A few weeks ago Dominic Smith was starting to show some additional power and was on a real roll. It had reached the point where I began to wonder if Smith might push Lucas Duda into the trade market by season’s end. Then Duda’s back began to break down and with Eric Campbell’s presence in [...]
The Mets have four selections in the top 100 of the 2016 Amateur draft. Looking around at mock draft boards, here are five players the Mets might be considering with each of those picks: With their first overall pick in the 2016 draft, the Mets will be looking at some interesting names. Joey Wentz a [...]
As a Met fan you know who Dilson Herrera is. He’s been to the majors a few time and he’s never quite lived up to the hype of a “Future All-Star” that has been bandied about. To drive this point home, the Mets traded for Neil Walker and signed Asdrubal Cabrera because they wanted Herrera [...]
By this point, you know who Wuilmer Becerra is. He’s the final piece of the coup that Sandy Alderson orchestrated with the Toronto Blue Jays when he traded away R.A. Dickey. You’ve seen Travis d’Arnaud and have seen him shine as a starting catcher. You’ve witnessed the emergence of Noah Syndergaard as an astonishing pitching [...]
Amed Rosario is only 20 years old and was born in the Domincan Republic. The shortstop prospect was signed by the Mets for a staggering $1.75 Million in 2012 and he began his professional career as a seventeen year old in Kingsport. One of the things that happens with the very young prospects is that [...]
One thing that was said far too often this Spring was that 2016 was to be the first year since Matt Harvey’s promotion that the Mets would not be seeing a major star “Ace” pitcher ascending to the majors. Let’s remember that in 2012 the Mets enjoyed the emergence of Harvey, in 2013 we met [...]
The first real note on David Thompson is that back in 2012 the Yankees aimed to snatch him in the 38th round of the amateur draft. As all scouts predicted, Thompson went to college instead. Part of the issue with his draftability was the fact that he was a two sport player. He wound up [...]
Hello again Met fans! Very excited to be bringing you another year of Mets Minor League correspondence. 2016 will be quite a different beast than many I’ve covered in my time writing about the minor leagues. 2016 has no “Ace” pitcher, ready to ascend to the majors and join the storied Met rotation. We don’t [...]
In 2015 an ungainly group of misfits exceeded expectations by reaching the World Series after looking like one of the worst teams in history. Think the Mets and the fictional Indians of the Major League movie franchise aren't that similar? Think again! Their coach is basically the oldest man in baseball. He's full of “Wisdom” [...]
A good friend, Ethan Ritter Schrott and I have wanted to co-write a series of articles for some time. He is an ardent Yankee fan and I’m a dyed in the wool Met fan and we’ve had arguments, since our college days, about which team was better. Those arguments are always useless, as a fan [...]
At the age of 27, with a career (minor league) OPS just under .900, you might think that Travis Taijeron is a forgotten prospect. You might think him one of the players who gets ignored because of pedigree, regardless of performance. That isn’t, quite, the case. Does Taijeron have power? Yes. Can he hit? Sure. [...]
One Ace to Rule Them All – We know the Mets have lots of pitching and with Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard and Steven Matz all set to start 2016 with the Mets the biggest question that Terry Collins will be called on to answer is, “Who’s the top dog?” The early favorite is [...]