Cesar Puello did not duplicate his breakout 2013 season but he is finishing this year with a flourish. Monday he had his third straight multiple-hit game with an RBI. Over his last 44 games, Puello has a .293/.405/.519 line with 18 XBH in 159 PA. The streak includes 32 runs and he was also successful [...]
Here’s a look at 10 Mets minor league hitters who received a midseason promotion. Each of these players accumulated at least 100 PA for two different teams in the organization. Gavin Cecchini – 12/22/93 (20) SAL – 259 PA, .259/.333/.408 FSL – 246 PA, .230/.325/.344 Got off to a brutal start in the Hi-A Florida [...]
We are all nervously hoping for some good news on Jacob deGrom. He’s been a feel-good story for the up and down Mets of 2014. Should he be able to return he’s in the running for the 2014 Rookie of the Year award but, return or not, his injury opens the door for Rafael Montero [...]
Matt Reynolds is not a household name. He was drafted in the second round of the 2012 draft as a plus defender at third base that the Mets planned to try out at shortstop. He was an afterthought in a year the Mets drafted Gavin Cecchini (who is currently irrelevant in Port St. Lucie) but [...]
Sometimes I’m wrong, like when I said that Juan Lagares would show no offensive growth in 2014 and would instead backslide into being unplayable. Sometimes I’m right, like when I said that Jacob deGrom might have the brighter future than Rafael Montero. I was wrong about Bartolo Colon… to a point. Colon has been great. [...]
Michael Conforto is finally playing for Brooklyn and there is certainly a lot to like about what we’ve seen so far. What struck me about seeing him is how unlike the scouting report I’d read, he played. Conforto was pegged to be a power hitting outfielder who was good with the bat but in the [...]
When trying to project if a prospect will be able to produce at the major league level, it’s not as simple as looking at stats. Of course, you never really know how they will perform against the top level competition, but it’s also hard when the minor league stats are skewed because of where they [...]
Michael Conforto started the year as a preseason All-American and he even drew support for the Player of the Year in some corners. A junior season in which he did not set the world on fire saw his prospect star dim some. Still, he did enough to be selected by the Mets with the 10th [...]
On 7/17 I had the chance to go back out to Brooklyn and watch the Cyclones play. I’m repeating myself but, it is a great ballpark and you should make the effort to get down there. The game was televised on SNY and people might have been watching at home. The starter, Casey Meisner, was [...]
It’s difficult to decipher much of the intel coming from the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate Las Vegas. The hitters are mashing and the pitchers are… well, crashing in the run-happy Pacific Coast League. Of course, the most watchful eyes are focused on the Mets’ number one prospect Noah Syndergaard, who is having a less than stellar [...]
Jack Leathersich is a left handed relief pitcher with Binghamton. He’s not a big guy and he doesn’t throw particularly hard, but his results are phenomenal. He is the biggest strikeout threat in the Met farm system and could be just as important to the Met future as Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Noah Syndergaard, Jacob [...]
I was asked over the weekend, “Should the Mets fire Terry Collins?” My answer, “Yes.” My reason is not what most people might say. Collins is guilty of one solitary cardinal sin, in my eyes. He insisted on playing Ruben Tejada over Wilmer Flores. “But Flores wasn’t hitting!” Yes, as a pinch hitter/spot starter, he [...]