Mets Minors: Does the AFL mean anything for Jett Williams and Drew Gilbert?

The Minor League Seasons are in the past the Major League playoffs are in our present and the minor league blogger is left with covering the Arizona Fall League.  The Arizona Fall League serves two major functions for baseball prospects. First, it serves as a launching ground for players who may be ready to make [...]

Mets Minors: What to make of Luisangel Acuna’s hot start plus end of season grades

The Mets are in the midst of an amazing late season run towards the playoffs and have exceeded my pre-season expectations at the major league level. Part of what makes it so amazing is that the team has been without their MVP, Francisco Lindor for an extended time.  Coming up from AAA to cover that [...]

A different midseason top 20 list for the Mets

People love lists, especially ranked lists. And it’s easy to understand why, as these lists help bring order to things. But some things lend themselves quite well to lists – like, say, who has the most home runs or strikeouts. And some things simply don’t. It’s my opinion that top prospect lists are like that. [...]

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 [...]