Back in 2013 the Mets selected Dominic Smith with their 11th overall pick. A pick that meant the Mets could not sign a Top-tier Free Agent. A pick that meant the Mets were spared the dive bomb decline of Michael…
The Mets are entering the offseason looking at a Top 15 draft pick (mediocre) and not a whole lot of money coming off the books. They have a whole lot of money tied into Yoenis Cespedes and David Wright that…
Before the season I ranked the Top 25 players in the Met farm system and now that the minor league year is just about over it is time to provide grades for those players based on how they performed. …
The Mets of August have been a downright watchable and entertaining ballclub. Even with Matt Harvey, Jeurys Familia and Asdrubal Cabrera gone and Yoenis Cespedes and Jay Bruce injured, it’s hard to feel like this Met team is worse than…
Based upon my experience covering the Met Minor Leagues for over 10 years, I have never seen a prospect produce the offensive success that Peter Alonso. In 115 games he has hit 30 home runs between AA and AAA, managing…
Baseball America ranked the Mets as having the 27th best farm system in baseball at the start of the season. Fast forwarding to today and you’ll see the Mets ranked 19th. How did the Mets rocket through the rankings to…
The Mets traded their veteran infielder Asdrubal Cabrera to their divisional rivals in Philadelphia for prospect Franklyn Kilome and the fanfare was not particularly huge. Essentially, the Mets have given up a rental on a player they were likely going…
Minor league promotions can be a funny thing. Necessity has made the Mets make many more moves in their system here in 2018 than they have in the past. Even with that, we saw players stay at a level perhaps…
Most people will know that the Mets traded their closer, Jeurys Familia, to the Oakland Athletics for two C-Level prospects in William Toffey and Bobby Wahl. This isn’t to say that Toffey and Wahl have no value but it proves…
We’ve been writing about Nabil Crismatt on Mets360 for a few years now. The relatively unknown pitcher from Barranquilla, Columbia wasn’t a big money guy from the international leagues or a top draft pick from the amateur draft. Instead, Crismatt…
The great sell-off will begin in the near future and players like Asdrubal Cabrera, Wilmer Flores, Todd Frazier and Jay Bruce may find themselves joining teams in the playoff hunt while the Mets continue to dive in the standings. While…
In my top 50 prospects piece published prior to the 2018 season, Walter Rasquin was ranked 30th. Primarily a 2B, Rasquin had a fine season for Brooklyn in 2017, as he put up a .300/.341/.407 line in 265 PA. Now,…
