Where the Mets particularly look deficient is at the back-end of their Top 10. Most teams have players in the Top 5 with major upside and a record of success in the minors and the Mets are not an exception, but better farm systems have more of those players ranked sixth and beyond. Around this [...]
Injured guys, righty relievers and international free agents galore!
On teams with elite farm systems the Top 15 players tend to be players who have All-Star potential or at least seem like definites to become major league regulars at some point in their careers. The Mets do not currently have an elite farm system but things are not as bad as some people would [...]
Tebow played at two levels last year. If he does that again this season, he could end up in Sin City.
The Mets have several apparent deficiencies this year, among them lack of team speed, infield defense, and lack of a true leadoff hitter.
One of the righty relievers acquired last year shows up here
The first episode in the countdown of the club's top 25 prospects
Perhaps dealing with relentness negativity for weeks at a time has left me with a weakened immune system. Regardless, the result is that I have the flu. Generally I don't get sick and this is easily the worst I've felt since coming down with pneumonia back in late 2012. There's no way I can contribute [...]
This past year the Mets promoted their #1 and #2 prospects, Amed Rosario and Dominic Smith, to the majors for the tail end of the 2017 season. While the audition was short, Mets fans and management didn’t take long to turn on their young first baseman. He was overweight, he wasn’t hitting for average and [...]
As the Mets stare at Shohei Ohtani with longing and despair we should look at the players the Mets have spent their international signing bonuses on in recent years. One should always remember that the international market is essentially a high-stakes game of roulette. Sometimes you hit the numbers and win big but often you [...]
In 2017 the Mets looked to succeed with Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Matt Harvey, Steven Matz and Zack Wheeler leading the charge and depth coming from Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo. They didn’t need to bring in depth starters like Bartolo Colon or Doug Fister from free agency because they were overstocked to begin with. [...]
The Mets cleared spots on their 40-man roster earlier this offseason by outrighting five players. Four of those became free agents and one, Wuilmer Becerra, remains in the organization but eligible to be picked in the Rule 5 Draft. Of the four who became free agents, one – Phillip Evans – has already re-joined the [...]