Mets Minors: Preseason Part III, those ranked 31-50

Finishing out our Top 50 rankings we reach a grouping of players that tend to fall into two distinct categories. Players with limited potential (meaning that they aren’t likely to reach the majors as everyday players but they are close to the majors) and lottery tickets (players who are so far from the majors they [...]

Mets Minors: Preseason Part II, those ranked 11-30

Continuing the Top 50 rankings we reach the section where there is quite a lot more disagreement, and not only because of the international signees. You will notice far more “Bold” predictions in this group and a lot less consensus. There are likely three to five people on this list who I rate as having [...]

This year’s farm system will try to match what the Mets had in 2013

Because of last year’s deadline deals to restock the farm system, there’s been a lot more talk about prospects now than there’s been in many years. It’s really nice to see all of the attention being given to prospects. It’s even better to hear David Stearns talk about youngsters from the farm system needing to [...]

Mets Minors: Offseason deep dive on Colin Houck

Biography: The Mets spent their 32nd overall pick in the 2023 draft to bring aboard a shortstop named Colin Houck.  The high school infielder boasted tremendous offensive numbers and athleticism that allowed him to perform as a two-sport athlete. He received scholarship offers from a number of serious schools to continue his football career as [...]

A conversation about top prospect lists and the Mets’ minor league system

One of the mainstays of offseason articles is to create rankings and lists of top players in the minors.  My annual top 50 piece will be published by the end of the week, likely on Friday.  David Groveman is working on his, which will be posted before the start of the minor league season.  And [...]

Mets Minors: Offseason deep dive on Blade Tidwell

Biography: Blade Tidwell spent most of his Age 21/22 season playing for the Brooklyn Cyclones before a late season promotion to Binghamton. The Mets were hoping that Tidwell would show well out of the gate with little other pitching talent on the horizon but his April and May were anything but succesful. In fact, in [...]

Mets Minors: Offseason deep dive on Ryan Clifford

Biography: Standing in at an imposing 6’3” the second player acquired as part of the Mets deal for Justin Verlander, Ryan Clifford is an intriguing player with a solid ceiling offensively. Clifford is from North Carolina and was drafted fairly low by Houston (the 11th round). He took a signing bonus more typical of the [...]