We continue on our journey upwards, examining the best prospects in the Mets farm system. In case you missed any of the other publications, check them out at: 50-48, 47-45, 44-42, 41-39, and 38-36. Next up is: Chris Flexen - 35 Flexen was a tough pick for your intrepid prospect evaluators for several reasons. Picked [...]
With the Mets pursuit of a shortstop for the 2015 season still simmering, former Mets General Manager Steve Phillips penned an ESPN insider article opining that the Mets need to go out and make a trade for a superstar player to take the leap to being legitimate contenders. That opinion is right in line with [...]
As we all know the Mets did not trade Jose Reyes at the deadline in 2011 and then did not re-sign him after the season, when he jumped ship to Miami. The Mets did not end up empty handed, as they received a pick between the first and second rounds in the following year's draft. [...]
The free agent market is not too great this season, although the Mets have signed Michael Cuddyer. The team has been vocal about possibly acquiring a shortstop, but there are other areas the team could improve upon. For example, Josh Edgin is the best left-handed option for the Mets, and the Mets have not had [...]
The most interesting players are the ones where smart people can disagree. Perhaps no player on the current Mets fits this bill better than Zack Wheeler. On one hand, you have people who wonder what the fuss is since he consistently wields high pitch counts and has shown almost no ability to complete seven innings. [...]
My boss recently introduced me to the acronym CASE, which stands for Copy And Steal Everything. It’s not meant to be taken literally; it’s a reminder not to reinvent the wheel when you don’t have to and instead use your time better. If you owned the Mets and instructed your GM to copy and steal [...]
When was the last time a Met player came out and confidently predicted success for the upcoming season? Was it "Team to beat"-gate from 2007/2008 with Jimmy Rollins and Carlos Beltran? Really since then the only pre-season choruses sung by Mets players have been about "taking some people by surprise," which is code for "we're [...]
While the Mets were quick out of the gate this offseason by signing Michael Cuddyer, there shouldn’t be too many high profile free agents being acquired any time soon. A trade for a shortstop will continue to be the hot bed of discussion around the Mets and GM Sandy Alderson, but any ensuing action will [...]
Welcome to the fifth edition of our look at the top 50 prospects in the Mets system. If you missed any of the previous installments, you can see them here: 50-48, 47-45, 44-42, 41-39. 38 – John Gant Drafted out of high school in the 21st round of 2011 draft, Gant is the first of [...]
Welcome to the fourth edition of our look at the top 50 prospects. If you’ve missed any of the previous installments you can see them here: 50-48, 47-45, 44-42. 41 – Ivan Wilson What do you like in your prospects, safety or upside? If you like safety, you’ll hate this pick. If we were to [...]
As the New York Mets continue to figure out their trading options this offseason, one position has become abundantly full. After the emergence of the newly crowned Rookie of the Year, Jacob deGrom, the New York Mets have a starting pitcher that they have to place in the starting rotation come next season. That leaves [...]
Last Wednesday, a competition began in which you the fans vote on which Met had the best single season. The competition is arranged in a bracket style format In our first matchup, Jose Reyes’ 2011 season faced John Olerud’s 1998 season. The competition was completed last night, and Olerud beat out Reyes by a whopping [...]
