After already writing up Thomas Szapucki, there are plenty of other interesting and less interesting prospects that I could write up from the Columbia Fireflies. However, I’m not going to go over again the same prospects that Jeffrey wrote up last month when he saw this same Columbia team. I could tell you again how […]
Author: Skyler Kanfer
Notes from the Field: Thomas Szapucki’s 2017 Debut
After entering this season as a top 100 prospect and one of the top three prospects in the New York Mets system, Thomas Szapucki did not throw a pitch in an official game through the first two months of the 2017 season due to a shoulder impingement. On a pre-scheduled trip to Hagerstown during the […]
Notes from the Field: Binghamton…sigh…Rumble Ponies
C Tomas Nido I had mentioned heading into the season that I was looking forward to seeing Tomas Nido this year in Binghamton and, after rainouts on my first three visits to Rumbletown, I finally was able to see him play twice last week. Nido, who has been a bit banged up of late, has done […]
2017 Mets Affiliates Preview: Binghamton…sigh…Rumble Ponies
After a breakout 2016 season with the St. Lucie Mets, catcher Tomas Nido will look to continue his success in 2017 with the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. The ride hasn’t always been smooth for Nido, the Mets 2012 eighth-round pick. Prior to 2016, he had never posted a minor league OPS higher than .660. However, over […]
2017 Mets Affiliate Preview: St. Lucie Mets
Following the path laid out for Matt Harvey six years ago, the Mets will be starting their first round pick, right-handed pitcher Justin Dunn (#6), in St. Lucie to begin his first professional season. Dunn—who spent his first two and a half seasons at Boston College as a relief pitcher—will look to prove that he has […]
Jeurys Familia, Suspensions, and Service Time
As a result of his domestic violence arrest on October 31, Mets closer Jeurys Familia will almost certainly be facing a suspension at the start of the coming season. Despite all charges against the 27-year-old being dismissed soon after the arrest, Major League Baseball is still expected to hand down a sizable suspension to Familia, as it did to Jose […]
Re-Examining Dominic Smith’s Major League Prospects
Dominic Smith is about as polarizing a prospect as you will found in the Mets system. The former first-round pick out of high school in Compton comes with the dreaded label of first-base-only . The term “first base prospect” is a bit oxymoronic by nature. For any minor league first baseman to be considered a […]
Notes from the Field: The Binghamton Mets
(Editor’s Note: Welcome to BP Mets, Skyler Kanfer! Skyler will be supplementing our minor league coverage, and will start off with an in-depth look at the Bingo Mets Rumble Ponies from this previous season.) Amed Rosario, SS When you show up to see a consensus top-20 global prospect–or is it top-10?–you expected to be wowed […]