4 potential Mets killers added to the NL East rival rosters this offseason

4) Joey Gallo

Last offseason, the Washington Nationals signed a player we all knew would wind up killing the Mets in Dom Smith. While Smith did not have a very good season as Washington's primary first baseman, he found a way to hit .293 (nearly 40 points higher than his season average) against his former team. He didn't crush them with home runs like Daniel Murphy, but Smith being a tick below .300 against the Mets while being subpar against everyone else puts him in the realm of being a Mets killer.

This offseason Washington hasn't signed any former Mets (yet) but they did sign a player who instantly felt like a Mets killer, Joey Gallo.

Part of the reason why Gallo feels like a Mets killer, is because he's already crushed the Mets when given the chance to face them. He only had five hits in 27 at-bats against New York but he's hit four home runs with nine RBI, putting up a .970 OPS in ten games against the Mets.

Gallo did not adjust well to the boos from Yankees fans, but he's been fine with boos as a visiting player. Gallo would not have worked as a Met for the same reason he didn't work as a Yankee, but that's not to say he won't crush them. He hit two home runs in three games against the Yankees last season, and is one hot streak away from tormenting the Mets the exact same way. There will be lots of strikeouts with Gallo being the all-or-nothing hitter he is, but it feels like there will also be many back-breaking home runs as well.