We are at the point where we are discussing some of the elite of Met prospects. In this trio we have two first round picks and one second round pick and it is interesting that the second rounder is ranked higher, despite being far lower within his development than the others. There are reasons for [...]
So much injury in one group of players, it’s enough to make you cry. Anthony Kay was finally healthy in 2018 and turned in a mixed performance between his two levels of play, Franklyn Kilome was a nice acquisition from the Phillies but he’s since had Tommy John surgery that will shelve him for all [...]
Wow the final group of players outside the Top 10 and you have four players who are either former, current or future DSL players. Ordinarily this would be fairly horrifying, but these youngsters might be different. Santana and Newton are coming off of seasons in stateside baseball in which they both showed tremendous potential, Hernandez [...]
There are a number of players in this group who are really exciting and for the most part there are fewer and fewer “warts” to be worried about. Consider that there are three starting pitchers in Humphreys, Dibrell and Vilera who all have looked like Front-End starters at various points in their developments. Thanks to [...]
Now that the list has hit the Top 25 you’ll probably start to see many familiar faces and some higher value draft picks or international signees. This group contains a 2nd round pick who saw immediate success in Rookie ball, our #2 international signee from 2018, a quality starting pitcher prospect and two catchers with [...]
As we hit the Top 30 we start to get into players I legitimately like a lot and others that scouts are still sold on. People will know how much I love Jeremy Vasquez who is coming off two successive years of strong success in the minors and also that Tyler Bashlor’s low WHIP is [...]
This has been our most mixed group of talent in the list so far. Here we have advanced prospects, formerly highly rated, who have failed to take the final steps in their careers, mixed with breakout stars too old for their league and international prospects that are too young to properly scout. The bottom 20 [...]
An interesting mix in this grouping between pitchers who are on the cusp of the major leagues with fairly low MLB ceilings, a 31 year old “prospect” and two younger players who are ranked mostly by their potential. Still in the bottom 20 of the team’s Top 50 list, this is the type of prospect [...]
These lists are often strange. We see the five players bunched in this group all coming from the same Brooklyn team and all of them falling in the 21-22 age group. Some of them are ranked down here because they are still unknown quantities, some of them are here based on favorable scouting and their [...]
Another year has gone by and another ranking is taking place. This year I pulled in two of my most consistent readers, Texas Gus and Chris F to help me rank and talk about the players. I always prefer to work off of Aggregate rankings because it creates a more dynamic and accurate system. Each [...]
Following up last week's article about the Batting Statistics I use to evaluate minor league performances I’ll be writing this week about Pitching Statistics. Just as with batting, it would be ideal to combine seeing a pitcher in person for some live scouting. Base on Balls or Walks (BB): A useful raw statistic that [...]
Writing about player development without being paid as a full-time scout or having the financial freedom and time to view players in person has more to do with analysis than with gut feelings. I can look at the stats of a player like Peter Alonso and see things that excite me as much as the [...]