It was not so long ago when the Mets had an impressive major league roster but their list of minor league prospects left a lot to be desired. Now, in late 2012 after the trade of R.A. Dickey, the model has been flipped on its head. Despite having two of last year’s top five prospects [...]
The Mets and Blue Jays have come to terms on a swap of players that has some people worrying about the future of the Mets. After all… the Mets traded a bevy of prospects for Johan Santana. The Mets, you will recall, traded: Carlos Gomez, Phillip Humber, Deolis Guerra and Kevin Mulvey for the Cy [...]
Zack Wheeler, RHP Gavin Cecchini, SS Brandon Nimmo, OF Luis Mateo, RHP Rafael Montero, RHP Wilmer Flores, 3B/2B Michael Fulmer, RHP Jeurys Familia, RHP Domingo Tapia, RHP Cory Mazzoni, RHP While nobody on the top 10 is surprising by their presence alone, the order that Baseball America chose to rank them is interesting. Let’s look [...]
I think most Met fans are tired of the saga of R.A. Dickey. I know that I am. I fully agree with the reports that once Hamilton signs (hopefully with Texas) the Mets and their potential dance partners will have a better idea of the scope of the dance floor. (Trade Floor) The most likely [...]
When people talk about the future of the Mets’ rotation, they always talk about Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler, as well they should. If he isn’t included in a trade, Jonathon Niese will be there, too. I’ve heard some mention Dillon Gee and while I’m still a bit skeptical about that one, after the half [...]
I’ve arranged a meeting of the minds (although some of the minds were none the wiser). In case you are not aware, the Mets have more blogs than any other sports franchise (so it seems) so as I read and research I pull top 20 lists from here and there and everywhere. There is, of [...]
Early this morning news came down that the Mets and David Wright agreed on a contract extension. That’s good news in that the Mets can cross that off the “to do” list and move on to other matters. With the Winter Meetings right around the corner, hopefully that means Sandy Alderson can look to address [...]
Finding A Home: If the Mets had listened to me, Wilmer Flores would have spent all of 2012 in Port St. Lucie. It wasn’t about his hitting, which more than earned his way into starting in AAA in 2013. It wasn’t even his fielding, which was adequate at 3rd base and 2nd (In no way [...]
The Mets have no money and a glaring need for RHB. Given those two realities, it is a little strange that we have not heard more about plans to find playing time for Josh Satin. While he’s defensively challenged, Satin has hit everywhere he’s played in the minors, including a .286/.391/.442 line in 527 PA [...]
Compared to the 2009 draft, the 2010 draft seemed to have more general talent in it. Additionally the 2010 draft was simply a wiser and better used draft for the Mets in general. The usually doubts about who the Mets could have had are less clear but right now, at least, it doesn’t look like [...]
Note: This was written and ready to go last Monday but a little hurricane got in the way. I’ll start working on 2010 and have that ready for next week. In the meantime I will also say that anyone who reads this should get out and vote today. The Mets were not entering the 2009 [...]
The 2008 draft was an okay year for the Mets but expectations were high, given that they had 3 picks in the first 33 overall. I go over the full draft below but the snap-shot is that the Mets addressed the revolving door at first base that had gone from John Olerud to Todd Zeile [...]