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Mets To Non-Tender Daniel Vogelbach

By Nick Deeds | November 17, 2023 at 6:24pm CDT

The Mets are planning to non-tender left-handed slugger Daniel Vogelbach, reports Mike Puma from the New York Post. Vogelbach, 31 next month, slashed .233/.339/.404 in 104 games with the Mets this year and was projected for $2.6MM in his final trip through arbitration by MLBTR’s Matt Swartz. He’ll now hit free agency and be eligible to sign with any of MLB’s 30 clubs.

A second-round pick by the Cubs in the 2011 draft, Vogelbach made his MLB debut with the Mariners back in 2016, though he wouldn’t receive consistent playing time at the big league level until 2019. He was an All-Star for Seattle that year, slashing .208/.341/.439 with 30 homers in 558 trips to the plate. Vogelbach split his shortened 2020 campaign between the Mariners, Blue Jays, and Brewers before settling in with Milwaukee in a part-time role for the 2021 season.

After slashing an essentially league average .215/.343/.385 (101 wRC+) with 15 homers in 394 plate appearances from 2020-21, Vogelbach signed with the Pirates on a big league deal for the 2022 season. He hit fairly with the Pirates (116 wRC+) but really took off after a midseason trade to the Mets, for whom he slashed .255/.393/.436 (143 wRC+) in 183 trips to the plate down the stretch as a part-time DH. Vogelbach returned to Queens in that same role for 2023 but failed to replicate his 2022 production in the role with a wRC+ of just 104.

Vogelbach will enter the free agent market as a quality bench piece or part-time slugger for a club at first base or DH, though his glovework at first is generally regarded as questionable. While Vogelbach possesses a strong .240/.362/.452 slash line against right-handed pitchers for his career, same-handed pitching has crushed him during his time in the majors; he’s hit just .129/.248/.215 in 189 career games against southpaws, meaning any acquiring club would almost assuredly not be interested in Vogelbach for an everyday role.

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47 Comments

  1. Ignorant Son-of-a-b

    2 years ago

    Hey that’s not fair ! Size discrimination. Well I guess there’s always that sponsorship at the Golden Corral.

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  2. Subatomicbunt

    2 years ago

    Do not know how this man is a big leaguer.

    5
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    • Larry David's Joe Pepitone Jersey

      2 years ago

      Because he’s not a big leaguer, he’s an enormous leaguer.

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      • Blue Baron

        2 years ago

        ROFLMAO!!

        3
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        • Subatomicbunt

          2 years ago

          When the kindly cafeteria workers saw him coming during Elementary school they chained the doors!

          4
          Reply
    • Captain-Judge99

      2 years ago

      Don’t you dare disrespect the milkshake like that.

      1
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      • Subatomicbunt

        2 years ago

        Dan reminds me of the bus driver from “Billy Madison.” Steals/eats all the little kids lunches and laughs hysterically the entire time.

        1
        Reply
  3. O’Malley

    2 years ago

    About time

    2
    Reply
  4. Joel P

    2 years ago

    Dude looks like Tommy Boy. Eating his way out of the league.

    7
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    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      2 years ago

      “I can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking my head up a bull’s a$$, but I’d rather take a butcher’s word for it.”

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  5. Robrock30

    2 years ago

    Surprise surprise as Gomer Pyle used to say.

    He was the solution for DH at the 2022 trading deadline.

    This move is only one year too late.

    Billy Eppler the gift that kept on giving lol.

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    • JoeBrady

      2 years ago

      Billy Eppler the gift that kept on giving lol.
      =======================
      In all fairness to Eppler, they needed Vogelbach in order to trade Davis because they needed Ruf.

      Well, at least they are the usual off-season winners,

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      • Robrock30

        2 years ago

        Eppler and the Mets crack analytics guys all loved Vogey for his high OBP as a LH Batter. The Fans who watch the Games all saw him as a waste of a roster space not even good as a platoon DH because his high OBP was due to walks and he can’t run the bases and became a clog on the basepaths.

        Eppler was stubborn and unwilling to admit his mistake at the 2022 trading deadline. The fans were of course right all along. Lol Mets

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  6. This one belongs to the Reds

    2 years ago

    This should surprise no one, but my beer league softball team will give him a call.

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    • Subatomicbunt

      2 years ago

      If I had to guess, I would say a hungry Big Dan in a McDonalds drive thru would order: 2 Big Macs w/bacon, 2 double 1/4 pounders with bacon and cheese, a McCrispy w/extra mayo. 2 large fries. 2 apple pies. Large Coke. I am probably close to 95% accuracy on this one.

