When discussing the 2016 season, the one thing that is going to stand out is the leap both Dominic Smith and Amed Rosario took this season.  The two players went from players who had areas of their game that needed to be refined to developed to people starting to wonder if they can be contributors to the Mets as soon as next season.

Both Smith and Rosario are trying to accomplish what Brandon Nimmo did this season. In Nimmo’s first full season in AAA, he was second in batting average and first in on-base percentage in the Pacific Coast League. With the season he had, he not only merited a call-up during the season, but he has also gotten some big pinch hits for the Mets during their run to win the Wild Card.

This trio of players are not the only ones who have had an outstanding year.  Here are some other names that have accomplished so much this season:

Plate Appearances

1.   Dominic Smith 542 (Binghamton)

2.   Travis Taijeron 541 (Las Vegas)

3.   Amed Rosario 527 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

4.   J.C. Rodriguez 524 (Columbia)

5.   Champ Stuart 518 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

6.   John Mora 506 (St. Lucie)

7.   Luis Guillorme 505 (St. Lucie)

8.   Dash Winningham 504 (Columbia)

9.   Gavin Cecchini 499 (Las Vegas)

10. David Thompson 481 (Columbia, St. Lucie)

At-Bats

1.   Dominic Smith 484 (Binghamton)

2.   Amed Rosario 479 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

3.   J.C. Rodriguez 469 (Columbia)

4.   Dash Winningham 465 (Columbia)

5.   Travis Taijeron 459 (Las Vegas)

5.   Champ Stuart 459 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

7.   Gavin Cecchini 446 (Las Vegas)

8.   Luis Guillorme 441 (St. Lucie)

9.   John Mora 439 (St. Lucie)

10. David Thompson 432 (Columbia, St. Lucie)

Runs

1.   Travis Taijeron 86 (Las Vegas)

2.   David Thompson 74 (Columbia, St. Lucie)

3.   Vinny Siena 73 (Columbia, St. Lucie)

4.   Champ Stuart 72 (St. Lucie, Binghamton),  Brandon Nimmo 72 (Las Vegas)

6.   Gavin Cecchini 71 (Las Vegas)

7.   Johnny Monell 69 (Las Vegas), Kevin Kaczmarski 69 (Columbia, St. Lucie)

9.   T.J. Rivera 67 (Las Vegas)

10. J.C. Rodriguez 66 (Columbia)

Hits

1.   Amed Rosario 155 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

2.   Dominic Smith 146 (Binghamton)

3.   Gavin Cecchini 145 (Las Vegas)

4.   T.J. Rivera 143 (Las Vegas)

5.   Brandon Nimmo 138 (Las Vegas)

6.   Travis Taijeron 126 (Las Vegas)

7.   Phillip Evans 125 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

8.   David Thompson 121 (Columbia, St. Lucie)

9.   Matt Oberste 117 (Binghamton)

10. Kevin Kaczmarski 116 (Columbia, St. Lucie), Luis Guillorme 116 (St. Lucie)

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Doubles

1.   Travis Taijeron 42 (Las Vegas)

2.   David Thompson 34 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

3.   T.J. Rivera 31 (Las Vegas)

3.   Dash Winningham 31 (Columbia)

5.   Phillip Evans 30 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

6.   Dominic Smith 29 (B-Mets), Kevin Kaczmarski 29 (Columbia, St. Lucie), Roger Bernadina 29 (Las Vegas)

9.   Gavin Cecchini 27 (Las Vegas)

10. Brandon Nimmo 25 (Las Vegas)

Triples

1.   Amed Rosario 13 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

2.   Kevin Kaczmarski 10 (Columbia, St. Lucie)

3.   Brandon Nimmo 8 (Las Vegas)

4.   John Mora 7 (St. Lucie), Champ Stuart 7 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

6.   L.J. Mazzilli 6 (Binghamton, Las Vegas)

7.   Travis Taijeron 5 (Las Vegas)

8.  Five tied with four

Home Runs

1.   Travis Taijeron 19 (Las Vegas), Johnny Monell 19 (Las Vegas)

3.   Dominic Smith 14 (Binghamton), Marc Krauss 14 (Las Vegas)

5.   Dilson Herrera 13 (Las Vegas) – traded on 7/31 for Jay Bruce

6.   Dash Winningham 12 (Columbia)

