I was at Baseball-Reference today and noticed something I hadn’t seen previously. The Mets’ scouting director was no longer Tom Tanuous but rather Marc Tramuta. Looking to find some information about him and came across this article, which had this nugget:
“We are in the prediction and projection business,” Tramuta continued. “I’m trying to tell you what an 18 year old, or a 21 year old will do in the next three to five years. Some of these guys look much different in five years, and that’s the key to which teams are best at selecting the talent and predicting which of these players will be come big leaguers or assets in trades.”