teams are able to survive and advance long enough to meet up.

3) Former Mets bench mob member Brandon Drury can take down his ex-team

The first team the Mets will face in the 2022 MLB playoffs employ Brandon Drury. Remember him on the Mets? A minor participant in 2021 when the bench mob was everyone’s favorite group of part-time players, Drury had an All-Star-caliber year with the Cincinnati Reds before he was traded to the San Diego Padres.

Drury hasn’t been quite as great with San Diego but remains capable of putting a dent in the Mets’ hopes and dreams of advancing. He might not be one of the first ex-Mets you think of appearing in this year’s postseason.

Because he was with the club recently and is guaranteed to participate against his ex-ball club, the list needed to include him.