A 20-year-old shortstop playing in AA-Binghamton and managing an OPS around .700 is nothing to sneeze at. Though top prospects should not be hammering out paltry .241/.305/.378 batting lines either. When we began the year, people had Andres Gimenez and Pete Alonso as the top two prospects in the Met system. Most, in fact, labeled [...]
A lot has been written about the Mets draft. The Mets were able to manipulate their money so as to sign three (3) first round talents in their first three rounds of the 2019 draft. While much has been written about Brett Baty, Josh Wolf and Matthew Allan it’s equally important for the Met fans [...]
Barring the fielding goofs, people should be fairly pleased with the season they’ve gotten from Pete Alonso in 2019. He came up to the majors and seems intent on winning a Rookie of the Year award amidst a field of tough competition. Looking at the upper levels of the Mets minor leagues you don’t see [...]
We started talking about Wagner Lagrange in 2017 when he was part of an offensive juggernaut in Kingsport. The outfielder who had succeeded in the DSL in 2015 had struggled through a GCL debut in 2016 before breaking out. In 2017, in 58 games between Kingsport and Brooklyn, he managed a .330/.379/.460 batting line. Of [...]
About a month ago the Mets360 podcast host asked me for a “Crazy Prediction." My “Crazy Prediction” was that Andres Gimenez would fall out of the Top 5 Met prospects by the start of the 2020 season. This was, in part, because of my frustrations with Gimenez’s performance but also because the Mets success at [...]
Through the tail end of 2016 Thomas Szapucki was the darling of Mets360. Writers here were over the moon with his dominant numbers in Kingsport and Brooklyn and the scouts all agreed that his “stuff” had gotten significantly better. 2017 saw injury and despite working through a rehab regimen to avoid Tommy John surgery, we [...]
Brodie Van Wagenen has not been particularly lucky as Met General Manager but he’s also done much to hinder himself. Looking at selling off players, once again we are left to wonder what our future might look like without the worst of Van Wagenen’s moves hanging over the team’s head. Let us remember that [...]
With Jared Kelenic and Justin Dunn playing in the All Star Futures game while Robinson Cano and Edwin Diaz look like a pair of boobie prizes it might make a Met fan feel rather grim about the future of their team. Sure Anthony Kay looked good in AA but he’s been rotten since his promotion [...]
The Mets signed Ali Sanchez almost exactly six years ago. The, then, 16 year old was signed alongside Luis Silva and Yeffry De Aza. Baseball America's Ben Badler wrote in 2013: Sanchez, 16, is 6 feet, 180 pounds with good catch-and-throw skills, quick feet and good hands. Scouts highest on him have been impressed with [...]
MLB.com currently ranks Thomas Szapucki in their Top 10 Met prospects, but at 23 years of age and pitching another injury shortened season in Columbia one might question if this left-handed pitcher even belongs being ranked that high. Consider that Ronny Mauricio (currently on track to finish the year as the #1 Met Prospect) is [...]
At 17 years of age Freddy Valdez measures 6'3 and is listed at 212 pounds. The outfield prospect, who ranked 25th among international free agents in 2018, was signed for $1.45 million alongside Francisco Alvarez ($2.7). The righty is not fleet of foot and scouts wondered if a shift to first base might be down [...]
Before the 2019 Draft it was stated in this forum that this draft would set the tone for Brodie Van Wagenen and the hope was that the Mets would be aggressive in a push to rebuild their system. It's difficult to imagine the Mets being more aggressive than they were, as they essentially punted picks [...]