Most of baseball agrees that trading Dilson Herrera for Jay Bruce in 2016 was a mistake by Sandy Alderson and the Mets front office. For one, some argue that Herrera could have still been viewed as the team’s “Second Baseman of the Future” and that the Mets sold low on a prospect. For another the [...]
With position players set to arrive in Port St. Lucie at the end of the week and the 2017 season set to launch, we’re going to take a look at some of the minor leaguers who will be part of the big league camp. Players like David Roseboom, Dominic Smith, Phillip Evans, P.J. Conlon and [...]
Sing to the tune of "American Pie"
The Top 5 prospects, the best of the best and a land of few surprises. These should be nothing but players you know and expect to see within the Top 5. Expect to hear a lot about these players through Spring Training and throughout 2017. While the Mets do not have a Matt Harvey, Zack [...]
The Top 10 shouldn’t have surprises and, while you can likely debate the order, it’s tough to debate their inclusion in the Top 10 itself. At this point, you are looking at players that you should be very excited about and players that if you aren’t yet acquainted with, you should endeavor to become acquainted [...]
The Top 15 players are finally at the echelon where you are either looking at players with very high ceilings or fairly secure paths to the majors. These names are sure to be recognizable, though because these rankings were purely from my own perspective, there is some definite opinion weighting. We see at this point, [...]
As we enter the Top 20 we no longer see players who have so-so ceilings or little likelihood of reaching the majors. Most teams can boast a reasonably elite Top 20. The Mets are not as elite as some and their lack of depth is visible if you compare them to the deepest farm systems [...]
To start this quintet we have five players who appear to be a little higher than they deserve. Carpio is ranked higher than Ramos, Cespedes is ranked higher than Stuart and Woodmansee is ranked higher than 40th. These are all aggressive rankings for one reason or another and some people will disagree. Most people should [...]
As we break into the Top 30 prospects we start to see some players that are more purely “Groveman’s Guys”. Peterson and Palsha would likely rank lower on a number of lists but relievers have done better in these rankings because of how rankings were weighted. While relief pitchers are not typically the big impact [...]
As we flip back to our Top 50 prospect countdown we reach a group of players that minor league fans should know about. From here on out there are fewer and fewer surprises and almost none for those of you who follow my minor league reports should see a name you’ve never heard of. Last [...]
As we continue to progress through the Top 50 prospect list we begin to get a little bit of name recognition. Some of these players you may have heard of before. Maybe they were very strong in 2015 and fell off the radar in 2016 or maybe they came out of relative obscurity and produced [...]
We continue our Top 50 countdown with five prospects who are either flawed or too far away from the majors to factor higher. It is interesting when ranking players how you determine a player’s value. Where is the floor and where is the ceiling? What is their ETA to the majors? What key stats do [...]