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Wilmer Flores
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 833 of 1218 players
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Wilmer Alejandro Garcia Flores
Born: August 6, 1991 at Valencia, Venezuela
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.03 Weight: 175

Wilmer Flores was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on January 20, 2015, July 9, 2018, July 10, 2018, July 26, 2019, August 6, 2019, July 22, 2021, and September 16, 2021.

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First Mets game: August 6, 2013
Last Mets game: September 18, 2018

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DKSC
December 20, 2019
I never gave him much credit when he first came up but when he cried on the field nearing the 2015 trade deadline, I knew he would always be a beloved Met in my eyes.

Alex
February 18, 2020
My take on Wilmer Flores isn't as positive as a lot of other peoples'.

First, he was a supposed top prospect who was constantly ranked among the top 100 in the game. Great. I was never too impressed with his numbers coming up through the minors; apparently he ranked so high because he always played at levels that were above his age range. Cool, I get it, but with that credential out of the way, he never showed any killer skills on the farm. Light-tower power? No, not really. Getting 10-15 home runs out of him doesn't seem newsworthy. Blazing speed? Anything but. A great OBP? Hardly. Killer defense? Not really. A multi-positional talent? Yes, but that'swhat we call a, uh, utility man in the majors, not a "top prospect."

So when he eventually got to the bigs, I wasn't expecting much. And, to my shock and surprise, he never lived up to expectations. He was solid, don't get me wrong, and perhaps his inability to put up at least one great season is the fault of the Mets. He never found a permanent role, constantly bouncing around the infield, and thus never had more than 483 at-bats in a season.

Did the Mets miss out? Maybe -- he did hit 18 home runs in just 336 at-bats in 2017. So perhaps he had 30 home run potential. But that was the pinnacle of his output, so perhaps it was the outlier, not the norm. What the Mets ended up with was exactly what he was in the minors -- a decent power, low speed, middling defense, low-OBP multi-positional talent. So, a consummate utility guy, on paper at least.

Don't get me wrong, I wanted the Mets to give him one full season of 150-plus games and 550-plus at-bats to show what he could really do. I wanted my mind to be changed. I wanted him to go to one position and stick, rather than having the Mets sign washed-up free agents. But that never happened.

And this might be the minority opinion, but I was not impressed by the crying scene when he was 'traded.' Come on, a little strength and stoicism goes a long way. Dude, you got traded. That's baseball. The world shouldn't stop and be your shoulder to cry on because you got moved. Lots of guys did that year -- and every year.

Stu Baron
October 14, 2021
Watching Dodgers vs. Giants in NLDS game 5 tonight, it's great to see him playing for a chance to go to the NLCS. It occurs to me that he has gone on from the Mets to a reasonably successful and long MLB career. Good for for you, Wilmer!








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