Kevin Plawecki: Plawecki was drafted 35th overall by the Mets in 2012 and he was sent to play in Brooklyn. The college catcher proved to be a solid (albeit safe) pick as he turned in good (if not overwhelming) numbers. Plawecki managed a triple slash of .250/.345/.384 which is respectable over his 61 game debut [...]
AAA: Travis d’Arnaud: 3 Games –In only 8 at bats he has 6 Runs scored, 3 hits (two of them doubles) 6 walks and a 2:1 BB:K ratio. All of that is good. MVP Josh Satin: 4 Games – Through 17 at bats Satin is hitting .412 with a homer and a double. He’s striking [...]
Just as their parent team did in Flushing, the Mets four full-season minor league affiliates got their seasons under way last week and are off to solid starts. With the start of minor league ball, prospects continue to plug away at refining their skills with the hope that a long and fruitful major league career [...]
Hansel Robles: You got to see a “little” of Robles this Spring and while he got lit up… that was to be expected. Robles is a slightly older pitcher who has succeeded at every level he’s pitched despite being built A-Typically for a starter. In the NYP in 2012 he won 6 games with an [...]
Gabriel Ynoa: Ynoa has been on the radar for a while. He pitched in the DSL back in 2010 and while he only had a 4.4 K/9 he managed a .982 WHIP and a 1.99 ERA. Last year in Brooklyn he led a squad of pitchers who used their exemplary control to dominate the league. [...]
Aderlin Rodriguez: Stats is a vacuum are misleading. At 20 years of age, hitting 24 HRs in 471 ABs between FSA (Full Season A) and A+ doesn’t sound that impressive. When you consider that 16 of those HRs came when playing for Savannah (who plays in a power sapping ballpark) or that he isn’t as [...]
Jack Leathersich: Leathersich had a pretty impressive 9 game audition in 2011. The 5th round pick managed 12.2 IP with only 6 Hits, 3 Walks and 26 K’s! He followed up that impossible feat with 12 games and 24.0 innings at Savannah in 2012. Through A ball he’d managed 63 K’s in 36 innings (a [...]
Cory Vaughn: I still like Cory Vaughn and his big-power bat but the son of Greg Vaughn has a lot of growing to do in AA this year to get into the picture as a true prospect again. He’ll be 24 in May and while that is a good pace for him to be in [...]
Jacob DeGrom: I heard a few times that deGrom came out of “No Where” but that isn’t entirely true. He was the Met’s 2010 9th round pick (hardly a top slot, but hardly the dregs) and the reason we forgot about him was that he was injured. He rebounded from Tommy John surgery with a [...]
Steven Matz: Was drafted in 2009, back when the Mets would sign free agents and forgo picks like it was going out of style. He was their top pick in 2009 at 72nd overall. The 18-year-old had GREAT potential but fell to the second round because of injury concerns and his value being boosted by [...]
The games have begun to be played and through 9 there are some good things and some bad things going on for the New York Mets. This series is only focused on the minor leaguers who are playing in the games and the Met minor leaguer of the week for Week 1 is Zach Lutz. [...]
Round four is a doozy. These players each in their own way defied statistical logic and shined to an exemplary level at their level of play. The caveat here is obviously that players will do big things one year and disappear the next. The hope is that most of these guys make good on the [...]