Today marks the first “official” day of Spring Training, 2015. This is the mandatory day for all pitchers and catchers invited to camp to at least check in. From all reports, everybody made it, except Bartolo Colon, possibly enjoying a late lunch in his native Dominican Republic. In any case, there are stories galore about [...]
Baseball Prospectus recently ranked all 30 farm systems. Here's what they said about the Mets: 5. New York Mets Farm System Ranking in 2014: 8 2015 Top Ten Prospects: Link Top Prospect: Noah Syndergaard (9) Prospects on the BP 101: 6 State of the System: Not the best, but likely the most balanced farm system [...]
This was supposed to be a big offseason. The dead weight contracts were off the books, the young gun pitchers had arrived with more on the way, The Dark Knight was coming back, and the fans were getting restless. After four consecutive losing seasons on his watch, and four winters of shedding salary and stockpiling [...]