Today’s a big day for us Mets fans: Baseball Prospectus has published the list of the team’s Top 10 prospects for the upcoming season. If you’re interested in who made the list, now’s a great time to subscribe to Baseball Prospectus and read this article. Our Jeffrey Paternostro–BP’s Lead Prospect Writer–writes up the team’s 10 […]
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Minor League Mets: April In Review
It hardly seems right that the season’s first month has come and gone, but here we are again looking at May. To be fair, April is the shortest month of the season, as the Mets minor league affiliates combined to play only 87 games in the month. So, lets take stock. What did we learn? … […]
The Next Mets Pitching Prospect to Develop a Slider Is …
The best Mets pitching prospect has a new toy, and early in the 2016 season, he’s enjoying playing with it. It’s the same toy many of the big kids already owned. Down in Double-A, in Binghamton, Robert Gsellman learned a version of the “Warthen slider” late in the 2015 season. B-Mets Pitching Coach Glen Abbott explained […]
This Week in (Minor League) Baseball, 4/7-4/12/16
Welcome to This Week in (Minor League) Baseball, a weekly look at how Mets prospects and minor leaguers are performing. Think of it as an XL version of the mothership’s daily Minor League Update. Each week we will look at one or two players from each level who have stood out for their performance (good […]
Mets Minor League Preview: Binghamton Mets
After hitting on some of the notable Mets farmhands who will begin 2016 with the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s, today we’ll continue our tour of the minors with the Binghamton Mets of the Double-A Eastern League. This is a roster headlined by first baseman Dominic Smith, the Mets first-round pick in the 2013 draft. Behind him […]
Mets Minor League Preview: Las Vegas 51s
While the big league regular season gets going on Sunday night, the minor leaguers have to wait until Thursday evening to begin their 2016 campaign. So, welcome to the preview for the Mets’ full-season affiliates. We’ll start close to the big leagues with the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s and move down the system to discuss […]