The Mets top pick from the 2017 draft was a big bodied lefty with a low 90s fastball named David Peterson. Met fans saw very little of him in his first season of minor league ball with the Mets only…
When Travis d’Arnaud was injured and wound up out for the season, few people were surprised. The timing could not have been worse for the Mets who lost Kevin Plawecki to another injury and have not gotten him back as…
If you weren’t paying attention, you might have missed that the Mets have started their 2017 Top Draft Pick in Columbia, instead of aggressively promoting him to Advanced A. Often times you see collegiate pitchers skip over the Full Season…
The Mets winning big thanks to a nice 3-for-6 outing from Adrian Gonzalez it’s more apparent than earlier why the Mets have a bit of a logjam on their hands. The Mets have Gonzalez, Wilmer Flores and Jay Bruce in…
In listening to the radio pundits over the past few week, I’ve begun to get annoyed with a trend I’ve witnessed. These experts do not think the Mets have what it takes to trade with the Marlins for J.T. Realmuto…
We have written at length about the lost 2017 season for Justin Dunn. The Mets’ top pick from the 2016 draft, Dunn entered 2017 with high expectations and fell squarely on his face. His 2017 season was so bad that…
Going into Spring Training, it was a foregone conclusion that the Mets would be having Adrian Gonzalez and Wilmer Flores as their tandem at first base. Unless Dominic Smith could have obliterated the baseball to unforeseen proportions the Mets would…
Thanks to a marked bounce back in his Spring Training performance, Steven Matz deservedly saved himself from a demotion to AAA. It did not hurt that Jason Vargas was hurt but it is hard to argue against his stats in…
The regular season is looming large on the horizon and we are eager to start talking about the play of our minor league talent but before we have any games played under our belt we are going to take a…
As the Mets are approaching the regular season the team begins to take shape, despite the unhappy spring training record, it is fit to wonder which of the minor league players might play a significant role in the fortunes of…
Edgardo Alfonzo has been around the Brooklyn Cyclones for the past few seasons and has now worked his way up to managing the team. He’s joined by two other notable former players, Royce Ring and Marlon Anderson. We all have…
Spring training is full of headlines. Headlines like: “Dominic Smith shows up slim and trim”, “Yoenis Cespedes adopts a yoga routine” and “Mets hope new witch doctor will help prevent injuries.” One such headline, this spring, has been about Gavin…
