Not too shabby for a part-time player.

Two May (2021) appearances, then poof, he's gone.

Also, I wrote him an autograph request that year and he didn't sign.

Also also, he was the first Hawaiian to play for the Mets since Tyler Yates in 2004.

He was pretty awful wherever he pitched, including New York, and he was another one of those early-2020s headscratchers. Why even bother with him.

My personal nickname for him was Jimmy Yank-a-boner, but I don't know if including that will allow this comment to be posted.

Checking his game logs verifies that, as his first appearance with New York was a start in which he went 6 scoreless innings, allowing 5 hits and no walks.

Unfortunately, it was all downhill after that.

Also notable about him is that he was Hawaiian. He was the last Hawaiian to play for the Mets until Jordan Yamamoto in 2021.

I sometimes get him confused with another Mets Tyler of the era, Tyler Walker.

He was part of the spoils the Mets received for David Justice, who never actually played for them.

Lastly, I remember when he went to the Braves and became a serviceable reliever. Apparently he went to the Pirates after that, which I didn't remember.

Retiring his number, a man who accomplished so little in the big picture of baseball annals is both a publicity stunt to sell tickets and merch, and a tribute to the mediocre history of the franchise.

The 3rd basemen with retired jerseys, Brett, Brooks Robinson, Ed Matthews, Chipper Jones, Ron Santo and of course Mike Schmidt DWARF the career of Wright... Ron Cey deserves this more, but the Dodgers dont grab straws to honor good players, only the greatest of players

Bad move Stevie Cohen... Eddie Kranepool deserved this for his 18 years in uniform and holding the Mets record book when he retired much more than Wright, and should have been so honored while he was still alive.

Disappointing, unimpressive, bad.

He's one of those guys that was young enough with the Mets that one still checks up on him every once in a while to see if he's still going. And he is, having pitched in Mexico in 2024. He's currently in the Dominican Winter League.

Ynoa represented one of the very first faces of the Mets pitcher carousel that started post-2015 and hasn't quite stopped yet.

Looking at his game logs, most of 1999 was a struggle for him, but he had a killer final stretch that saw him go 5-1 with a 1.74 ERA over his final nine starts of the season.

I recall him going to the Rockies following his Mets tenure—and I remember him totally falling apart with the Rockies—but I didn't recall that he was the guy that was traded for the legendary Bobby M. (not Bobby J!) Jones.

He is currently the manager of the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan, after coaching for them—and multiple other teams—for a few years.

I always assumed he was some old, washed-up minor leaguer finally getting the call when he appeared with NY, but he was actually only 24 and still prospect-age.

The Mets LOVED to use Watson when he played for them. He debuted on September 12, 2003. From that date on, the Mets played 16 games. Watson appeared in 15 of them.

He's also one of those guys who had a notably long gap between stints in the majors. He played for the Athletics in 2005, then didn't reappear in the big leagues again (also with the Athletics) until 2010.

And it was through the Athletics in 2005 that he signed an autograph for me in about a month.

I also remember when he broke Tim Hudson's ankle on a close play at first. Then not heeding the immortal words of whatever that movie was, "there's no crying in baseball!", he went and started crying about it.

A real man would've broken the other ankle.

Anyway, he really does seem like a cool dude, and I'm totally not saying that just because he's signed autographs for me through the mail twice.

Oh yeah, I also remember that wacky thing where he went to the Braves in 2015, then they brought him back toward the end of the year. He was mostly used as a pinch runner, helping the team secure as many runs as possible as it was closing in on a playoff berth.

He has also relocated to Florida and is a coach at IMG Academy.

Unfortunately, he has not been charitable with autographs, as he hasn't signed any of the times I've sent him a request.

Granted, he had a 0.90 ERA in 2010, so maybe the Mets were hoping he would be able to carry that magic over into 2011 and expand it into 32 starts and 220 innings. Alas, it wasn't to be, as he managed just 4 starts for NY in '11, and though they were awesome—he had a 1.88 ERA—he still made just 4 starts.

2012 was a throwaway year as he had a 4-9 record and a 4.15 ERA, thus ending a middling Mets career in a middling time in Mets history.

And, as is standard, after he left the Mets, he resuscitated himself, going 23-15 with a 3.40 ERA and 114 ERA+ between the Mariners and Royals in 2014 and 2015.

What I primarily remember about Young, outside of his performance, is that he was at least 12 feet tall.

Well, actually he was 6' 10", but I rounded up.

This Young inspired some cautious hope in me, as he was once a very solid slugger. I mean, that's all he did was hit home runs, but he was good at it.

But like the other Chris Young, they got this one after a stretch of down seasons, and, like the other Chris Young, this one was a dud. This one stuck around way too long, as the Mets didn't release him until August.

Also like the other Chris Young, when he got away from New York, he learned how to play again, hitting .282 with a .521 slugging percentage upon joining the Yankees to finish out the year.

I remember he tore the cover off the ball with the Yankees right off the bat, hitting nearly .500 his first week or so with them. He also hit home runs in three straight games in that stretch.