Atlanta Braves Miami Marlins New York Mets Philadelphia Phillies Washington Nationals #27 Danby Swanson, SS #9 Steven Matz, LHP #4 J.P. Crawford, SS #3 Lucas Giolito, RHP #32 Sean Newcomb, LHP #86 Dominic Smith, 1B #25 Nick Williams, OF #13 Trea Turner, SS #37 Ozhaino Albies, SS #96 Amed Rosario, SS #34 [...]
In unfortunate news, Met prospect, Eudor Garcia was suspended 80 games for PEDs. Garcia had surged up the rankings on the power of a tremendous leap in production. These numbers are now brought into question. He hit .296 with 9 home runs and 59 RBIs in 2015 with Class A Savannah last season. He was [...]
It is hard to define the relative value of players in sports. It all has to do with the competing forces of a players talent, their contract and a team’s needs. Metsblog recently posted another in a long line of poor trade ideas centering on Met pitcher, Zack Wheeler. In the article, Matt Cerrone suggests [...]
#1 Steven Matz, SP Biography: A local kid from Sony Brook, NY, Matz was born on May 29th, 1991. He’s also a third generation Met fan. Matz was tutored from a young age by Neal Heaton. Heaton, a former Major Leaguer had this to say: "The kid, number one, was lefthanded,'' said Heaton, a left-hander [...]
#4 Brandon Nimmo, OF Biography: Born March 27 1993 in Cheyenne Wyoming, Nimmo is the highest picked baseball prospect in the history of the state. That may well be because Wyoming is so cold that they didn’t offer a high school baseball program. Instead, Nimmo made his mark on the baseball world with an impressive [...]
#7 Desmond Lindsay, OF Biography: Born January 15, 1997, Lindsay won’t be able to legally drink for over two more years. A product of the Out-Of-Door Academy in Bradenton Florida, Lindsay was a clear target for the Mets in the 2015 draft. Jeff Petty, head coach of the Evoshield Canes, just happened to be his [...]
#10 Matt Reynolds, SS Biography: Born December 3, 1990 in Tulsa, OK Reynolds was a two sport athlete. He played both baseball and basketball, drawing interest from colleges like Iowa State and Butler to play for their basketball programs. Reynolds instead joined the Arkansas Razorbacks and played baseball for them. He played 3rd base and [...]
On Tuesday night the Yankees and Cubs traded Adam Warren and Brendan Ryan for Starlin Castro. Shortly after that the Braves traded Shelby Miller to the Diamondbacks for Ender Inciarte, Aaron Blair and Dansby Swanson. Prior to these trades there was discussion on the web with experts suggesting that the Mets make an offer for [...]
This is the eighth entry in our prospect series, where we’re counting down the top 50 prospects for the Mets. Four people were involved in this project and what you see is a group consensus, not the results of one person. You can view 50-47, 46-43, 42-39, 38-35, 34-31, 30-27 & 26-23 if you have [...]
This is the fifth entry in our prospect series, where we’re counting down the top 50 prospects for the Mets. Four people were involved in this project and what you see is a group consensus, not the results of one person. You can view 50-47, 46-43, 42-39 & 38-35 if you have not already seen [...]
This is the first entry in our Top 50 prospect list. Four writers contributed to these rankings and what follows is a consensus derived from a fair amount of back and forth among the group. It's not the list any of us would have come up with individually. At the end of the project we'll [...]
A+: Matt Netter, San Francisco Giants – The Giants had a good amount of money to spend and the ability to build onto their core of players without trading away young talent. They brought in Alex Gordon for a song ($15.1 Million), overpaid for Daniel Murphy ($14 Million) and filled out their rotation with Yovani [...]