Travis d'Arnaud (C, NYM) - Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: Travis d’Arnaud has now returned as the New York Mets starting catcher, he was hitting .317 with a .892 OPS this year in 11 games before missing nearly two months on the disabled list. The fact that the Mets demoted Anthony Recker in order to keep Keven Plawecki around is a bit of a scare-off here. But if d’Arnaud comes anywhere close to his early season production, he won’t get more than one or two days a week off.

The Mets have cooled off significantly from their early season outburst. They now rank in the lower half of nearly all offensive categories, but d’Arnaud could be the spark this offense needs to get closer to where they were before he hit the DL. He had a bit of a breakout year in 2014 with 13 dingers in 421 plate appearances. Even with the time d’Arnaud has already missed, he could still get to double digit homerun totals and respectable numbers in other counting stats by the time the seasons over.