Earlier today, David Groveman wrote a piece on Dominic Smith and the typical progression of players through the minors. The purpose was to advise caution and not expect Smith to come up and be a contributor anytime soon. It’s always a good idea to advise caution with prospects. However, I believe that guys who make [...]
On a forum someone made the suggestion that the Mets' first-round pick in 2013, Dominic Smith, would speed through the farm system and could be starting for the team in 2015. This is, in short, not going to happen… sorry. Yet, it does give us a reason to look at the typical progression through the [...]
I give you a pitcher. He’s a skinny 6’4” righty from Deleon Springs, FL. He went to Stetson University and as of today he’s 25 years old. He happened to be a 9th round pick in the 2010 draft and spent 2011 on the shelf with Tommy John surgery. What if I were to tell [...]
The Maytag repairman has nothing on the Darin Gorski fan club. The story goes that Maytags were so dependable that their repairmen got lonely since they had nothing to do. As the driver of the Gorski fan club bus, I keep looking to see if anyone has taken any of the seats behind me and [...]
1. Travis d’Arnaud, C (AAA) Then: d’Arnaud was the jewel of the R.A. Dickey trade and the expectations were that he’d be knocking on the door to replace John Buck before long. He profiled as a hitting catcher (albeit not of the caliber of Mike Piazza) and he was supposed to be the long term [...]
AL East: Boston Red Sox Biggest Need: Closer – Bobby Parnell would be a hard guy to let go for the Mets who have said they would need to be overwhelmed to make a deal. The prospect I’d expect to be offered is below and I don’t think that would be enough. If the Red [...]
Not quite 21 yet, Noah Syndergaard was the secondary prize of the R.A. Dickey trade that brought in Travis d’Arnaud, John Buck and Wuilmer Becerra as well. He started the year in Port St. Lucie where he looked good (though not as good as others). Here are the important stats: · ERA = 3.11 · [...]
When a player is 26 and playing in AA you have to try to take their accomplishments with a grain of salt. Even when they are hitting: .317/.474/.590 and even when they were a former first round pick. The expectations on Allan Dykstra are expectedly low. He’s not supposed to be much beyond a AAAA [...]
I’ve followed the Mets minor leagues for a while and what I’ve found is that every year there are players who make cases to reach the majors but an injury rolls around or they slump and it looks like we might have jumped the gun. Just look at Travis Taijeron, in his last 5 games [...]
The Mets have just finished playing eight road games against the Braves and Phillies and went 5-3 in the process. Ordinarily this would be cause for celebration but in a season mismanaged nearly all the way around, it hardly merits a “woo-hoo!” With fans joining management in punting the 2013 season, instead we look ahead [...]
“I should really go to a Cyclones game.” I’ve been saying this for years, but on Thursday 6/20/2013, I finally did. First of all, let me tell you that MCU park is a nice park to watch a game. It was clean, the sight lines were good and atmosphere (with the rides of Coney Island [...]
The Mets' offense is bad. They just don’t score a lot of runs… face it, they don’t score a little runs too often. With not much offense coming from anyone not named David Wright or Daniel Murphy, I think I have the solution: It is time to bring Wilmer Flores up. Wilmer Flores is hitting [...]