Last season I watched Casey Meisner and he was good but not someone I had a ton of expectations for. The reason for this was that his fastball wasn’t quite a major league fastball. You can succeed in the majors with a 80-something MPH fastball (just ask Jamie Moyer) but it doesn’t always bode well [...]
The last time the Mets were without a first round pick (2009) they selected Steven Matz a left-handed pitcher from Sony Brook, NY. Matz had fallen to the second round for two reasons, he was a player from the Northeast (an area that you can’t play baseball year-round) and he had an awkward delivery that [...]
This season we’ve seen Rafael Montero, Kevin Plawecki, Jack Leathersich and Dilson Herrera ascend from AAA to the majors. The two biggest names still in Sandy Alderson’s back pocket are still out in Vegas and they have taken things up several notches recently. I’m talking, of course, about Noah Syndergaard and Steven Matz. They are [...]
Kevin Plawecki is already in the majors, proving the bevvy of talent that was stock-piled in AAA. Next in the queue waiting for a shot at the majors is Dilson Herrera. How long it takes him to reach the majors depends on many things but, at this point most of them are beyond his control. [...]
A day late but definitely not a dollar short! Look for Mets Minors in its normal Monday spot next week.
Champ Stuart was drafted by the Mets in 2013. He was an interesting prospect in that he had tremendous physical gifts, but he also came with limited baseball experience. He struck many people as being similar to the Brandon Nimmo who had been raised in Wyoming. Stuart’s origins are a little warmer. What is it [...]
The “Full Season” minor leagues start getting in swing this weekend and I’ll start to give you the highlights each Monday. In the meantime here are some storylines that I’m looking forward to. AAA: Las Vegas is Overloaded with Talent Looking around the locker room of the Las Vegas 51s you’ll see multiple Top 100 [...]
I’m back! That’s right kiddies, your friendly neighborhood minor league analyst is back after half a year away from the blog-o-sphere. I’ll be doing my weekly prospect review, but in the meantime you can chew on some tasty numbers from the “Boys of Spring”. The Met Farm System was on display this spring and it [...]
In case you’re not into International Free Agents you may have missed that a number of teams have hit the baseball lottery thanks to signing Cuban players. You don’t need to take my words on faith, you can simply look at Yasiel Puig and Jose Abreu. Yoan Moncada is the latest in a series of [...]
Groveman sings again!
As Jon Lester comes off the free agent market, teams who are seeking pitching become more and more focused on what is available. It is well known that the Mets have made Dillon Gee and to a lesser extent Jonathon Niese and Bartolo Colon available. These names will be intriguing to other clubs out there [...]
First of all: I’m sorry that I disappeared from the blog-o-sphere. My life is a little too busy to devote the time needed to keep up with the Mets and their minor leagues, let alone finding the time to write about it. Someday I may have the time again. In the meantime, I wanted to [...]