Here are a couple of posts by Seedlings To Stars, who ranked Matt Harvey (No. 45), Zack Wheeler (No. 51) and Jeurys Famila (No. 54) on their Top 100 MLB Prospects. Matt Harvey – Harvey slots in just ahead of the two other bigtime Mets pitching prospects, Zack Wheeler (#51) and Jeurys Familia (#54). He doesn’t have Familia’s mechanical issues or Wheeler’s control problems, and he’s more...
Read MoreThe more I think about the possibility of Ruben Tejada and Daniel Murphy as the likely Mets’ shortstop and second base combo in 2012, the more I want to cringe. This sounds like a disaster in the making… Does defense matter anymore? My concern about this led me to do some quick digging at Baseball Reference: Since 2007, Ruben Tejada has started a total of 103 games at shortstop, 62...
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First, let me wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving. As the Mets head into the holiday weekend, Andy Martino of the Daily News reports that “all remains quiet for the Mets.” Martino spoke to a team official yesterday who indicated to him that the club is currently in “exploratory mode” and that they are “not close on any signings or trades.” The Mets...
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On behalf of everyone at Mets Merized Online, we would like to thank all of our wonderful readers and writers for all their amazing support over the years. It’s always such an enormous pleasure to share our opinions and interact with the best baseball fans in the world – Mets Fans! Our passion for the Mets binds all of us together and though we may disagree sometimes on how to get...
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The Mets have offered Jose Reyes salary arbitration, according to Adam Rubin. Despite some changes free agent compensation in the CBA, Reyes’ status remains unchanged and he is still considered a Type-A free agent and if he declines arbitration the Mets would be guaranteed two draft picks as compensation. The Mets will automatically get a sandwich pick between the first and second rounds...
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