In my Top 50 Prospect rankings I ranked Peter Alonso 9th overall. His 2016 numbers in Brooklyn had somehow eclipsed those of even Michael Conforto. Based on those 30 games and his high draft pick status, 9th overall seemed like a fitting place for the former University of Florida player. After a dismal start, [...]
Some people might be prone to ask the question, “Who is Hansel Moreno?” The Mets drafted him back in 2014 and his first three years with the organization did not occur stateside. His numbers in the DSL, frankly, weren’t that good and prior to 2017 there was little reason to focus especially on him… after [...]
Coming off his shortest outing of the year, one where he was removed after a 41-pitch second inning, Corey Oswalt rebounded with six shutout innings for Double-A Binghamton Saturday night. It was the ninth time in his last 13 outings that Oswalt has limited the opposition to fewer than two runs and he has a [...]
You’ve seen me write about Dominic Smith before. In 2013 we began talking about Smith and how long he’d take to reach the majors. In that article we predicted that come 2018, we’d be talking about Smith reaching the majors. In 2014 we wondered if Smith would be the heir to Ike Davis and Lucas [...]
This season is destined to be something of a disappointment. Noah Syndergaard, Matt Harvey, Steven Matz and Zack Wheeler again spend time on the DL and the Mets need a major win streak to pull back to .500 baseball. With Harvey’s Met tenure drawing to a close it’s time to look at some of the [...]
David Peterson, LHP: Prior to the draft I was asked who, of my short-listed players, I would be most happy with the Mets drafting. Without hesitating I answered David Peterson. Most people agreed that the Mets would be targeting college players and that pitching was going to be a primary concern. With other options on [...]
In the 2016 MLB Draft, the Mets selected Justin Dunn out of Boston College with the 19th overall pick. A hard throwing righty, the Mets are looking to develop Dunn into a powerful starting pitcher. While at Boston College, Dunn started as a reliever for his first two seasons. When he became a starter though, [...]
With the draft later today we’re going to look at some of the names that the Mets might be looking at in the draft with their 20th pick. Let’s take a peek at who the experts think the Mets are likely to draft: Baseball America - Trevor Rogers: A left handed pitcher out of [...]
Coming into this season, Desmond Lindsay was considered one of the club’s top prospects. Drafted in the second round in 2015, when the Mets didn’t have a first-round selection, it was thought he was a first-round talent who fell because of injury. In both 2015 and 2016, Lindsay performed well when he was on the [...]
If you were to look up Met prospect P.J. Conlon without looking at his stats you might consider him an oddity of little import. The Belfast (Yes, the one in Ireland) born lefty has been steadily rising through the Met system since 2015. 2015: NYP - 17.0 IP, 0.00 ERA, 25 K and a [...]
“Are you kidding me? The Mets have been garbage and we’re keeping this kid in AAA to see Jose Reyes start? That’s a joke, right?” “You want to bring a kid up and ask him to carry the team? You want to sacrifice a year of service just to make a roll of the [...]
Written by David Groveman. With 2016’s surprise star pitcher, Thomas Szapucki, sidelined with an injury, the Mets have thoroughly enjoyed the early successes of (20 year old) Jordan Humphreys. At 6-0 with a 1.63 ERA, a 0.70 WHIP, only 6 walks and a phenomenal 49 strikeouts he’s defied even the most optimistic of predictions for [...]