Mets’ first round pick Conforto ‘legit’

When news broke that the Mets drafted Oregon State OF Michael Conforto with their 10th overall pick last night, I happened to be on a bus filled with college baseball players, so I asked what they thought of him. "The dude's legit," said a coach. "He's going to be very good." "He's the best hitter [...]

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The unsung Carlos Torres

On November 15th, 2012, The New York Mets signed Carlos Torres to a minor league free agent contract with an invite to spring training. The signing was met with no response. Fans didn’t comment when it was brought up on blogs and the internet itself was extremely quiet on the signing. Torres was simply described [...]

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