Anyone have high expectations for a 28th-round pick out of Nova Southeastern University? For those who pay attention to the later rounds of the draft you might recall the name Jeremy Vasquez. He was among a group of Met hitters who had been tearing things up in Kingsport until recently. I say this, because Vasquez [...]
Two weeks ago we talked about Peter Alonso and how he turned a disappointing season around shaking off an injury and proving that his successful 2016 campaign in Brooklyn was not a fluke. His line for the season is now .291/.367/.534 and he continues to show prodigious power. Additionally, you might notice that his walk [...]
Normally my posts are in a positive light. We focus on who is doing particularly well in a given level and speak to their optimistic future. Today we are changing gears to talk about years that have gone wrong. Thomas Szapucki is a promising pitcher who emerged in 2016 as a potentially elite young arm [...]
In my Top 50 Prospect rankings I ranked Peter Alonso 9th overall. His 2016 numbers in Brooklyn had somehow eclipsed those of even Michael Conforto. Based on those 30 games and his high draft pick status, 9th overall seemed like a fitting place for the former University of Florida player. After a dismal start, [...]
Some people might be prone to ask the question, “Who is Hansel Moreno?” The Mets drafted him back in 2014 and his first three years with the organization did not occur stateside. His numbers in the DSL, frankly, weren’t that good and prior to 2017 there was little reason to focus especially on him… after [...]
You’ve seen me write about Dominic Smith before. In 2013 we began talking about Smith and how long he’d take to reach the majors. In that article we predicted that come 2018, we’d be talking about Smith reaching the majors. In 2014 we wondered if Smith would be the heir to Ike Davis and Lucas [...]
This season is destined to be something of a disappointment. Noah Syndergaard, Matt Harvey, Steven Matz and Zack Wheeler again spend time on the DL and the Mets need a major win streak to pull back to .500 baseball. With Harvey’s Met tenure drawing to a close it’s time to look at some of the [...]
David Peterson, LHP: Prior to the draft I was asked who, of my short-listed players, I would be most happy with the Mets drafting. Without hesitating I answered David Peterson. Most people agreed that the Mets would be targeting college players and that pitching was going to be a primary concern. With other options on [...]
With the draft later today we’re going to look at some of the names that the Mets might be looking at in the draft with their 20th pick. Let’s take a peek at who the experts think the Mets are likely to draft: Baseball America - Trevor Rogers: A left handed pitcher out of [...]
If you were to look up Met prospect P.J. Conlon without looking at his stats you might consider him an oddity of little import. The Belfast (Yes, the one in Ireland) born lefty has been steadily rising through the Met system since 2015. 2015: NYP - 17.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 25 K and a [...]
“Are you kidding me? The Mets have been garbage and we’re keeping this kid in AAA to see Jose Reyes start? That’s a joke, right?” “You want to bring a kid up and ask him to carry the team? You want to sacrifice a year of service just to make a roll of the [...]
This offseason Brian Joura and I both turned in Top 50 prospect rankings. I ranked Patrick Mazeika 12th overall and Brian ranked him 33rd. Neither of us thought that he couldn’t hit, Brian merely had no faith in Mazeika’s power, saying: “Lefty-hitting catcher, good AVG, no power.” Where as I described him as: [...]