Some Mets farmhands available in the Rule 5 Draft

Recently, the annual crunch of the 40-man roster came to a close as teams across baseball had to choose which players were valued by organizations and which had to go. The Mets found themselves in a position where they had only 5-6 spots to play. In the end, Noah Syndergaard, Cory Mazzoni, Hansel Robles, Gabriel [...]

Mets360 Top 50 Prospects: Numbers 47-45

Earlier this week, we debuted our top 50 prospect list. Here's the latest installment. 47 – Chase Bradford Bradford was drafted in the 35th round in 2011. Descriptions of Bradford at the time described him as an “organizational filler type” who had “marginal stuff”. Bradford was a four year college pitcher who was placed immediately [...]

What will the Las Vegas infield look like in 2015?

The Las Vegas 51s performed outstandingly well in 2014 going 81-63 and leading the Pacific – South Division, lost to the Diamondback affiliate, Reno Aces, in the semifinals of the Triple-A playoffs. With some players making there way to the majors in 2015 and some players making the jump from Double-A where does that leave [...]

Three reasons not to panic over Dominic Smith

Over the past several seasons, Sandy Alderson has been criticized for numerous parts of his strategies regarding the front office. Of these criticisms, one seems to sneak in and out of the minds of Mets fans and that is his ability to draft quality talent. Brandon Nimmo is finally becoming a budding all-star, the jury [...]

Looking back at minor league predictions

At the beginning of the year, I wrote this piece, where I noted five of the more under-the-radar pitching prospects in the Mets system to keep an eye on in 2014.  The players I identified were: Casey Meisner, Robert Whalen, Robert Gsellman, Chris Flexen and Marcos Molina. Now that the season has come to a [...]