The choice is really down to these two young men when considering Opening Day. Matt Harvey will start the season on the disabled list to save some innings, and will likely make his 2015 debut at home versus the Phillies on April 13th; the day Mets fans have been drooling over for nearly two years [...]
The now $4.2 million-richer Lucas Duda had a coming out party in 2014, belting 30 home runs, driving in 92 runs with an OPS of .830, an ISO of .228 and a WRC+ of 136. He excelled in both standard and advanced metrics and most importantly, created an affordable, viable cleanup hitter for the Mets [...]
Jonathan Mayo is not the end-all-be-all of prospect evaluation, but he is the head of MLB.com’s Prospect Pipeline. Additionally, many analysts weigh opinions and statistical evidence to catalog the Top 100 Prospect list, and the Top 10 Position rankings, so it’s not just one man’s take. It is fair to say then, the Mets strong [...]
When you run a baseball team in the biggest market in the world and your budget in 2015 is 19th in the sport, it’s a little insulting to the fanbase to shell out nearly 1/10th of that budget to a player who will be turning 36 before the start of the season, and who played [...]
It’s no secret that the New York Mets are not a fiscally sound organization. This has played havoc with the on-field product for half a decade now at least, and will continue to curtail large free agent signings for some time to come. That may be for the benefit of the team, though. As more [...]
Back in late November Mets360’s own Scott Ferguson wrote about L.J. Mazzilli, who ranked 30th on our list of prospects. In case you haven’t already seen it, you can read that full breakdown here. Mazzilli had a very promising 2014 season in which he posted a .301/.361/.440 line with 44 extra-base hits split evenly between [...]
Over the past few months trade rumors have surfaced repeatedly about the Mets #1 minor league pitcher, Noah Syndergaard, being shipped off in order to upgrade the shortstop position. Most likely, this deal would see Syndergaard going to Colorado with Troy Tulowitzki coming to New York. There are several reasons to both love and hate [...]
The Top 4 prospects in the Mets farm system represents the immediate future of the New York call-ups. But it is far from definite that all these guys will be wearing a Mets uniform in the future. Some might get traded to upgrade the big squad, but who exactly might leave is anyone’s guess at [...]
As we get closer to completing the Mets360 Top 50 Prospect list, some more familiar names are starting to show up. Some players in the Top 10 might appear in a Mets uniform sometime this year or next if all works out. Others still have some work to do. As do we, so let’s get [...]
We're getting down to the nitty-gritty now as continue on our journey upwards, examining the best prospects in the Mets farm system. These are the last four before we get to the creme of the crop. In case you missed any of the other installments, check them out at: 50-48, 47-45, 44-42, 41-39, 38-36, 35-33, [...]
We've finally reached the top 20 as continue on our journey upwards, examining the best prospects in the Mets farm system. In case you missed any of the other installments, check them out at: 50-48, 47-45, 44-42, 41-39, 38-36, 35-33, 32-30, 29-27. 26-24 and 23-21. Next up is: Jack Leathersich - 20 Leathersich has yet [...]
We continue on our journey upwards, examining the best prospects in the Mets farm system. In case you missed any of the other installments, check them out at: 50-48, 47-45, 44-42, 41-39, 38-36, 35-33, 32-30 and 29-27. Next up is: Casey Meisner - 26 A third round pick in the 2013 draft, Meisner was selected [...]