      3
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      • Blue Baron

        2 years ago

        You are an analytics guru!

        1
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        • Subatomicbunt

          2 years ago

          Lol Baron, next time I will do a breakdown of a usual Panda Express visit for him. Next-gen/experimental math will be involved.

          2
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  7. mlb fan

    2 years ago

    Sabermetrics nerds tend to like guys like Daniel Vogelback who can’t run, field or hit because he takes up a lot of space, I mean because he gets on base.

    4
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    • acoss13

      2 years ago

      Mets are trimming, I mean, cutting payroll.

      5
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    • marcfrombrooklyn

      2 years ago

      As opposed to idiots who think the eyeball test is better than trying to maximize runs scored while minimizing runs allowed?

      1
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      • LongTimeFan1

        2 years ago

        @marcfrombrooklyn

        The eyeball test remains valuable. Ignore at your own peril.

        2
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        • Collect Call of Chtulhu

          2 years ago

          Kevin Youkilis says hi.

          Reply
  8. Simm

    2 years ago

    Mets must be cutting payroll because they are Losing money.

    Reply
    • avenger65

      2 years ago

      I hope he does sign somewhere. He can use the money to buy a neck.

      1
      Reply
  9. ctbronx7

    2 years ago

    Who was Vogelfat’s godfather? Who protected him and forced Buck to play him instead of one of the kids?

    2
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  10. 10centBeerNight

    2 years ago

    The long island loudmouths will celebrate like it’s Bastille Day, even though this guy was not the reason the club underperformed

    3
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    • Flanster

      2 years ago

      Like many players on the team, he frequently came up small in a big spot. And there are much better options out there

      2
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    • LongTimeFan1

      2 years ago

      He should have been non-tendered after 2022. He’s well overweight, is in the bottom 10 of foot speed and doesn’t play defense. Beyond his bat which is inconsistent, he offers no value on the field. Nice guy, good teammate, has power, good eye, but he’s not efficient use of roster spot. Even if Mets don’t specifically replace him with quality DH, they have DJ Stewart who can do what Vogey does, runs better, plays hard, and outfield corners..

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  11. mlb1225

    2 years ago

    Some rebuilding team will sign him as a deadline flip piece.

    1
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  12. bjhaas1977

    2 years ago

    Vant-a-snack!

    1
    Reply
  13. Ramos

    2 years ago

    Yes! Yes! Yes! Don’t let the door hit ya in the ass on the way out

    Reply
    • A Blue Jay from Cuba

      2 years ago

      Kirk and Manoah that is discriminación!!!

      Reply
  14. Robrock30

    2 years ago

    Reminds me of Nixon’s farewell. The fans won’t have Vogey to kick around any more.

    1
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    • Robrock30

      2 years ago

      But as I leave you, I want you to know—just think how much you’re going to be missing. You don’t have Nixon to kick around anymore. Because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.”

      2
      Reply
  15. Wheeler Dealer

    2 years ago

    Perfect guy for White Sox when they trade Eloy

    2
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    • avenger65

      2 years ago

      Well, Sox Park always comes in or near the top as far as best food. The Sox would just have to designate someone to drag him away from the concession area and down to the field when it’s his turn to bat.

      Reply
  16. LFGMets (Metsin7) #FireCarlosMendoza&DrewSmith

    2 years ago

    I’m shocked!

    Reply
  17. 86mets

    2 years ago

    He will sign with a team in Japan and become a cult hero baseball player / Sumo wrestler. Nickname will be Baby Ruth, for reasons both baseball and otherwise

    2
    Reply
  18. Jeremy320

    2 years ago

    Lol 2nd time Stearns has let go of Vogelbach.

    1
    Reply
  19. Msfan

    2 years ago

    Think anyone will sign him and see what he can do in center?

    4
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    • Subatomicbunt

      2 years ago

      He’ll drop 13lbs in the offseason and be Joe D out there next year!

      Reply
  20. Blue Baron

    2 years ago

    Maybe he goes back to Milwaukee?

    1
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  21. roywhite

    2 years ago

    One month ago I wrote this after Billy Eppler resigned: Hopefully tomorrow the headline will be “Vogelfat resigns too!”.

    Good things come to those who wait.

    2
    Reply
  22. Buzzz Killington

    2 years ago

    Off to Colorado where he’ll become an even slower runner.

    2
    Reply
  23. unpaidobserver

    2 years ago

    If hes not signed by Oakland before the end of the week then I dont know baseball.

    1
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    • unpaidobserver

      2 years ago

      Er excuse me the artists formerly known as Oakland.

      1
      Reply
  24. twilkerson

    2 years ago

    Thank god!

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