Amed Rosario, SS: At the age of 20, between A+ and AA baseball, Rosario has made tremendous strides for himself in 2016. His OPS for the year is .836 and unlike prospects like Wilmer Flores who may have hit but never fit into the field, he looks like a bonafide shortstop. The biggest flaw in [...]
You may not know the name Thomas Szapucki just yet but (the player MLB.com ranked as the Met’s 17th best prospect) will likely be moving even higher in the rankings if he can continue his early success. At 20 years old, Szapucki is 6’2” lefty with a mid-low 90s fastball. He’s best known for his [...]
Not everyone can be Alex Bregman, but when they played the All Star futures game on Sunday night, we had hoped that Dominic Smith (U.S. Futures’ starting first baseman) might make a show of his hitting potential. While Bregman looked brilliant (going 3 for 4 with a double and a triple) Smith was a lowly [...]
The only thing that matters are the games that they play in the majors in real life. Some people are stars and would be stars if we had the ability to play major league seasons like computer situations, bursting through 100s or 1000s at a time. In 1,000 of these simulated seasons, Tom Seaver would [...]
Michael Conforto has been nothing short of a revelation for the Mets as a terrific hitting outfielder. He skyrocketed through the minors in 2015 and became a major part of the late surging Mets, joining the starting lineup through the playoffs. In 2016 Met fans had sky-high expectations and through March and April, Conforto delivered. [...]
Met outfielder Travis Taijeron is 27 years old and currently playing for the Las Vegas 51s. So far for this season he’s hitting .314/.394/.587 which gives him a hefty .981 OPS. Shouldn’t the Mets be looking at this powerful righty as they rumble through this abysmal low-offense streak? No. Here’s why: Over his career, Taijeron [...]
If you look at the 2016 stats of Brandon Nimmo, you’ll probably nod and file it as some PCL inflation. The thing that might catch you off guard is the fact that Nimmo is suddenly looking a lot more like a budding star than he ever has before. Think that’s crazy? Season - .330/.405/.530 April [...]
At the end of May, P.J. Conlon had his worst game as a professional, as he allowed 3 ER in 6 IP to take his first loss. But he rebounded in spectacular fashion, hurling 10 IP and allowing just an unearned run. That outing lowered his ERA for the year to 1.21 to go along [...]
A few weeks ago Dominic Smith was starting to show some additional power and was on a real roll. It had reached the point where I began to wonder if Smith might push Lucas Duda into the trade market by season’s end. Then Duda’s back began to break down and with Eric Campbell’s presence in [...]
The Mets have four selections in the top 100 of the 2016 Amateur draft. Looking around at mock draft boards, here are five players the Mets might be considering with each of those picks: With their first overall pick in the 2016 draft, the Mets will be looking at some interesting names. Joey Wentz a [...]
As a Met fan you know who Dilson Herrera is. He’s been to the majors a few time and he’s never quite lived up to the hype of a “Future All-Star” that has been bandied about. To drive this point home, the Mets traded for Neil Walker and signed Asdrubal Cabrera because they wanted Herrera [...]
By this point, you know who Wuilmer Becerra is. He’s the final piece of the coup that Sandy Alderson orchestrated with the Toronto Blue Jays when he traded away R.A. Dickey. You’ve seen Travis d’Arnaud and have seen him shine as a starting catcher. You’ve witnessed the emergence of Noah Syndergaard as an astonishing pitching [...]