Back when Brandon McIlwain was at the University of South Carolina, one would’ve wondered if baseball or football was his true calling. After all, any player who has something in common with Patrick Mahomes and Kyler Murray is an exciting prospect. While McIlwain was never quite on Mahomes’ or Murray’s level on the gridiron, he did put up a solid D1 college football sample...
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22-year-old left-handed reliever Daniel Juarez has dominated at each stop in the minor leagues and is showing no signs of slowing down. He split the 2021 season between rookie ball and Low-A, the 2022 season between Low-A and High-A, and in 2023, he was promoted from High-A to Double-A. While it wouldn’t be shocking to see the Mets to keep pushing Juarez up through their system, they...
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Here’s a recap of the Mets’ minor-league action on Monday. The full-season teams had their scheduled off day, so only the rookie-level teams were on the field. Rookie: FCL Mets (22-13) 9, FCL Cardinals (13-23) 6 BOX SCORE 2B Marco Vargas, 3-for-5, 2 R, RBI, SB (20) .296/.909 SS Jesus Baez, 3-for-5, 2B (9), 2 R, 3 RBI (14), .243/.738 1B Ronald Hernandez 1-for-1, 3 BB, HBP, SB, R, RBI, .305/.940...
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When the Mets drafted Brandon Sproat with the 56th overall pick, onlookers immediately knew two things: 1). The Mets knew Sproat was going to sign this time around (nobody would be able to withstand the embarrassment of drafting but not signing him twice) and 2). The Mets really wanted Brandon Sproat in their organization. His stats don’t exactly jump off the page, but he did boast over 11...
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Welcome to the Rat Race. The Mets’ 2021 draft class is thriving in the Minor Leagues, and are fast-tracking their way to the Major Leagues. Grant Hartwig, who almost didn’t play professional baseball, made his MLB debut, both Mike Vasil and Nate Lavender are in Triple-A, and Calvin Ziegler has recorded 13.6 strikeouts per nine in St. Lucie. However, out of the entire draft class,...
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