Luis Guillorme was recently named the MVP of the SAL league. Having a prospect receive a league award is great whether they are a “Top Prospect” or “Organizational Filler” but Guillorme’s role within the organization is unclear. The Mets have been starting Ruben Tejada and Wilmer Flores at shortstop throughout 2015. They have Matt Reynolds [...]
Back in 2014, the Mets selected Eudor Garcia in the fourth round of the draft. Garcia profiled as a first round talent but had flaws that held him from being drafted earlier. Garcia’s biggest flaw is that he’s 5’11” and 225 Lbs. He’s not a lithe and graceful infielder nor is he a giant powerful [...]
Once you hit the eighth round of the draft most teams aren’t getting top value. In 2015 the catching talent was supposed to be particularly poor, so when Sandy Alderson and company selected Patrick Mazeika out of Stetson University people might have been a little confused. Not only did the Mets reach for a position [...]
The Mets have traded away more than a little of the pitching they once had in their minor league system. With Michael Fulmer, Casey Meisner, Luis Cessa and others all playing for new teams, one might think that the Met farm system is bereft of talent, but that is not the case. The Mets have [...]
The Mets have welcomed a number of new faces to their clubhouse: Juan Uribe and Kelly Johnson (from the Braves), Tyler Clippard (from the Athletics) and Yoenis Cespedes from the Tigers. Few will argue that these deals have helped the franchise in its bid to reach the post season, but what exactly did the Mets [...]
Back in 2012 the Mets traded R.A. Dickey, Mike Nickeas and Josh Thole to Toronto for John Buck and three minor leaguers. R.A. Dickey had just won the Cy Young award and was the knuckle-balling darling of baseball and Sandy Alderson traded him for a handful of magic beans. Those magical beans have proven pretty [...]
While the Mets have struggled to have their players cross home plate in the major leagues (and likely will for the rest of the season), Mets fans will likely do what they’ve been doing for the past 3-4 years - look at the progression of minor leaguers. Sandy Alderson has been criticized for not drafting [...]
With Noah Syndergaard and Steven Matz having graduated to the majors and the All Star game fading in the rearview mirror it’s time to acess the quality of the remaining Met minor league talent. The Mets will not be entering 2016 with the same bevvy of MLB ready talent that they did in 2016 but [...]
Following a strong 2012 season, Michael Fulmer was considered one of the Mets’ top prospects. But after two injury-plagued campaigns and a strong influx of talent, he was on no one’s top 10 list coming into the season. We ranked him at 16 coming into the season and some thought that was too high. Yet [...]
Not too bad considering the guys who are no longer eligible
Rookie ball is not a league that most fans follow. Players in this league are generally below the legal drinking age in the United States and face a minimum of 3-5 years of sustained healthy/productive play to reach the majors. Today I will focus on the Kingsport Mets because I’ve never seen them quite this [...]
What do Chris Flexen, Erik Manoah and Corey Oswalt have in common? They all started games for minor league affiliates of the Mets on Saturday. And they all are pitchers taken in the seventh round or later that the Mets gave overslot bonuses to since MLB instituted the system for the 2012 Draft. For those [...]