7.   Brandon Nimmo 11 (Las Vegas), David Thompson 11 (Columbia, St. Lucie), T.J. Rivera 11 (Las Vegas)

10. Roger Bernadina 10 (Las Vegas)

RBI

1.   David Thompson 95 (Columbia, St. Lucie)

2.   Dominic Smith 91 (Binghamton)

3.   Travis Taijeron 88 (Las Vegas)

4.   T.J. Rivera 85 (Las Vegas)

5.   Johnny Monell 75 (Las Vegas)

6.   Amed Rosario 71 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

7.   Dash Winningham 69 (Columbia)

8.   Brandon Nimmo 61 (Las Vegas)

9.   Kevin Taylor 58 (St. Lucie)

10. Dilson Herrera* 55 (Las Vegas), Roger Bernadina 55 (Las Vegas), Gavin Cecchini 55 (Las Vegas)

Stolen Bases

1.   Champ Stuart 40 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

2.   Patrick Biondi 26 (St. Lucie)

3.   Roger Bernadina 20 (Las Vegas)

4.   Amed Rosario 19 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

5.   J.C. Rodriguez 18 (St. Lucie)

6.   Kevin Kaczmarski 14 (Columbia, St. Lucie), Derrik Gibson 14 (Binghamton)

8.   John Johnson 13 (St. Lucie, Binghamton), Enmanuel Zabala 13 (Brooklyn, Columbia)

10.   Vinny Siena 10 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

Walks

1.   Vinny Siena 69 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

2.   Travis Taijeron 67 (Las Vegas)

3.   John Mora 60 (St. Lucie)

4.   Kevin Taylor 56 (St. Lucie)

5.   L.J. Mazzilli 52 (Binghamton, Las Vegas)

6.   Victor Cruzado 51 (Binghamton)

7.   Kevin Kaczmarski 50 (Columbia, St. Lucie), Dominic Smith 50 (Binghamton)

9.   Roger Bernadina 48 (Las Vegas), Gavin Cecchini 48 (Las Vegas)

Batting Average (minimum 300 plate appearances)

1.   T.J. Rivera .353 (Las Vegas)

2.   Brandon Nimmo .352 (Las Vegas)

3.   Ty Kelly .328 (Las Vegas)

4.   Gavin Cecchini .325 (Las Vegas)

5.   Amed Rosario .324 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

6.   Phillip Evans .321 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

7.   Tomas Nido .320 (St. Lucie)

8.   Dominic Smith.302 (Binghamton)

9.   Eric Campbell .301 (Las Vegas)

10. Roger Bernadina .292 (Las Vegas)

On Base Percentage (minimum 300 plate appearances)

1.   Brandon Nimmo .423 (Las Vegas)

2.   Ty Kelly .409 (Las Vegas)

3.   T.J. Rivera .393 (Las Vegas)

4.   Vinny Siena .391 (Columbia, St. Lucie)

5.   Gavin Cecchini .390 (Last Vegas)

5.   Eric Campbell .390 (Las Vegas)

7.   Kevin Taylor .386 (St. Lucie)

8.   Roger Bernadina .376 (Las Vegas)

9.   John Johnson .375 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

10. Amed Rosario .374 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

Slugging Percentage (minimum 300 plate appearances)

1.   Brandon Nimmo .541 (Las Vegas)

2.   T.J. Rivera .516 (Las Vegas)

3.   Travis Taijeron .512 (Las Vegas)

4.   Johnny Monell .470 (Las Vegas)

5.   Roger Bernadina .465 (Las Vegas)

6.   Dilson Herrera* .462 (Las Vegas)

7.   Phillip Evans .460 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

8.   Amed Rosario .459 (St. Lucie, Binghamton), Tomas Nido .459 (St. Lucie)

10. Dominic Smith .457 (Binghamton)

OPS (minimum 300 plate appearances)

1.   Brandon Nimmo .964 (Las Vegas)

2.   T.J. Rivera .909 (Las Vegas)

3.   Travis Taijeron .884 (Las Vegas)

4.   Ty Kelly .844 (Las Vegas)

5.   Roger Bernadina .841 (Las Vegas)

6.   Gavin Cecchini .838 (Las Vegas)

7.   Eric Campbell .837 (Las Vegas)

8.   Amed Rosario .833 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

9.   Phillip Evans .826 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

10. Dominic Smith .824 (Binghamton)

Total Bases

1.   Travis Taijeron 235 (Las Vegas)

2.   Dominic Smith 221 (Binghamton)

3.   Amed Rosario 220 (St. Lucie, Binghamton)

4.   Brandon Nimmo 212 (Las Vegas)

5.   T.J. Rivera 209 (Las Vegas)

6.   Gavin Cecchini 200 (Las Vegas)

7.   Johnny Monell 196 (Las Vegas)

8.   David Thompson 192 (Columbia, St. Lucie)

9.   Roger Bernadina 180 (Las Vegas), Dash Winningham 180 (Columbia)