List of Mets Nicknames
For the second consecutive year, MLB is allowing players to show some freedom on the field, letting them use nicknames on the backs of their jerseys instead of names.
Now, don’t get too worked up. Gone are the days of Moredcai “Three Finger” Brown and Al “The Mad Hungarian” Hrabosky. As I read a few years ago (I forgot where), today’s nicknames consist of taking the first syllable of a player’s last name and adding a ‘y’ to it (think “Vargy” for Jason Vargas. And yes, that is his chosen nickname for his uniform this weekend).
Anyway, here is a list of Mets nicknames, courtesy of MLB. And Jacob deGrom may be a great pitcher, but he’s lousy at nicknames:
Tyler Bashlor: “BASH”
Jose Bautista: “JOEYBATS”
Jerry Blevins: “JER-RY JER-RY JER-RY”
Jay Bruce: “BRUUUCE”
Yoenis Cespedes: “LA POTENCIA”
Michael Conforto: “SCOOTER”
Travis d’Arnaud: “LIL d”
Jacob deGrom: “deGROM”
Phillip Evans: “BARREL”
Wilmer Flores: “CATIRE”
Todd Frazier: “TODDFATHER”
Robert Gsellman: “G-MAN”
Luis Guillorme: “LUISMI”
Austin Jackson: “A-JAX”
Juan Lagares: “ANGELO”
Seth Lugo: “QUARTERRICAN”
Steven Matz: “MATZY”
Jeff McNeil: “JT”
Devin Mesoraco: “ROCKO”
Rafael Montero: “MONTERO”
Brandon Nimmo: “NIMMS”
Corey Oswalt: “OZ”
Kevin Plawecki: “PLAW DAWG”
AJ Ramos: “JUNIOR”
Jose Reyes: “LA MELAZA”
Jacob Rhame: “RHAMROD”
T.J. Rivera: “T-BUTTA”
Amed Rosario: “EL NIÑO”
Paul Sewald: “PAULIE”
Drew Smith: “SMITTY”
Anthony Swarzak: “T-SWEEZY”
Noah Syndergaard: “THOR”
Jason Vargas: “VARGY”
Bobby Wahl: “PEANUT”
Zack Wheeler: “WHEELS”
David Wright: “D-DUB”