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…
The Mets’ system doesn’t have any elite, can’t-miss guys. They have a bunch of talented young guys in the lower levels who might develop that way. They’ve got guys with elite skills who haven’t been able to stay healthy. And…
Top prospect lists are not an easy thing to compile and they are an even harder thing to get right. I’ve done these for the past few years and while they provide interesting discourse, they are more often breeding grounds…
A Tale of Two Lefties. They are the best of lefties and not the worst of lefties and it is to a far better place we hope they will go than any of us fans will ever know. With regards…
Every offseason I try to predict where the minor league assignments will shake out for the Mets in their next season. It’s a useful way of predicting paths for these prospects and predicting how long some of these players may…
As I enter the Top 7 I’m going to talk about a player who is glaringly missing from my Top 25. I’m speaking, of course, of Luis Guillorme. Many people have Guillorme in the Top 10 and I have him…
Where the Mets particularly look deficient is at the back-end of their Top 10. Most teams have players in the Top 5 with major upside and a record of success in the minors and the Mets are not an exception,…
Injured guys, righty relievers and international free agents galore!
On teams with elite farm systems the Top 15 players tend to be players who have All-Star potential or at least seem like definites to become major league regulars at some point in their careers. The Mets do not currently…
