Juan Carlos Gamboa - .270/.390/.444/.834 (28 Games) 11 Runs, 5 RBI, 3 2Bs and 1 HR: J.C. Gamboa will be 22 in 2013 and he hasn’t played above the SSA (though he’s played in the AAA Mexican League a few times. He’s a smaller player who has good defense at 2B but he lacks the [...]
The Mets farm system, while considered middle of the pack, has come a long way in recent years. The organization, while being frugal at the big league level, has spent more freely attempting to replenish the minors. Last year, Matt Harvey, Robert Carson, Josh Edgin, Jeurys Familia, Collin McHugh, Elvin Ramirez, and Jordany Valdespin all [...]
The Mets are drafting 11th in the upcoming 2013 draft. We have no shot at getting a compensation pick and I think I’d rant for days if Alderson jeopardized a pick by signing the wrong free agent. So let us look at some of the names that may linger around through 10 picks to fall [...]
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 [...]