Author: John Flanigan

Dominic Smith, Amed Rosario Amongst Youngest Players in Triple-A

Baseball America recently released their yearly list of the youngest players on each teams active roster for all full season leagues. While the Mets are a rather veteran heavy ball club in the majors, they have young talent in the upper levels. In the Pacific Coast League, the Mets currently have two of the ten youngest players. At 21.4 years old, Mets top prospect Amed Rosario is the fourth...

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Minor League Recap: Tebow Homers, Smith and Rosario With Two Hits

Minor league Opening Day was Thursday night, and some of the top Mets prospects were in action. However, perhaps the biggest highlight of them all came off the bat of Tim Tebow in South Carolina with the Columbia Fireflies. El Paso Chihuahuas 8, Las Vegas 51s 1 Box Score Amed Rosario SS: 2 for 4, SB, R Travis Taijeron RF: 2 for 4, 2B, RBI Dominic Smith 1B: 2 for 4, 2B Las Vegas didn’t get much...

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Jay Bruce Off To A Strong Start in 2017

Jay Bruce continued his strong start to his 2017 campaign as the Mets offensive leader in their 3-1 loss last night. Bruce went 3-for-5, and accounted for the Mets only offense on the night, picking up a solo homer and a double. On Monday afternoon he went 0-for-1 but drew three walks and scored a run in the Mets first game of the season. Bruce told reporters post game, that his approach at the...

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Spring Recap: Duda Homers, Gsellman Solid As Mets Tie Cardinals 3-3

The Mets and St. Louis Cardinals tied 3-3 at First Data Field in New York’s second to last spring game. Pitching After officially being given a spot in the starting rotation, Robert Gsellman went out and pitched beautifully in his last start of the spring. Gsellman made one mistake, a three run home run to Matt Adams but that was all. He allowed three runs on five hits and struck out six...

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Spring Recap: Montero Impressive As Mets Defeat Braves 3-0

The New York Mets traveled to Disney to take on R.A. Dickey and the Atlanta Braves. Rafael Montero took the mound making his first start of the spring as the Mets defeated the Braves 3-0. Pitching Rafael Montero made his first start of the spring. He continued a very strong spring, in which he is making a case for one of the remaining bullpen spots. Montero threw five shutout innings of four hit...

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