Early in the year we see wacky things due mostly to small samples. And nowhere is this more apparent than with Mets top prospect Christian Scott, who has two games pitched so far for Triple-A Syracuse. And in those two games, Scott has displayed the electric stuff that has so many people so high on [...]
The minor league season is only a few days old but a few stories are already becoming relevant. Anthony Baptist lied about his age and has been suspended for it, Ben Gamel might be overqualified for AAA and nobody messes with Norfolk. For the Mets, another storyline is how the signing of J.D. Martinez has [...]
Spring Breakout game had a great debut
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Brian published his Top 50 and we’ve seen several other sites add theirs so I wanted to add my own to the mix. I created my own Top 50 several weeks ago and thanks to Brian and other baseball pundits have revised my list with a number of players I had missed. This list will [...]
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 [...]
This is the third year where this top prospect list of mine has been done with a tiered approach, rather than an ordered list. It’s my opinion that a tiered list is more valuable than trying to guess which older reliever is better than the others and should rank higher, only for the best one [...]
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 [...]
Biography: Christian Scott is currently 24 and will play over half of his 2024 season at the age of 25. This darling of the Mets depth charts is a little old to be a “Top Prospect” but his 19 starts in 2023 were fabulous and have given him a lot of buzz in a farm [...]