The Mets' biggest concern in the offseason (after securing the futures of David Wright and R.A. Dickey… or trading them) is making something out of the nothing that is the New York Met outfield. Filled with vaunted names like Jason Bay, Lucas Duda, Mike Baxter, Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Jordany Valdespin, the outfield leaves quite a [...]
I did a piece last week on the Top 20 Blue Chip Prospects in the New York Met system. I wrote about Zack Wheeler, Wilmer Flores and Jeurys Familia but avoided talking about a number of solid players who could, in every likelihood, still help the franchise. Today’s list is the top 20 prospects who [...]
Blue Chips: Only ranking players with high ceilings. This excludes Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Reese Havens, Collin McHugh and others from my rankings. Not because they won’t be useful players but because they won’t be stars. The follow-up to this will be the Top 20 Role Player Rankings. Zack Wheeler: With Matt Harvey now firmly in my [...]
At Age 20: Player A: 69 Games, 266 ABs, 29 2Bs, 3 3Bs, 10 HRs, 46 Runs, 59 RBIs, 31 BBs, 49 Ks, 1.038 OPS Player B: 66 Games, 275 ABs, 18 2Bs, 2 3Bs, 8 HRs, 37 Runs, 33 RBIs, 20 BBs, 30 Ks, .855 OPS Both of the players played at age 20 [...]
The news that was imminent for weeks finally became official yesterday as the Mets signed a two-year Player Development Contract with Las Vegas. The Mets had spent the previous four years aligned with Buffalo and all things being equal they would have preferred to extend that agreement. But the Bisons were unhappy with the arrangement [...]
Why the hype? Matt Den Dekker, OF: Like Wilfredo Tovar, Matt Den Dekker is a prospect that divides a fan base. Matt Den Dekker has the best outfield glove in the Mets organization and that is including the major league team. If Den Dekker ever gets the chance to start for a major league team, [...]
My good buddy, Matt Garrioch of MLB Prospect Guide and Minor League Ball, comes out every year with his top prospect list and we both go professionally head to head with each other (it has been professional, right Matt J) over what he was smoking when he came up with some of these names. Of [...]
Savannah, GA - The Savannah Sand Gnats and the New York Mets today jointly announced they have renewed their Player Development Contract for two more years. The renewal will keep Savannah as a Mets' affiliate through the 2014 season. During the Mets affiliation, the Sand Gnats have enjoyed some of their most successful seasons in [...]
It’s not easy to get on my list. These are the names you throw up on the board in the first five minutes. I only have 38. IMO, the Mets don’t have 50 prospects, but, in their defense, neither do any other teams It is dominated with talented, young starting pitching (14), which is the [...]
Matt Harvey – Matt Harvey is hard to continue to list as a prospect because he’s already in the majors and succeeding. Harvey is the future #1/#2 pitcher for the Mets and that is as much as any Met fan could hope for in any draft picked pitcher ever selected. He’s already in the majors [...]
#11 Juan Lagares: What They Said – ‘Since signing at age 16 out of the Dominican, Lagares had moved slowly up the Mets’ ladder. He played at two levels in 2011 and actually hit for a higher average in Double-A, but he struggled to repeat that success at the same level in 2012. He makes [...]
Click here to read Part I of this series. #6 Wilmer Flores: What They Said – ‘After 2011, it would be easy to look at Flores' numbers and feel like he'd been disappointing, especially for a highly touted prospect. He quieted doubters in 2012, however, hitting well at the Class A Advanced level and earning [...]