#3 Gavin Cecchini, SS Biography: Born December 22, 1993 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Cecchini was drafted out of Alfred M. Barbe High School by the Mets in the first round (12th overall) of the 2012 draft. It was the second draft of the Sandy Alderson era and, just as they did in 2011, the team [...]
#4 Brandon Nimmo, OF Biography: Born March 27 1993 in Cheyenne Wyoming, Nimmo is the highest picked baseball prospect in the history of the state. That may well be because Wyoming is so cold that they didn’t offer a high school baseball program. Instead, Nimmo made his mark on the baseball world with an impressive [...]
Today a sprawling piece by Andy Martino that covers the Mets' action at the Winter Meetings was published. There are numerous things worth linking and here are two: "It is impossible to overstate the impact of Twitter on the baseball business, and not only for the fans and media. Just as execs work the reporters [...]
Can you imagine the Wilpons doing this? As a fan I love the honesty and directness of this. Here's a snippet: "As you probably know, David recruited Matt Arnold from the Tampa Bay Rays as his Assistant GM. At this month's Winter Meetings, he and Matt started to implement their strategy, which David has articulated [...]
Following the winter meetings, the Mets have addressed almost all of their glaring holes in the field, the bullpen, and the rotation. One remaining identified hole on the bench for a fourth outfielder is being explored now with very unexciting names like Ryan Raburn and Alejandro De Aza being mentioned in rumors. Either of those [...]
#5 Amed Rosario, SS Biography: Born on November 20, 1995 in Santo Domingo Centro, Dominican Republic, Rosario joined the Mets organization as a 17-year-old shortstop as an international free agent for $1.75 million. It seemed to be perfect timing for the Mets to sign a young, promising shortstop, as Jose Reyes left the organization to [...]
Last year at this time, it was all the rage. Early in the 2014 Winter Meetings, the Mets signed Michael Cuddyer and the media loved it. A veteran hitter, former batting champ and mentor to David Wright in his youth, Cuddyer was seen as the piece that would get the Mets to at least .500 [...]
June 30, 1962. In San Pedro de Macoris, a shortstop was born. Of course, the birth of a shortstop was essentially a daily occurrence in San Pedro de Macoris back in the day, so allow me to be a bit more specific: future Mets shortstop Tony Fernandez was born. I Can't Stop Loving You by [...]
In this age of free agency major league baseball teams do not return the same group of 25 players from year to year. There is always some turnover. In many cases there is a major upheaval and influx of new players. In some cases there are not as many new faces but new roles thrust [...]
The Mets as expected brought back reliever Jerry Blevins, signing him to a one-year, $4 million deal. Blevins was extremely effective for the Mets last year, as he retired all 15 batters he faced, 14 of them lefty swingers. Of course, no one is going to go an entire year with a .000 BABIP nor [...]
#6 Wuilmer Becerra, OF Biography: Born October 1, 1994 in Caracas, Venezuela, Becerra signed with the Blue Jays during the 2011 international amateur signing period as 16-year-old SS/OF. As one of the top prospects in that year's international amateur class, he signed for the hefty sum of $1.3 million and started his career in [...]
The New York Mets signed a five-year contract extension with the Kingsport Convention and Visitors Bureau and the city of Kingsport that will keep the minor league Kingsport Mets at Hunter Wright. The agreement extends a long-running commitment between the Model City, the KCVB and the Mets. The K-Mets have had a player development contract [...]