Author: John Sheridan

Baseball America’s 2022 Top 30 Mets Prospects

Baseball America has released its top 30 prospects for each major league organization, and given their top 100, the first three names should come as no surprise. Those three names along with the rest of the rankings are as follows: Francisco Alvarez, C Brett Baty, 3B/OF Ronny Mauricio, SS Mark Vientos, 3B/OF Matt Allan, RHP J.T. Ginn, RHP Alex Ramirez, OF Khalil Lee, OF Joel Diaz, RHP Calvin...

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International Draft Framework Details Released

One of the key bargaining points in the Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations is the institution of an International Draft. Currently, the Rule 4 draft includes players from the United States, territories of the United States like Puerto Rico, and Canada. The players from other countries not on this list are subject to international free agency. Unfortunately, that system has led to a...

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Ways MLB Lockout Will Impact Minor Leaguers

With the collective bargaining agreement stalemate, and Commissioner Rob Manfred announcing the first two series of the Major League season will be canceled, minor league baseball appears to be set to be the only baseball left to be played. This was the case on August 12, 1994 until the end of that season, and right now, we don’t know how long it will be until MLB and the MLBPA reach an...

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Mets Organizational Depth Chart: Center Field

Now that we’ve covered catcher, first base, second base, third base, shortstop, and corner outfield let’s finish the defensive alignment and focus on center field. Big League Starter Make no mistake here, Starling Marte was signed this offseason to be the New York Mets starting center fielder. That seems to be the case even if it is quite debatable whether he is actually the best option for the...

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Four Mets Rank High in ZiPs Top Prospects

At FanGraphs, Dan Szymborski used his ZiPS projections to amass a Top 100 prospect ranking. As noted by Szymborksi, these rankings are based upon “data from a player’s professional career.” Moreover, he does note this is not something which should be used as a substitute for scouting. While ZiPS is featured on FanGraphs, this list is different from the general one they recently released. Rather,...

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