The Mets completed their sweep of Oakland and it is expected that before their series with the Dodgers begins, they will have a new starting third baseman. Unlike the promotion of Francisco Alvarez, who was promoted due to an injury,Brett Baty is being promoted thanks to a fantastic Spring and a tremendous few weeks in [...]
Player Focus Piece Omar Narvaez is out of commission for an extended period of time which has left the Mets with no option but to activate their top prospect, Francisco Alvarez. On the front of, is Alvarez ready? We are all about to find out. We can expect Tomas Nido to see plenty of playing [...]
We’ve established the current Top 50 prospects and talked about why they are ranked where they are at present. We now move on to where we expect some of these top players to begin their 2023 campaigns and what that may mean for their development. #1 - Francisco Alvarez - C: AAA Prior to Spring [...]
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Biography: The Mets selected Hamel as part of their debacle of a draft in 2021. The right handed pitcher wasn’t a prototypical Met prospect pitcher as he lacked a truly high velocity arm but scouts felt he made up for it with a good Spin Rate. Despite being selected in the third round of the [...]
Biography: In the five mock drafts I ran for the Mets, I had the Mets selecting Blade Tidwell in three of them. In fact, I had him selected with a first round pick in most of these scenarios. Instead, the Mets managed to select both Kevin Parada and Jett Williams before getting Tidwell in the [...]
Biography: Matthew Allan is a RHP standing 6-3 tall whom the Mets drafted back in 2019 as part of Brodie Van Waggenen’s finest moment as Met GM. He is from Sanford, FL and attended Seminole HS. When drafted he was considered a Top 20 pick but the Mets actually selected him in the third round [...]
Biography: At 5’8”, Jett Williams was the shortest of the top prospects in the 2022 draft. The shortstop has the ability to field his position and could hold onto the role as he rises through the organization. His high school club won the state championship in Texas in 2021 and Williams was thought of as [...]
Biography: Born in the Dominican Republic in April of 2001, Ronny Mauricio is just old enough to drink in the US and yet many fans think his prospect star has fallen to earth. Mauricio signed with the New York Mets as an international free agent in July 2017. Resume: Mauricio surged to relevance in 2018 [...]
Biography: Alexander Ramirez was born in 2003 in the Dominican Republic. The Mets pursued and signed the international prospect in 2019, impressed by his projections and athleticism. Ramirez was given the third highest bonus in team history (below Francisco Alvarez and Ronny Mauricio) and would have played for the DSL Mets in 2020 were the [...]
Biography: Born in Florida, Mark Vientos allegedly grew up rooting for the New York Mets. He spent his first three years of high school at Charles W. Flanagan High School in Pembroke Pines, Florida. In 2016, as a junior, he hit .321. That summer, he played in the Perfect Game All-American Classic at Petco Park. [...]
Biography: Kevin Parada was born in Pasedena California in 2001. He attended Loyola High School in Los Angeles, California and finished his high school career with a .390 batting average, nine home runs, 66 RBIs, and 24 doubles. Considered to be a top prospect for the 2020 Major League Baseball draft, he went unselected, and [...]