Mets Minors: Carson Benge and the 2024 draft class

The Mets came away from the 2024 draft with Carson Benge OF/RHP, Jonathan Santucci LHP, Nate Dohm RHP, Eli Serrano III OF, Trey Snyder SS/3B, Corey Collins 1B and others. The team didn’t have the greatest assortment of picks coming into the draft thanks to their bloated payroll but ultimately came away with a few [...]

Mets Minors: Are the Mets specializing in catcher development?

At the Major League level, the Mets have Francisco Alvarez nearing his return to the team. Alvarez had an impressive rookie campaign with the Mets in which he showed a ton of power. He’s also shown a tremendous ability to work with pitchers and a “surprising” (not truly but the media wanted you to believe [...]

A Mets discussion on young shortstops, Alex Ramirez, Brandon Sproat and more

David Groveman joins me to discuss various minor league prospects for the Mets. Brian: Here are two 19-year-old shortstops in Lo-A for your consideration: Player A: .266/.345/.404, .329 BABIP, 10.4 BB%, 23.3 K%, .348 wOBA, 105 wRC+ Player B: .267/.332/.441, .294 BABIP, 6,7 BB%, 16.1 K%, .365 wOBA, 122 wRC+ They’re fairly similar but my [...]

Mets Minors: Jeremy Rodriguez emerges as a Top 10 prospect

This season has not gone well for the Mets and while it wasn’t supposed to be a banner year the Mets look like they might once again find themselves as sellers at the trade deadline. Last year when the Mets were in a similar position, names like Drew Gilbert, Luisangel Acuna and Ryan Clifford stole [...]

Mets Minors: Christian Scott changes minor league narrative

The Mets have a number of players in the minors right now who are playing well but their names are not the ones we were quite expecting. Jett Williams and Drew Gilbert were both Top 5 prospects and they are both injured, Luisangel Acuna and Kevin Parada are underwhelming and Ryan Clifford’s biggest asset right [...]

Blade Tidwell shines in Double-A the same day as Christian Scott’s MLB debut

All of the early season buzz around pitching in the minor leagues for the Mets this season revolved around Christian Scott. And with the other-worldly strikeout numbers he was posting, it’s not hard to understand. And then Scott made his MLB debut last night and was electric. Perhaps the most impressive thing was that he [...]

A look at how select Mets pitchers are doing so far in the minors

One of the themes in recent years in regards to the Mets’ farm system was that it was short on pitching prospects, both in terms of high-end quality and overall depth. Coming into 2024, my opinion was that the first point was debatable and the second point was downright false. Let’s take a look at [...]