Mets Minors: Does the AFL mean anything for Jett Williams and Drew Gilbert?

The Minor League Seasons are in the past the Major League playoffs are in our present and the minor league blogger is left with covering the Arizona Fall League.  The Arizona Fall League serves two major functions for baseball prospects. First, it serves as a launching ground for players who may be ready to make [...]

Mets Minors: What to make of Luisangel Acuna’s hot start plus end of season grades

The Mets are in the midst of an amazing late season run towards the playoffs and have exceeded my pre-season expectations at the major league level. Part of what makes it so amazing is that the team has been without their MVP, Francisco Lindor for an extended time.  Coming up from AAA to cover that [...]

My trip to Cooperstown and my problems with the Hall of Fame

My wife and I spent the weekend in upstate New York and took a trip into Cooperstown to take a turn around the museum. I’ve written for Mets360 for years and cover the minor league systems of the Mets. I am also an avid baseball fan and have been since the Mike Piazza era of [...]

Mets Minors: Carson Benge and the 2024 draft class

The Mets came away from the 2024 draft with Carson Benge OF/RHP, Jonathan Santucci LHP, Nate Dohm RHP, Eli Serrano III OF, Trey Snyder SS/3B, Corey Collins 1B and others. The team didn’t have the greatest assortment of picks coming into the draft thanks to their bloated payroll but ultimately came away with a few [...]

Mets Minors: Are the Mets specializing in catcher development?

At the Major League level, the Mets have Francisco Alvarez nearing his return to the team. Alvarez had an impressive rookie campaign with the Mets in which he showed a ton of power. He’s also shown a tremendous ability to work with pitchers and a “surprising” (not truly but the media wanted you to believe [...]

Mets Minors: Jeremy Rodriguez emerges as a Top 10 prospect

This season has not gone well for the Mets and while it wasn’t supposed to be a banner year the Mets look like they might once again find themselves as sellers at the trade deadline. Last year when the Mets were in a similar position, names like Drew Gilbert, Luisangel Acuna and Ryan Clifford stole [...]

Mets Minors: Christian Scott changes minor league narrative

The Mets have a number of players in the minors right now who are playing well but their names are not the ones we were quite expecting. Jett Williams and Drew Gilbert were both Top 5 prospects and they are both injured, Luisangel Acuna and Kevin Parada are underwhelming and Ryan Clifford’s biggest asset right [...]