Once you hit the eighth round of the draft most teams aren’t getting top value. In 2015 the catching talent was supposed to be particularly poor, so when Sandy Alderson and company selected Patrick Mazeika out of Stetson University people might have been a little confused. Not only did the Mets reach for a position [...]
The Mets have traded away more than a little of the pitching they once had in their minor league system. With Michael Fulmer, Casey Meisner, Luis Cessa and others all playing for new teams, one might think that the Met farm system is bereft of talent, but that is not the case. The Mets have [...]
The Mets have welcomed a number of new faces to their clubhouse: Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson (from the Braves), Tyler Clippard (from the Athletics) and Yoenis Cespedes from the Tigers. Few will argue that these deals have helped the franchise in its bid to reach the post season, but what exactly did the Mets [...]
Back in 2012 the Mets traded R.A. Dickey, Mike Nickeas and Josh Thole to Toronto for John Buck and three minor leaguers. R.A. Dickey had just won the Cy Young award and was the knuckle-balling darling of baseball and Sandy Alderson traded him for a handful of magic beans. Those magical beans have proven pretty [...]
With Noah Syndergaard and Steven Matz having graduated to the majors and the All Star game fading in the rearview mirror it’s time to acess the quality of the remaining Met minor league talent. The Mets will not be entering 2016 with the same bevvy of MLB ready talent that they did in 2016 but [...]
Rookie ball is not a league that most fans follow. Players in this league are generally below the legal drinking age in the United States and face a minimum of 3-5 years of sustained healthy/productive play to reach the majors. Today I will focus on the Kingsport Mets because I’ve never seen them quite this [...]
Steven Matz has reached the majors and made people aware that he’s more than just a lefty pitcher. Matz and his bat aside, people are wondering if the Mets have anything left in the tank. When does Alderson promote Conforto? Why haven’t we seen Matt Reynolds? What’s left? The Mets have already called up Kevin [...]
The season has barely begun for the Mets in the Dominican Summer League and already there are people vying to make the types of impressions that Wilmer Flores and Vicente Lupo once did. Consider Met prospect Hansel Moreno who is part of a tremendously talented class of players in the lowest division of Met prospects. [...]
At 22 years old and playing his first full season in the minors, Michael Conforto is already the best outfield prospect I’ve seen in the past fifteen years. He hits for power, he hits for contact and he’s not seasons and seasons of sustained play away from helping the major league franchise. What has he [...]
Player A: 6’1”, 205 Lbs Player B: 6’2”, 200 Lbs Both players were drafted in 2012, one in the first round (Gavin Cecchini) and one in the second round (Matt Reynolds), but both could have a future in the Met infield. So which player is the one to watch? Player A: .281/.348/.393 (4 Years in [...]
I feel like I’ve been overly harsh on Dominic Smith. He’s 19 years old and playing in Advanced A for the first time against much older competition, but the former first round pick has not looked very good through 2015. Smith has been solid in his first two minor league seasons. He’s hit for average, [...]
I have been writing about Travis Taijeron, on and off, since 2011. Taijeron, a former catcher, was drafted by the Mets to be a power-hitting corner outfielder. Over his minor league career he’s managed an .878 OPS with a robust .510 SLG. His power is a legitimate threat and so is his preponderance of strikeouts. [...]