Stanley Consuegra is turning heads in Brooklyn

Mets fans have a right to be giddy about center field prospect Alex Ramirez, a toolsy 19-year-old currently playing with High-A Brooklyn. However, there is another outfielder with the Cyclones who has turned the heads of scouts and talent evaluators – Stanley Consuegra. Listed at 6’2”, 206 lbs., the 21-year-old hasn’t exactly posted the most [...]

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The pitch clock and the Mets

Last week, it was leaked to the media that Major League Baseball is planning to implement the pitch clock in MLB games starting in 2023. This is probably not a huge surprise as the clock has been used experimentally in Minor League Baseball since 2017, and was rolled out more broadly this season. The rules [...]

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Four under the radar players to watch in Brooklyn this year

Baseball America recently released its midseason Top 30 prospects updates for all organizations, and unsurprisingly, most of the top prospects in the organization are in the upper levels of the minors – Francisco Alvarez, Brett Baty, Ronny Mauricio and Mark Vientos. There are also a fair amount of players in St. Lucie or in the [...]

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Robinson Cano could create a problem for the Mets

In a day in age where a Major League manager’s most important job is managing clubhouse personalities, one of the biggest challenges that new Mets manager Buck Showalter faces in his inaugural season as the team’s skipper is navigating the Robinson Cano playing time situation. At 39 years old and having missed the entire 2021 [...]

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Four potential free agent fits for the Mets

With increasingly frequent meetings between MLB and the MLBPA not bearing much fruit toward a new Collective Bargaining Agreement and an end to the owner-imposed lockout, it is becoming increasingly likely that the start of the 2022 MLB season will be delayed. However, once an agreement is reached and major league spring training opens, there [...]

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Mets prospects: The next three

Earlier this week, Baseball America released its annual Top 100 prospects list, and the New York Mets had three players appear in the rankings. Mets top prospect catcher Francisco Alvarez (No. 13), third baseman Brett Baty (No. 39) and shortstop Ronny Mauricio (No. 92) all appeared in the rankings. The consensus has been for a [...]

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Revisiting the four Mets trades from the 1994 strike offseason

This week the 2021 MLB Lockout completes its third week, and on Monday officially becomes the fourth-longest work stoppage in the league’s history. Only the 1994-95 strike (232 days), 1981 strike (52 days) and 1990 lockout (32 days) stretched on for longer. When things are said and done, this lockout may end up looking up [...]

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Birthday remembrances of Doc Gooden’s 1985 season

In 60 years of New York Mets baseball, the team has been known more for its strong pitching rather than hitting. Today, one of the greatest pitchers in team history celebrates a birthday, as Dwight Gooden turns 57 years old. In tribute to Doc’s birthday, let’s take a trip down memory lane at his absolutely [...]

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Mets need to make player development a top priority

When Steve Cohen bought the Mets last year, he was buying a house that was a fixer-upper. In theory, the good news was that in being by far the wealthiest owner in baseball that he would have deep enough pockets to start throwing money at problems to fix them. Right away he made it clear [...]

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What’s up with Carlos Carrasco?

After Sunday night’s ugly 14-4 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers dropping the Mets to just one game over .500 and 2.5-games behind the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves, the season seemingly hangs in the balance in mid-August. Carlos Carrasco was roughed up to the tune of six runs on six hits in only 2.0 innings, [...]

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Can Travis Blankenhorn be a significant bench contributor?

In the fourth inning Sunday’s wild 7-6 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, Mets utility player Travis Blankenhorn clubbed a pinch-hit three-run home run off JT Brubaker for his first career homer. It was a moment that had to feel especially good for the 24-year-old coming his home state of Pennsylvania. Not only that, but the [...]

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