I have been writing about Travis Taijeron, on and off, since 2011. Taijeron, a former catcher, was drafted by the Mets to be a power-hitting corner outfielder. Over his minor league career he’s managed an .878 OPS with a robust .510 SLG. His power is a legitimate threat and so is his preponderance of strikeouts. [...]
Last season I watched Casey Meisner and he was good but not someone I had a ton of expectations for. The reason for this was that his fastball wasn’t quite a major league fastball. You can succeed in the majors with a 80-something MPH fastball (just ask Jamie Moyer) but it doesn’t always bode well [...]
The last time the Mets were without a first round pick (2009) they selected Steven Matz a left-handed pitcher from Sony Brook, NY. Matz had fallen to the second round for two reasons, he was a player from the Northeast (an area that you can’t play baseball year-round) and he had an awkward delivery that [...]
This season we’ve seen Rafael Montero, Kevin Plawecki, Jack Leathersich and Dilson Herrera ascend from AAA to the majors. The two biggest names still in Sandy Alderson’s back pocket are still out in Vegas and they have taken things up several notches recently. I’m talking, of course, about Noah Syndergaard and Steven Matz. They are [...]
The past couple of months have been an adventure for Noah Syndergaard. It started in January, with Triple-A Las Vegas manager Wally Backman saying that Steven Matz is the “best pitching prospect” that the Mets have to offer, according to Bill Price of the New York Daily News. Backman would go on to say that [...]
Early last month we wrote about some select Mets prospects that the team had been uncharacteristically aggressive in promoting to start the 2015 season. It was uncharacteristic in the sense that the team has generally been somewhat conservative with many of their prospects under General Manager Sandy Alderson's regime. It's unclear whether it was a [...]
Kevin Plawecki is already in the majors, proving the bevvy of talent that was stock-piled in AAA. Next in the queue waiting for a shot at the majors is Dilson Herrera. How long it takes him to reach the majors depends on many things but, at this point most of them are beyond his control. [...]
A day late but definitely not a dollar short! Look for Mets Minors in its normal Monday spot next week.
Champ Stuart was drafted by the Mets in 2013. He was an interesting prospect in that he had tremendous physical gifts, but he also came with limited baseball experience. He struck many people as being similar to the Brandon Nimmo who had been raised in Wyoming. Stuart’s origins are a little warmer. What is it [...]
This week not only marked the beginning of the Major League Baseball season, but the start of all full-season Minor League Baseball leagues as well. That means the folks in Las Vegas, Binghamton, St. Lucie, and Savannah were all treated to the familiar sounds of summer. In 2014, the Mets had the best organizational winning [...]
The “Full Season” minor leagues start getting in swing this weekend and I’ll start to give you the highlights each Monday. In the meantime here are some storylines that I’m looking forward to. AAA: Las Vegas is Overloaded with Talent Looking around the locker room of the Las Vegas 51s you’ll see multiple Top 100 [...]
I’m back! That’s right kiddies, your friendly neighborhood minor league analyst is back after half a year away from the blog-o-sphere. I’ll be doing my weekly prospect review, but in the meantime you can chew on some tasty numbers from the “Boys of Spring”. The Met Farm System was on display this spring and it [...]