MVP: Peter Alonso Tyler Oringer: Well, this one is obvious. If you’ve been following any of my coverage throughout the season, you know how much I love the future first baseman for the Mets. The fact that the 23-year old was not called up this season in order to manipulate service time for his age […]
Tag: Desmond Lindsay
Prospect Watch – Week Twelve
Welcome back to the Baseball Prospectus Mets Prospect Watch! This weekly column will take a look at one pitcher and one hitter from each level of the Mets organization and offer thoughts on their performance thus far, as well as a brief scouting report with a future outlook. Binghamton Rumble Ponies (Double-A) Pitcher: Justin Dunn […]
How well have the Mets drafted in recent years?
Tonight, At&T Stadium in Dallas will play host to the NFL draft, easily the most publicized draft of all of the major sports. All 32 professional football teams will be looking to add players who can make an immediate impact, which got me thinking about how different things work in Major League Baseball. The MLB draft […]
Prospect Watch: Week One
Welcome to the first edition of the Baseball Prospectus Mets Prospect Watch! This weekly column will take a look at one pitcher and one hitter from each level of the Mets organization and offer thoughts on their performance thus far, as well as a brief scouting report with a future outlook. Triple-A Las Vegas 51s […]
Notes from the Field: Columbia Fireflies
If you are here for Tebow—as many, many people were in Lakewood this week—Jarrett Seidler has you covered at the mothership. And I’ll be writing something more in-depth on Andres Gimenez next week, but in the meantime here are some assorted notes on the rest of the Fireflies roster. “Don’t Scout the Statline” will return […]
2017 Mets Affiliate Previews: Columbia Fireflies
The Fireflies kicked off their second season in Columbia last week, and it’s a much more prospecty team this year than last—even with Thomas Szapucki on the DL and Justin Dunn skipping the level. The rotation is still pretty interesting, split between young IFA arms and six-figure draft picks, but the lineup is even more […]
Ten Prospects We Want to See in 2017
Over on the main site, the BP prospect team runs themed Monday Morning Ten Packs this time of year, picking 10 prospects who fulfill some criteria or another. Our BP Mets prospect team of Jeffrey, Skyler, and I decided to blatantly rip this off and write a “ten pack”-style article on the ten Mets prospects […]
Notes from the Field: Short Season / Got No Reason
In my Twitter bio I used to include the line, “Watches too many short-season bullpens.” Well I have been at it again. So here are some more notes from the land of 1-6-2-5-2 double plays, and dudes shoving with 69 mph curveballs. Desmond Lindsay, OF (Brooklyn Cyclones) Lindsay has been battling leg injuries this year […]
Mid-Season Mets Top 10 Prospect Update
With another Rule 4 draft in the books, and the A-ball first-half break just around the corner, this seems like a good time to check in our preseason Mets Top 10 Prospect List that I compiled with the help of the BP Prospect team. The Top 10 1. Steven Matz, LHP Current Assignment: New York […]