Michael Conforto began his 2016 campaign looking like an All Star in the making. He had debuted in 2015 and contributed to an exciting Met postseason and hit the ground running in 2016. Then what happened? The Mets stopped hitting and Conforto’s numbers began spiraling into a nosedive. The Mets tried giving him a breather [...]
If you scour the internet for information on Nabil Crismatt you will wind up disappointed. The Colombian player signed with the Mets in 2012 for an undisclosed amount and has worked his way up, spending two seasons in the DSL before he came state side for a campaign in 2014 with the GCL Mets and [...]
Before Michael Conforto there hadn’t been a whole lot of players who succeeded, offensively, for the Brooklyn Cyclones. Then, there’s Desmond Lindsay. At the age of 19 (two years younger than Conforto had been) he’s putting a major stamp on the New York-Penn League and is looking like a fast riser within the Met system. [...]
The Mets retroactively added their starting shortstop, Asdrubal Cabrera, to the 15-day DL as of August 1st and the Mets have opted to go with the combination of Matt Reynolds and Wilmer Flores to carry the load but it seems that the Mets may be ignoring their best option. Gavin Cecchini was the Met’s top [...]
Braving the rain and terrible drivers in and around Brooklyn, I decided to catch a game in Coney Island to get to see my favorite rising star within the Met organization, Thomas Szapucki. The game time was 4:00 PM and the rain held off, for the most part, and I was ready to see Szapucki [...]
Amed Rosario, SS: At the age of 20, between A+ and AA baseball, Rosario has made tremendous strides for himself in 2016. His OPS for the year is .836 and unlike prospects like Wilmer Flores who may have hit but never fit into the field, he looks like a bonafide shortstop. The biggest flaw in [...]
You may not know the name Thomas Szapucki just yet but (the player MLB.com ranked as the Met’s 17th best prospect) will likely be moving even higher in the rankings if he can continue his early success. At 20 years old, Szapucki is 6’2” lefty with a mid-low 90s fastball. He’s best known for his [...]
Not everyone can be Alex Bregman, but when they played the All Star futures game on Sunday night, we had hoped that Dominic Smith (U.S. Futures’ starting first baseman) might make a show of his hitting potential. While Bregman looked brilliant (going 3 for 4 with a double and a triple) Smith was a lowly [...]
Michael Conforto has been nothing short of a revelation for the Mets as a terrific hitting outfielder. He skyrocketed through the minors in 2015 and became a major part of the late surging Mets, joining the starting lineup through the playoffs. In 2016 Met fans had sky-high expectations and through March and April, Conforto delivered. [...]
Met outfielder Travis Taijeron is 27 years old and currently playing for the Las Vegas 51s. So far for this season he’s hitting .314/.394/.587 which gives him a hefty .981 OPS. Shouldn’t the Mets be looking at this powerful righty as they rumble through this abysmal low-offense streak? No. Here’s why: Over his career, Taijeron [...]
If you look at the 2016 stats of Brandon Nimmo, you’ll probably nod and file it as some PCL inflation. The thing that might catch you off guard is the fact that Nimmo is suddenly looking a lot more like a budding star than he ever has before. Think that’s crazy? Season - .330/.405/.530 April [...]
The Mets entered the 2016 draft with four picks in the first one hundred. The Met farm system has produced some great pitching over the past few years but had no more Matt Harvey’s, Zack Wheeler’s, Jacob deGrom’s, Noah Syndergaard’s or Steven Matz’ to offer up. While the farm does still boast a number of [...]