Mets Minors: No room for Bartolo Colon in Queens

Sometimes I’m wrong, like when I said that Juan Lagares would show no offensive growth in 2014 and would instead backslide into being unplayable.  Sometimes I’m right, like when I said that Jacob deGrom might have the brighter future than Rafael Montero.  I was wrong about Bartolo Colon… to a point. Colon has been great.  [...]

How to read minor league stats (Fun with park factors!)

When trying to project if a prospect will be able to produce at the major league level, it’s not as simple as looking at stats. Of course, you never really know how they will perform against the top level competition, but it’s also hard when the minor league stats are skewed because of where they [...]

For now, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas

It’s difficult to decipher much of the intel coming from the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate Las Vegas. The hitters are mashing and the pitchers are… well, crashing in the run-happy Pacific Coast League.  Of course, the most watchful eyes are focused on the Mets’ number one prospect Noah Syndergaard, who is having a less than stellar [...]

Mets Minors: The biggest question about Jack Leathersich

Jack Leathersich is a left handed relief pitcher with Binghamton.  He’s not a big guy and he doesn’t throw particularly hard, but his results are phenomenal.  He is the biggest strikeout threat in the Met farm system and could be just as important to the Met future as Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Noah Syndergaard, Jacob [...]

Mets Minors: Wilmer Flores finds his power stroke

I was asked over the weekend, “Should the Mets fire Terry Collins?”  My answer, “Yes.” My reason is not what most people might say.  Collins is guilty of one solitary cardinal sin, in my eyes.  He insisted on playing Ruben Tejada over Wilmer Flores.  “But Flores wasn’t hitting!” Yes, as a pinch hitter/spot starter, he [...]

Dominic Smith proves he belongs in a full-season league

In 2013, the Mets took Dominic Smith with their first-round pick in the annual draft. A high school product, Smith was assigned to the Gulf Coast League, which the Mets operate as the lowest of their three short-season clubs. He got a cup of coffee at the end of the year with Brooklyn Kingsport, which [...]

Mets Minors: Michael Fulmer takes a step forward in comeback bid

Something about the Bradenton Marauders brings out the best in Michael Fulmer. For the year, Fulmer has a 4.43 ERA but Sunday afternoon he threw seven shutout innings, permitted just three hits and fanned eight in the process. In three starts this season against Bradenton, Fulmer has yet to allow a run, a span covering [...]

Live Scouting: Amed Rosario and the Brooklyn Cyclones

I had the pleasure to attend the Thursday matchup between the Aberdeen Ironbirds (Orioles) and the Brooklyn Cyclones on 6/26 and was able to see some of the talent in the Mets system first hand.  I highly recommend going out to MCU park and watching the Cyclones play, it’s a very good time.  You’ll even [...]