We continue on our journey upwards, examining the best prospects in the Mets farm system. In case you missed any of the other publications, check them out at: 50-48, 47-45, 44-42, 41-39, and 38-36. Next up is: Chris Flexen - 35 Flexen was a tough pick for your intrepid prospect evaluators for several reasons. Picked [...]
We continue on our journey upwards, examining the best prospects in the Mets farm system. In case you missed any of the other publications, check them out here for 50-48, and here for 47-45. Next up is: Brandon Brosher - 44 Another teenager to enter the fray, Brosher was the 36th round pick for the [...]
The Mets' farm system has been improving and getting deeper. Last year David Groveman ranked the club's top 50 prospects. Once again, we will list the team's top 50 prospects but this time instead of it being a solo effort, several different writers collaborated on the rankings. A lot of research, conversations, stalemates and cooperation [...]
Full disclosure, I'm a huge Keith Hernandez fan. However, retiring number 17 is not about me as a fan. It's not even 100% about Hernandez as a player, although he's a huge part of it. It's about the Mets organization, and the need for something good to cling to. Many times on this site it [...]
To wrap up our Projection Review series, we'll take a look at one of the top relievers in 2014 for the Mets. As stated in the initial projection, "Vic Black throws gas." Black stayed true to that assessment by averaging 95.7 mph on his fastball. However, Black also learned this season how to use his [...]
Hardcore statistics readers, don't let your heads explode. WAR is supposed to be a general, all purpose stat, so we are going to use it as such. By calculating the cumulative offensive and pitching WAR numbers for National League playoff teams the past two years, we'll hopefully see just how far the Mets need to [...]
Much has been made these last few months of the Mets need for an upgrade at shortstop, though some are happy with the in-house options available. One of the biggest factors for this contentment is that anyone who would serve as an upgrade would come either at the cost of a high free agency signing [...]
It is no secret that the Mets will be looking to improve in two areas in 2015. They either need a shortstop or an outfielder, but the Mets most likely won't pursue both. Shortstop has young options in Wilmer Flores and Matt Reynolds, or they could fall back on Ruben Tejada. And there's always free [...]
Next up in our projection series is second baseman Daniel Murphy. Murphy had a very good year by his standards, which is to say a high average with some minor power and underrated speed. While both of those statistics went down for Murphy in 2014, he still made the All-Star team for the first time [...]
Lucas Duda hit his 30th home run of the 2014 season on the final day of play. It was significant for more than just a career stat line. It is a pivotal piece to the continued development of the players around him in the lineup. The Mets finally have a seemingly reliable source of power [...]
Eric Campbell has shown enormous flexibility on the field for the Mets in 2014. He has played everywhere except center, and catcher, and has a .698 OPS to show for very sporadic playing time. However, just last year his OPS stood at .910 for the entire season, and early this year, he posted a .967 [...]
2014 has been a disappointment. For roughly the past two years, 2014 was the year many fans thought would be the one that turned things around. We had prospects coming up, and money coming off the books. It was the perfect recipe. Then Matt Harvey got hurt, the wallet didn't open up as much as [...]